Nightlife Mike's Tex-Mex Catherine Hagar Mike's Tex-Mex serves authentic Tex-Mex food and drinks at several locations around Japan. Order a margarita and nachos as yo...
11 Activities Nikko's Narabi Jizo Statues Larry Knipfing Located in the Kanmangafuchi area of Nikko, these stone Jizo statues are lined up in front of a wall and stretch a hundred me...
Activities Tokyo Marathon Rashaad Jorden The Tokyo Marathon brings 35,000 runners to the streets of the capital city
8 Culture Nikko's Taiyu-in Temple/Mausoleum Larry Knipfing What attracted me most of all about Nikko's Taiyu-in is its location: Situated amongst hundreds of tall, old beautiful cedar ...
Culture Nikko’s Taiyu-in Mausoleum Tomoko Kamishima At Taiyu-in we can feel a deep and holy silence. If you hope to see the details of this wonderful temple at your own slow pa...
9 Activities Trekking Up Mount Oku-Shirane, Nikko Nicole Bauer My husband and I climbed Mount Oku-Shirane, also known as Nikko-Shirane (日光白根山), this summer. Starting from Yumoto Onsen...
Accommodation The Zen Hostel Bryan Baier The most accommodating hostel in a gorgeous location just outside Nikko
Culture Shinrin Park in Saitama Peter Leonard Why this unassuming park on the outskirts of Tokyo is well worth a day trip.
Shopping Yaesu Book Center Lee Prescott Yaesu Book Center and Maruzen bookstore: Foreign language bookstores in the heart of Tokyo.
12 Culture Fireworks Festival in Rinko Park Tomoko Kamishima Port city Yokohama holds a few fireworks festivals each year. And on that night, young girls usually dress up and show off th...