11 Activities Inlets and Islands of Toba, Ise and Shima Cathy Cawood Magnificent views of the inlets and Islands of Ise-Shima National Park spread out before you at Yokoyama Observation Point an...
Food Walk Around Ohzu-shima Island and Be a Gourmet in Shunan Sae Nagamatsu "Kaiten" translates to "human torpedo", an invention created in the last year of WW2. Specialized weapons carried a tremendou...
Culture Tokiwadaira Sakura Festival 2025 Kim Running for half a century as of 2024, the Tokiwadaira Sakura Festival takes place along a two-kilometer stretch of Tokiwadai...
Activities In and Around Takamatsu Peter Sidell In Kagawa prefecture on Japan's Shikoku island, Takamatsu is a lively, interesting city with interesting sights and scenery a...
Fukuoka Day Trip: Itoshima's Genkai-Quasi National Park Liz Ong You’ve heard of Hakata, Tenjin, Dazaifu, and maybe even Yanagawa – but another of Fukuoka’s hidden gems is the Itoshima penin...
Nightlife Okadaya Cafe and General Store Bonson Lam A debate on indigenous culinary identity aside, what Okadaya tries to do is to transport the visitor to a time past. Imagine ...
Activities Tokyo’s Treasure Islands Serena Ogawa The eleven treasure islands off the coast of Tokyo are home to a variety of unique flora and fauna.
Culture Shakujii Castle Ruins Sleiman Azizi Shakujii Castle was built by the Toshima clan to consolidate their power. However, the clan ended when their castle was overr...
Highlights of Nagasaki Robert Kodama Nagasaki Prefecture is a fantastic area located in the south of Japan. There are some of the biggest draws of this prefecture...
Activities The 11 Islands of Tokyo Sleiman Azizi Eleven inhabited islands make up the islands chains of Izu and Ogasawara, south of mainland Tokyo. Volcanic in origin, these ...