Culture East is West, and West is East at Rokkaen Chris Glenn From the east, it is western, from the west, it is eastern. What is it? It’s a Tokai region treasure, a stately home called...
Culture The Sacred Rocks of Meoto Iwa Chris Glenn South of Ise, just offshore from the village of Futamigaura, are the two symbolic and sacred rocks known as the Meoto Iwa, or...
Accommodation Hinjitsukan Chris Glenn Looking like a shrine, temple & small castle all rolled into one, the traditional Japanese Hinjitsukan structure was operated...
Food Soba Matsuo: Ninja Noodles Chris Glenn Soba Matsuo is a wonderful restaurant that serves a variety of hot and cold hand-made soba, or buckwheat noodles.
Ise Jingu, Geku Tomoko Kamishima One of the main shrines of the Ise Jingu Complex, Geku, has enshrined the god of food, clothing and shelter since 1500 years ago
7 Culture Spring at Miyagawa-Tsutsumi Park Ann Yamagishi With over 1000 cherry blossom trees, it is bar none Mie's most impressive sakura display
6 Activities Autumn Colors at Gozaisho Ropeway Ann Yamagishi You can climb via the Gozaisho Ropeway and this area is famous for ski sports during the winter season.
10 Food Lunch at Hachimankamado Benjamin Stock Eat lunch, grilled over an open fire, served in a seaside hut by women dressed as Japanese pearl divers.
Culture Welcome the New Year at Ise Jingu Dan Traylor After the countdown, make way for hatsumode — the first shrine visit of the new year — at the Ise Grand Shrine
Shopping Jazz Dream Nagashima Outlet Mall Chris Glenn Mitsui Outlet Park, Jazz Dream Nagashima. Quite a mouthful of a name, and quite an eyeful of a shopping mall!
