Sankei-en Garden in Summer Tomoko Kamishima Sankei-en Garden in summer gives us three fun attractions: a wonderful breeze blowing through fresh green, an elegant lotus p...
Culture En Route to Impressionism 2020 Kim Bergström From September 12th to November 3rd, the Shimane Art Museum in Matsue is hosting a special exhibition of 19th century French ...
13 Sakura-no-En Tea Farm Anonymous Explore the world of organic tea farming at Sakura-no-En tea farm in Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Culture En-musubi in the Izumo Region Shauntoniqua Clayton Izumo Taisha, or Izumo Grand Shrine, is one of the most famous and most significant Shinto shrines in Japan. Though the date ...
15 Ajimano-en Park Waiting for Spring Takako Sakamoto In mid March I visited Ajimano-en Park in Echizen City, Fukui, to see plum blossoms there. Unfortunately they weren't bloomin...
Activities Nihon Minka-en Folk House Museum Eriko Fukui This splendid museum is located in Ikuta Ryokuchi Park in Kawasaki city, just outside Metropolitan Tokyo.
Culture Rin/Ten — Encounter of Fine Ceramics and Art 2017 Sophia Qin The Kyocera Museum of Art will hold a special exhibition from June 9 through July 9 of 2017, called "Rin/Ten — Encounter of F...
Culture En Route to Impressionism - Nagoya 2021 Kim Bergström From April 10th until June 6th, the Nagoya City Museum of Art is hosting a special exhibition of 19th century French painting...
Accommodation Temple Lodging at Hojo-in, Koyasan Nicole Bauer The monks don’t just have a strict schedule, but everything they do is so impeccably planned and performed. When we arrived, ...
Activities 7 Must Visit Places in Fukui LA Amsden A guide to Fukui's essential destinations. A center of Zen, the dinosaur capital and now recognized as a gourmet center of Ja...