Culture Kameyama Castle Chris Glenn Life is slow in Mie Prefecture’s Kameyama City. Even the name, Kameyama means “Tortoise Mountain”, but things weren’t always t..
Shopping Shinsekai Jeannie Gan Shinsekai gives you a unique, retro, cross culture kind of feeling. See Osaka from Tsutenkaku tower and fill your appetite with..
Culture Tobe Autumn Festival Anonymous Tobe Autumn Festival is a good opportunity to see the pottery and other products of Tobe gathered in one place. The fruit and sake..
Culture Ikebana flower exhibition in Nara Paul Hackshaw Ikebana is the art of beautifully arranging cut stems, leaves, and flowers in vases and other containers that evolved in Japan over..
Accommodation Yokohama's Hotel New Grand Tomoko Kamishima The elegant building facing Yamashita Park, is one of the oldest hotels in Yokohama: the Hotel New Grand.
Culture Yokohama Yamate's Berrick Hall Tomoko Kamishima Berrick Hall in Yokohama's Yamate area is a beautiful old-style Spanish and art deco house.
Nightlife Noge: Feel the Heat and Feel the Beat of Yokohama Yumi Imai The Noge district in Yokohama is a great drinking and jazz spot.
Food Yokohama Motomachi's Issa-an Soba Tomoko Kamishima Issa-an in Yokohama's Motomachi serves great soba.