Shopping Rice Cracker Kingdom in Niigata Alena Eckelmann Niigata Prefecture is the top rice cracker producer in Japan. "Senbei Okoku" is located in Nizaki near Niigata Airport. The "Kingdom..
Culture Nunoike Cathedral Chris Glenn Nunoike is Nagoya and Central Japan's largest Catholic Cathedral, with a Gothic Revivalist architectural style and 50m belfries..
Beauty & Spa Kuraya Onsen "Onpoi no Yu" Justin Dart Let the day drain away at Kuraya Onsen, a great day spa with Japanese cypress baths filled with silky hot spring water right off..
Area Gero Onsen Slipping into a hot spring is a common practice in Japan. Gero City, located two hours north of Gifu City, one hour east of Nakatsugawa and one hour south of Takayama, is famous for its onsens..
Culture Suimu Shrine Festival 2025 Late Sep Suimu Shrine Festival has those of unlucky ages fight to push out the bad spirits that plague those ages.
Culture Ryoukaizan Yokokura Temple Michelle Ishiki This temple, built in 801, enshrines a unique resident - a mummified priest.
Shopping Ena Kyo Service Area (Southbound) Justin Dart Take a break at the Ena Kyo Southbound service area on the Chuo Expressway; sweets, gas & Starbucks
Activities Site of Reversible Destiny Michelle Ishiki An indoor/outdoor fun house type experience In Yoro Park in Yoro, Gifu