9 Tokyo's Izu Oshima Island Yuta Yamazaki You can reach Izu Oshima Island in about 30-45 minutes. Beginning with the famous Mt. Mihara, there is more than enough natur...
10 Nabegataki Falls and Laputa Road Masayoshi Hirose The sheer beauty of Nabegataki Falls and Mount Aso's Milk Road mesmerized me, and I felt like a legendary dragon that climbs ...
9 Saga's Early April Flowers Tristan Scholze Saga's Early April Flowers include nanohana (rape blossoms) and shibazakura (moss phlox). They light up village street corner...
16 Carp Streamers with Cherry Blossoms Takako Sakamoto Carp Streamers fluttering in the wind across a small river lined with pretty cherry blossoms in Sabae City in Fukui Prefecture.
Fujisan Station Hotel Opens April 16th Tom Roseveare The newly refurbished Fujisan Station Hotel (rebranded from the previous “Fujiyoshida City Hotel”) opens from April 16th inco...
14 Toun-ji and Sugiyama Shrine Cathy Cawood Machida's Tounji Temple and Sugiyama Shrine are absolutely beautiful surrounded by cherry blossoms, and on the hillside above...
Hands Free Travel in Japan Aya Sakaguchi This new service to temporary store and transport luggage in English through courier services was developed under the logo "H...
9 Shousan-ji Temple in Spring Yoshifumi Hara I visited the 12th Temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage on my motorcycle. The temple hidden in the mist was a thing of beauty.
18 Culture A Tranquil Shrine at the Heart of Chiba Eitetsu Terakado "Spontaneous" Chiba Shrine is bright and colorful in its surrounding greenery, tucked away in the heard of Chiba City.
Culture Gio-ji Temple, Kyoto: Part 2 of 4 Shozo Fujii Gio-ji Temple is more of a hermitage than a temple. It is a building with a kitchen sandwiched between two Japanese style roo...
