Activities Splash out at Toba Aquarium Chris Glenn Toba Aquarium is home to over 850 creatures from dugongs, manatees and jellyfish to poison arrow frogs, salamanders and turtles.
Culture Matsusaka Castle Ruins Chris Glenn A trip to Matsusaka wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the impressive remains of the castle and it’s famed samurai barra...
Culture Maruyama Senmaida Chris Glenn Senmaida means “One Thousand Rice Paddies”, but there are over 1,300 terraced paddies of all shapes & sizes cut into the hill...
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...
Food Matsusaka Beef Chris Glenn There are three top internationally famous brands of beef from Japan, Kobe beef, Omi, or Yonezawa beef, and Matsusaka Beef. O...
Culture Senjuji in Tsu City Chris Glenn The largest Buddhist temple in Mie Prefecture, the Senjuji is surrounded by high earthen walls, with an impressive set of gat...
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.
Activities Miyagawa Tsutsumi Park Sakura Festival Kim From around late March to early April each year, Mie's Miyagawa Tsutsumi Park comes alive with the color of around 600 cherry...
