Area Okawa Alena Eckelmann Okawa Town in Kyushu’s Fukuoka Prefecture has been a hub for woodcraft and furniture making for hundreds of years. Okawa’s ki...
Area Hiroshima City Paul Walsh The explosion of the atomic bomb over the city on August 6, 1945 ensured that, henceforth, the city’s name would be one of th...
Activities Juniko Lakes Justin Velgus Within Shirakami-sanchi, the beautiful forest that stretches across prefectures in northern Tohoku, lies a land of mysterious...
Culture Meiseki-ji in Seiyo Anonymous Meiseki-ji is No. 43 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. There are dragons in wood and tile, and extra large amounts of moss...
Activities Chiba Lotte Marines Museum Todd Wojnowski The Marines Museum is a reverent tribute to the Chiba Lotte Marines, a pro baseball team in Japan's Pacific League.
Nightlife Flankey Kobayashi Anonymous Located on a busy corner of the entertainment district, the stand-up bar Flankey Kobayashi has an attractive retro atmosphere...
Food Bunmeido Castella Shop Mandy Bartok Finish any meal in Nagasaki with a castella cake from Bunmeido, one of the city's most famous confectioners
Transportation The Great Seto Ohashi Leslie Taylor A large double decker bridge which connects Honshu and Shikoku
Food Da Bocciana Pizzeria Anonymous Da Bocciana Pizzeria in central Matsuyama claims to have won an award in the Pizza World Cup 2011, but there are other, bette...
