Culture Sakado Yosakoi Festival 2024 Todd Wojnowski Sakado Yosakoi is a huge traditional dance festival held in Sakado City, Saitama every summer. Over 250,000 visitors watch mo...
Culture Ogose Summer Festival 2024 Todd Wojnowski The Ogose Summer Festival is an annual event with fireworks, floats, and fun for everyone. Held in late July in Saitama, the ...
13 Culture Agena Central Park Michael Flemming Agena Central Park is a great place for recreation, bullfighting, and castle trekking
12 Culture Kamakura’s Eisho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Eisho-ji Temple has been a nunnery since it was established in 1636. The founder of this temple was a woman who once was Toku...
7 Culture German-style Oktoberfest Odaiba Michael Kaplan Oktoberfest in Odaiba, is a great experience of the Japanese version of the annual German Festival. Enjoy beers,ales, sausag...
Food Kanak Indian Dining JJ Walsh Friendly little Indian eatery near Peace park- offering many side dishes as well as set-meals, curries, nan and a large drink...
Accommodation Prince Hotel Cottages in Karuizawa Rufus Starbuck Log cabins in the mountains of Karuizawa make for a interesting accommodation options - a taste of the great outdoors with th...
8 Licca: a Different Kind of Italian Louise Archer Licca is a lovely Italian restaurant in the Nasu highlands, famous for its lovely Italian cuisine and its unusual style of fi...
10 Autumn in Akita Pratiwi Last October, I had a chance to visit Akita Prefecture. Prefecture Akita is located in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshu; ...
14 Culture Nankinmachi, Kobe's Chinatown Peter Sidell In central Kobe in Japan's Hyogo prefecture, Nankinmachi is the city's Chinatown, is a fun, lively place with a wide range of...
