10 Activities Hakone's Shojin-ike Pond Tomoko Kamishima Early in the morning, Shojin-ike Pond is exactly like a mirror. No sound, no waves, and no stream. So beautiful!
12 Culture Shutter Art at Senso-ji Temple Larry Knipfing If you come early, before any of the shops open along the long street that leads to the temple from Kaminarimon Gate, you’re ...
Activities Chiba's Makuhari Convention Hall Todd Wojnowski Makuhari Messe is a massive convention center that hosts numerous trade shows, concerts, business conferences, and other even...
Food Gal Café 10sion in Shibuya Miyoko Kokubo Are you interested in female Japanese sub-culture and would like to know more about their makeup techniques? Gal Café 10sion ...
8 Culture Yamate No.234 Tomoko Kamishima A private enterprise built an apartment house at Yamate No.234 for the purpose of coaxing back foreigners to devastated Yokoh...
6 Culture Yamate No.68 Tomoko Kamishima Yamate No.68 stands inside Yamate Koen Park, where the history of tennis began in Japan. Yokohama City later purchased the ho...
9 Culture Yokohama Yamate No.111 Tomoko Kamishima In 1926 an American businessman, Thomas Melvin Laffin, built a house for his just-married son, John Edward. They asked J.H. M...
8 Culture The Diplomat’s House Tomoko Kamishima "The Diplomat’s House" is so lovely at dusk. The house was built in Shibuya, Tokyo in 1910 and then rebuilt in Yokohama's Yam...
Activities Chiba Lotte Marines Museum Todd Wojnowski The Marines Museum is a reverent tribute to the Chiba Lotte Marines, a pro baseball team in Japan's Pacific League.
Accommodation Chisun Inn Tsuchiura Ami Peter Sidell One of a Japan-wide chain of budget hotels, Chisun Inn Tsuchiura Ami is convenient for Tsukuba, Ami Premium Outlet and other ...