Freezing Dawn at Norikura Highlands Takako Sakamoto I visited Norikura Highlands for the first time in years, but the autumn leaves around the mountaintop was almost finished......
Fukui's Ajimano Shrine in Echizen Takako Sakamoto Located just beside Ajimano-en Park, Ajimano Shrine in Echizen City enshrines the 26th Emperor of Japan, Emperor Keitai. It ...
Fukui Kitano Show Classics Takako Sakamoto Fukui Kitano Show Classics: Near Fukui Kitano-sho Ruins, this cozy gallery & live space holds live jazz and classical music e...
Restaurant "Umano-Ya" (The Stable) Takako Sakamoto Would you like to try eating horse meat in Fukui? Then you should come to this restaurant, 'Umano-Ya'. Directly delivered fro...
Echizen Lotus Photo Collection - 2 Takako Sakamoto Hanahasu Koen (Lotus Park) in Southern Echizen, Fukui, is HUGE! See its vast lotus field - one of the best places for lotus p...
Toko-ji in Kofu Cathy Cawood This Kamakura Period temple has a dry garden with magnificent standing rocks, and a pond shaped like the ideogram for 'dragon'.
Rainy Day at Chozen-ji Cathy Cawood A temple ten minutes walk from Kofu JR station with two pagodas, and a beautiful main hall.
Fukui Botanical Garden in the Rain Takako Sakamoto Fukui Botanical Garden Plantopia in the Rain: a video of beautiful flowers and plants under the autumn rain in Echizen town, ...
Suganuma Gassho Village in Toyama Takako Sakamoto Suganuma Village in Gokayama Gassho-style Villages; A World Heritage Site with newly set-up roads and tunnels. I was mesmeriz...
Spider Lilies at Asakura Ruins Takako Sakamoto Spider Lilies at Ichijodani Asakura Ruins: Scarlet flowers heralding autumn at a historical site in Fukui prefecture.
Pretty in Pink at Sakaeno Shrine Takako Sakamoto Gorgeous weeping cherry trees at Sakaeno Yashiro Shrine in the center of Fukui City.
Flying over Field Mustard in Spring Hiroshi Ohnuki Enjoy an aerial view of beautiful yellow field mustard flowers in Sabae City, Fukui. If happiness was a flower, it would be f...
Food CoDow Restaurant, Karuizawa Peter Sidell In the resort town of Karuizawa in Japan's Nagano prefecture an hour from Tokyo, CoDow serves quality food and drinks in a co...
Activities Takinozawa Park in Yuzawa Rufus Starbuck An easily accessible nature hike right off the main street of Yuzawa that takes you into the mountains to the base of two cra...
