Culture Yasumidokoro Sakacho Elizabeth S Yasumidokoro Sakacho in Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture provides a warm welcome to the city and introduces its history and prod...
Activities Autumn Sunflowers in Kawagoe Lynda Hogan There is more to Kawagoe than just the Edo period time slip thoroughfare. For example, on the outskirts of the tourist town y...
Activities Back to Nature in Kanagawa Prefecture Rey Waters For a great one-day family adventure consider the Koboyama Park hiking course in Kanagawa Prefecture. It consists of easy to...
Food Hyakuna Garan Kanro Restaurant Bonson Lam This is Ryukyu and Tokyo fusion cuisine served kaiseki style, and set in a calm, refined restaurant with mesmerising sea view...
Culture Kodaira, Honjo City, a Place of Faith and Rich in Nature Chikako Takahashi Take a relaxing day trip to Kodaira and you'll find that it can heal both your body and soul!
Activities Echigo Hillside Park Kim Nagaoka's Echigo Hillside Park is a wonderful spot for a family day out. Depending on the time of year you visit, you'll find...
Activities Odawara Flower Garden and Odawara Castle Rey Waters Odawara offers some great outdoor experiences. The Flower Garden has exceptional floral displays, with many long walking pat...
7 Culture Gokoku-in Temple in Ueno Peter Sidell Between the Ueno and Yanaka districts of central Tokyo, Gokoku-in is a Buddhist temple that's part of the 'Yanaka Seven Divin...
Culture Baishoin Temple Sleiman Azizi Baishoin Temple in Nakano is dedicated to the Buddha of Healing. With a bell tower, pagoda, cherry blossoms and an incredible...
Food Kushi Katsu Tanaka in Soka Sleiman Azizi Kushi Katsu Tanaka is chain store with branches around Japan, specialising in deep-fried skewered foods. Specials change all ...
