Area Fukushima City Regis de Lavison Fukushima, meaning “Happy Island” is a city nestled between mountains in the Abukuma Valley. At 37 degrees latitude North it ...
Culture Yokoo Tadanori Museum, Kobe Peter Sidell In Kobe in Japan's Hyogo prefecture, the Yokoo Tadanori Museum is displays works by this locally-born artist, whose paintings...
Activities Giants Baseball Game at Tokyo Dome Todd Wojnowski Japan's (in)famous Yomiuri Giants call Tokyo Dome home.
Food Hareus Restaurant Bonson Lam Hareus serves contemporary comfort food from the heart of Europe, reinterpreted for a Sapporo palette.
Culture Shimanami Kaido Highway Anonymous The Shimanami Kaido is a highway over the Seto Inland Sea, with spectacular suspension bridges crossing a chain of islands be...
Culture Osatsu Ama San, Woman Diver Museum Chris Glenn If you’ve ever seen the James Bond movie “You Only Live Twice”, you may remember scenes of the traditional Japanese white clo...
Activities Chidorigafuchi Walkway Tomoko Kamishima Chidorigafuchi Walkway is one of the most popular spots for cherry blossom viewing in Japan. This 770m walkway is lined with ...
Culture Sano Art Museum The Sano Art Museum is a private art museum, located in the Nakata neighborhood of the city of Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, ...
Food Kawamura-ya 111-year-old Soba Shop Tomoko Kamishima If I happen to be close to Sakuragi-cho during lunchtime, my feet go toward Kawamura-ya soba shop and my mouth orders “Ika-te...
Culture Mikimoto Pearls Chris Glenn Just off the coast of Toba City in Mie Prefecture is Mikimoto Pearl Island, where the world’s first cultured pearls were crea...
