Activities Little Reds Reynald Ventura In Japan, these flowers are called hekusokazura. But I call them little reds or little bells. In the 19.5 hectare Maioka Park...
Food Torii Chaya Shin Shin An Cordelia Ding There is no better place to sit down and dish out bills for a delicious meal of fresh, seasonal dishes, than at one of these ...
Food Delicious Tonkatsu in Kichijoji Michael Ying Two delicious Tonkatsu Restaurants in Kichijoji: Tare Katsu, a small restaurant with a Niigata recipe and Marakatsu Shokudo, ...
Food Wired Cafe 1999 Shibuya Michael Ying A visit to Wired Cafe 1999 in Shibuya, a spacious art bookstore and restaurant with American industrial decor.
Activities Dream Garden on Top of the World Cathy Cawood Completely natural 'garden' on a Northern Yamanashi mountainside with fabulous rocks and a wide variety of beautiful plants i...
Culture Living in Fushimi - Part One Cordelia Ding Living in Kyoto for a longer time (more than one month, and less than three months - the duration of a traveler/temporary vis...
Accommodation Guesthouse Wasabi Nippori Cordelia Ding Guesthouse Wasabi is very conveniently located a few stops from Tokyo Station on the Joban Line, near Mikawashima Station. Th...
Food Suntory Musashino Brewery Tour Elena Lisina Suntory Musashino Brewery suggests visitors take a free, one-hour brewery tour where they can find out how Suntory's Premium ...
Culture Lotus Flowers at Ueno Park Takako Sakamoto Beautiful lotus flowers at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park, Tokyo
Culture Surreal Fukiware Falls in Numata Cathy Cawood The gorge at Fukiware Falls has been carved into surreal shapes by the river, resulting in some magnificent scenery.
Culture Komyoji Temple in Ueno Peter Sidell Between Tokyo's historic Ueno and Asakusa districts, Komyoji is a centuries-old Buddhist temple, with a peaceful atmosphere a...
Culture TOP Museum's Special Movie Theater Takako Sakamoto Reopened Tokyo Photographic Art Museum's movie theater shows rare documentary films.
Taizo-in Zen Garden, Kyoto Illaura Rossiter The Taizo-in Zen Garden at Myoshin Temple in Kyoto are known for their beautiful Yin and Yang rock gardens as well as their s...
Culture Nihonjin – People of Japan Elena Lisina Contact with many different people of Japan on any journey are precious moments.