Culture Shinobazu Pond In Ueno Park Michael Kaplan Shinobazu Pond sits in the middle of Ueno Park. This large pond has a circumference of two kilometers and is home to many bir...
Culture Morito no Hama bon Dance Festival 2026 Dave Collymore Morito no Hama's yearly summer beach festival and dance competition on the shores of Morito beach in Hayama, Kanagawa prefect...
Activities Mother Bokujo Farm in Chiba Miho Kuroda Mother Bokujo (or Mother Farm) is a wide spread of farming pastureland not far from Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture.
14 Activities Fun at Tokyo Disneyland JJ Walsh A fun, magical day at Disneyland Tokyo everything is efficiently run and clean, staff are friendly, there is easy access from...
Activities Walkabouts in Northern Saitama Justin Dart Northeastern Saitama, not far from the borders of Tochigi and Ibaraki, is an area with a pace of life largely unchanged in th...
Food Fireking Café in Yoyogi Uehara Sue Ann Kunath The Fireking Café in Yoyogi Uehara is one of the area’s permanent gems and known for its selection of tasty Southeast Asian f...
Nightlife UFO Club in Koenji, Tokyo Dmitry Rakin If you want to get to the heart of japanese music underground, go to the UFO Club in Koenji, Tokyo
10 Activities Hiking in Nikko in the Rain Larry Knipfing This story focuses on hiking in the rain: Senjogahara, Odajirogahara, Yuno-ko Lake and other places. The people I met along t...
7 Activities Nikko's Beautiful Fields Larry Knipfing This story focuses on some of the large fields and marshlands in Nikko. They are wide and vast, and on this day quite misty--...
Accommodation Nikko’s Kanaya Hotel Tomoko Kamishima Nikko Kanaya Hotel commands the best location for access to Nikko’s World Heritage Site. You can enjoy every bit of Nikko’s c...
