8 Culture Nara's 1300-year-old wood buildings Keigetsu Watanabe Nara's Horyuji Temple, with wooden buildings over 1,300-year-old, was the first World Heritage site in Japan.
Activities Cooking Sun: Japanese Cooking Class Camille Dufour-Blain Want to learn more about Japanese Food? Taking cooking classes is definitely the best way to do so. Cooking Sun is a cooking school..
10 Jurinji Narihiradera at Oshio Bonson Lam Jurinji sits in the tranquil hills between Osaka and Kyoto, just 30 minutes from Higashi Muko Station. Long before Kyoto, there..
7 Autumn Foliage of Eikando, Kyoto: 2 Takako Sakamoto Autumn Foliage of Eikando: The shining maple leaves at sunsets will leave you speechless.
7 Jazz Spot Yamatoya Connie Ng Like a page out of a Murakami novel, Kyoto’s Jazz Spot Yamatoya serves up late nights, smoke and whiskey over smooth jazz. Wit..
8 Amano-Hashidate to Maizuru Cathy Cawood The coastline between Amano-Hashidate and Maizuru has beautiful ocean views, white sandy beaches and a nice smooth road for cycling...
9 From Kotohikihama to Amanohashidate Cathy Cawood Day spent cycling from Kotohikihama through the interior of Tango Peninsula, with its small towns, rice fields and forested hills..
11 The Rock Garden of Ryoan-ji Temple Takako Sakamoto In June this year, I visited Ryoan-ji Temple, the temple of 'Rock Garden', and enjoyed the beauty of it surrounded by fresh..