Culture Bring Your Tokyo to Life Veronica Carnevale Tokyo’s allure has long captivated the minds of many. Discover its secrets for yourself.
Culture YÖ TOKYO Exhibition 2021 Kim Bergström An exhibition taking place at the Yoseido Ginza cosmetics stor will explore works from Kanagawa-born artist Yusuke Tachibana,...
Activities Walkabouts in Northern Saitama Justin Dart Northeastern Saitama, not far from the borders of Tochigi and Ibaraki, is an area with a pace of life largely unchanged in th...
Food Yokohama's Chinatown Michelle Lindsey Visit Yokohama's Chinatown to taste authentic Chinese food and browse the shops in the alleyways
Culture Myosenji Temple in Odawara Peter Sidell In the historical castle town of Odawara in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, Myosenji is an interesting Buddhist temple with a wi...
Activities Yakyu Inari Shrine Spring Flower Festival Kim Bergström Each year from around mid April through until early May, Saitama's Yakyū Inari Shrine holds a spring flower festival that cel...
Culture Pipilotti Rist Exhibition: Ibaraki 2021 Kim Bergström A special exhibition at the Art Tower Mito in Ibaraki will look at the work of Pipilotti Rist (1962-), a Swiss visual artist ...
Food Black Mermaid Witch's Temptation Sweets Buffet 2021 Kim Bergström A mermaid princess falls in love with a human, and makes a deal with a sea witch so she can be with him. Yes -- it's the plot...
Activities Canyoning in Chichibu C. Rio Instead of the expected 5 meter falls, our first decent was a 25 meter beautiful double waterfall.
Food Bar Stretto di Mano Carrie Jacobs Set back from the street with large windows and soft lighting, my curiosity was piqued when I stopped to peer in the windows ...
Activities Shiroyama Park, Kanuma area Tochigi Stacy Kurokawa Play, fun, ride a roller slide, enjoy blossoms in the springtime in a countryside, mountainside park.
Activities Skypark Utsunomiya: Paragliding Stacy Kurokawa Try paragliding at Skypark Utsunomiya. Beginners welcome. No Japanese? Don't worry, you'll probably survive.
Culture Holy Connections Elysse Hurtado Hitachi's Izumo Shrine boasts of some of the biggest Shinto shrine attributes in Japan and innovative new practices that coul...
Culture Burning Beauty Elysse Hurtado Try your hand at creating beauty from fire with the help of the Camosu Glass-Blowing Workshop near Kasama
Food Mitaniya Sobadokoro Elizabeth S Mitaniya Sobadokoro on the south side of Abiko Station serves freshly made pork cutlets over curry rice, tender soba noodles,...