Food Oranda-ya Jim Swan A charming bakery, restaurant, and varietal coffee bean retailer near the Nara Youth Hostel. The pizza service from 2~10:00 PM is..
Culture Mito's Plum Blossom Festival 2025 Mid Feb - Mid Mar Every year during the second last week of February, Mito’s Kairakuen plays host to the Mito Plum Festival. Thanks to its long ..
Culture Kurihama Flower Park: Summer Cosmos Abby Rodriguez Kurihama Hana no Kuni is famous for its seasonal blossoms.
Culture Ancient Traditions of the Gion Matsuri Bonson Lam Be transported by the sounds and sights of Gion Matsuri, a Millennium old festival in the open air art gallery of Kyoto’s old ..
Accommodation Hakoba Farmers' Inn Dana Vielmetti Experience rural Japan at this beautiful farmers' inn near Kochi's famous Shimanto River
Food Green Leaf Jannine Myers New to residents living in the Chatan area is the recently opened organic store, Green Leaf
10 Culture Serene Kita-Kamakura's Meigetsu-in Temple Josef Diermair Meigetsu-in, a small temple located in North-kamakura, has a really nice window.The window is round, which in Buddhist terminology..
12 Culture Komyo-ji Temple of Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji Temple is just a few steps from the sea, and the sea breeze here always seems to purify the temple’s precincts and vi..