8 Activities Gorogatake Sea of Clouds Orrin Heath Ever want to stand above the clouds? Well, you can do that if you visit Gorogatake in Maizuru and see unkai or the Sea of Clouds...
Culture Akashi Park and Akashi Castle Mari Karahashi Next to the modern port city, Kobe, you can find a century-old park called Akashi Park. It is a perfect spot for hanami (cherr..
14 Culture Kyoto Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine: Spring breeze brings the delicate sweet fragrance of plum blossoms
13 Culture Bonsai at Kyoto Botanical Gardens Cathy Cawood There is a large collection of bonsai on display in Kyoto Botanical Gardens including pines, wisteria and several different maples...
12 Culture Kyoto Ryoan-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Since Queen Elizabeth II visited this rock garden and highly praised it in 1975, huge numbers of people have flocked to Ryoan-ji..
Culture Seiryu-e Dragon Festival 2026 Sunday - Mar 15th The Seiryu-e festival is held every spring and autumn near Kiyomizu-dera. The Seiryu or blue dragon is believed to be a guardi..
12 Culture Spring at Hirano Shrine Cathy Cawood Photos of cherry blossom festival at Hirano Shrine, the oldest annual festival in Kyoto, begun in 985. At night lanterns are lit..
15 Activities Kaizu Osaki Cathy Cawood Photos of four kilometers of cherry blossom at Kaizu Osaki on the Northern shore of Lake Biwa.