Culture Witness Growth at the Edo Tokyo Architectural Museum Gaby Sun Traditional architecture ranging from the Edo period to the 20th century preserved in its original, functional state on beaut...
12 Culture Ume Blossoms at Hamarikyu Garden Leslie Taylor Ume Blossoms at Hamarikyu Garden in Tokyo bloom in February, showing that Spring is just around the corner!
Culture Sake Tasting in Sawara Catherine Hagar Visit Baba Honten, Tokun Shuzo, and Nabedana to taste authentically brewed sake in some of Chiba's oldest breweries.
Culture Enoshima: A Day in the Life of an Island Reynald Ventura Enoshima may not be as ‘branded’ a place as its illustrious and UNESCO World Heritage Site applicant neighbor Kamakura City b...
6 Culture Kameido Tenjin Shrine Manish Prabhune Kameido Tenjin Shrine, also called Shitamachi-no Tenjin-sama, has an incredibly beautiful setting, right in the center of Tokyo.
Culture Yushima Seido Confucian Temple Todd Wojnowski The world's largest statue of Confucius stands in Tokyo's Yushima Seido, one of the biggest Confucian temples in Japan. Sitin...
Culture A Day at Shinjuku Gyoen John Dodd Shinjuku Gyoen is a 58 hectare-park containing three formal garden areas: English, French, & Japanese. It's a pleasure emergi...
Activities Yokohama Doll Museum Sonia Ortiz The Yokohama Doll Museum promotes internationalism, puts Japanese culture in context, creates a timeless space that brings to...
Culture Tochigi Prefecture Museum Stacy Kurokawa Bears, deer, bugs, ancient pottery, human and dinosaur skeletons, rocks, and many other things can be found at this beautiful...
Activities Makuyama Park's Plum Blossoms 2027 Larry Knipfing Makuyama Park features a mountainside covered by thousands of plum trees (and a festival) that when in full bloom in February...