Culture Kamakura’s Komyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji is quite near Zaimoku-za Beach. The sunset from here is incredibly beautiful, when you can see Mt. Fuji and Enoshima...
Shopping Shonan Terrace Mall Peter Sidell Near historic Kamakura and Enoshima, Shonan Terrace Mall is a temple to consumerism, with four floors of stores selling a min...
Shopping Iki-ikikan Road Station Anonymous Iki-ikikan is a Road Station with a restaurant, food stalls, restrooms, and a place for fish BBQ. It’s located on Oshima Isla...
Culture Kajiki Spider Fighting Festival 2026 Laura Keating The townsfolk of Kajiki, a town in Aira City, Kagoshima, happily partake in a tradition which reaches back over four-hundred ...
Accommodation Chisun Inn Takamatsu Peter Sidell In Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island, Chisun Inn is a budget hotel convenient for the city's Japanese ...
Accommodation Yon Maru Cafe and Kominka Inn Percival Constantine A nice, old-fashioned Japanese inn that gives you a great taste of rural life, attached to a modern coffee shop.
Activities Murakami Suigun Museum Anonymous The Murakami Suigun Museum on Oshima off the coast of Imabari is dedicated to the pirates turned coastguards of the Seto Inla...
Culture Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island Senén Germade The actual name of this island is Hashima. It is located around 4.5km west of the Nagasaki Peninsula, a very small island wit...
Food Curcova curry in Matsuyama Anonymous Curcova stands on the avenue leading to the plaza in front of Iyo Hojo station. It serves piquant curry for adults, but there...
10 Gunkanjima Perspective - No. 1 Masayoshi Hirose Gunkanjima, a candidate to become a World Heritage site, is a dramatic, uninhabited island that never ceases to fascinate me.
