Activities Back to Nature in Kanagawa Prefecture Rey Waters For a great one-day family adventure consider the Koboyama Park hiking course in Kanagawa Prefecture. It consists of easy to...
Activities Feeling Inspired on the Michinoku Coastal Trail James Clark As a travel journalist, I became curious about recovery and used various search engines to discover more. This is when I firs...
10 Transportation The Moving Streetcar Museum of Hiroshima Tom Roseveare Discover the beauty of Hiroshima's tram network with its variety of trams spanning several decades – earning it the nickname ...
Accommodation Zaborin Ryokan Dave Gillan An designer contemporary ryokan - a hidden retreat enveloped by nature.There are 15 villas in total, each with two private on...
Food Donald Duck Cafe Comes to Japan Kim Bergström For a limited time starting this May, Donald Duck themed pop-up cafe events will be taking place in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.
Culture World Uchinanchu Festival 2027 Bonson Lam November 1st is Ryukyu History and Culture Day. Okinawa has a tradition of respect for ancestors and a reverence for nature, ...
Planning Covid-19 Vaccine Passports Rollout Across Japan Serena Ogawa Why, where, and how to get your vaccine passport.
10 Culture Keiryu-ji Temple in Utsunoya Peter Sidell In Utsunoya, close to Shizuoka in central Japan, Keiryu-ji is a peaceful Buddhist temple.
Culture Yume Kukan Luxury Carriages Sleiman Azizi LaLaport Shin Misato is the home to two of three luxury train carriages built in the 1980s. Decommissioned in 2008, the dinin...
Activities Come for the Castle, Stay for the Sake: Himeji Rachel E T Davies Himeji Castle is a both a national treasure and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and considered one of the best examples of Japa...