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Kawaguchiko Momiji Kairo is a famous autumn foliage viewing spot located near Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture. This picturesque area is particularly popular during the autumn season when the maple leaves turn vibrant shades of red...

Do you want to stroll around a Japanese traditional town but no time to go to Kyoto, Nara or Takayama? Just take an hour train ride from Shinjuku to visit Kawagoe. This small city has another name, “Koedo”, that means a little Edo (=form...

June is the month of Ajisai flowers ( bigleaf hydrangea ) in Japan. A very famous temple for the flower is in Kamakura but if you don’t like a tourism spot with a crowd of sightseers, a quiet temple in a residential area of Kawasaki may ...

Yokohama is the first modern port city in Japan opened to the world in July 1859 after the long-year national isolation. It therefore is the birthplace of many “Japanese firsts” such as the first railway transport, photography, gas lamps...

Tsukiji Fish Market is certainly one of the most popular places of interest in Tokyo so please prepare for the crowd if you go on a weekend. Actually there is no longer a fish market. It has moved to Toyosu in 2018 as Tsukiji market coul...

Gotokuji is a temple situated in one of the Tokyo’s 23 metropolitan wards, that means is easy to reach while you are staying in Tokyo. It’s a family temple of one of the major vassals of Shogun in Edo period, but is more famous for its “...

What did people’s life look like before Japan’s recorded history? Among the several ruins of the Yayoi period in Japan, circa 500 BC - 300 AD when rice cultivation and metal tools began shaping early Japanese society, Yoshinogari Ruins i...

Karatsu Kunchi Festival is one of the most famous autumn festivals in Japan. It is a traditional festival that has a history of over 400 years, held annually from November 2 to 4 in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. The highlight of Karatsu...

Miyajidake Shrine is a revered Shinto shrine located in Fukuoka Prefecture, famous for its massive shimenawa, sacred straw rope, which symbolizes purification and protection from evil spirits. It is 13.5 meters long, weighs 5 tons, and i...

Yūtoku Inari Shrine is a stunning Shinto shrine located in Kashima City, Saga Prefecture. It is one of Japan’s three major Inari shrines, alongside Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto and Kasama Inari Shrine in Ibaraki. Founded in 1688, the sh...

Do you want to stroll around a Japanese traditional town but no time to go to Kyoto, Nara or Takayama? Just take an hour train ride from Shinjuku to visit Kawagoe. This small city has another name, “Koedo”, that means a little Edo (=form...

Gotokuji is a temple situated in one of the Tokyo’s 23 metropolitan wards, that means is easy to reach while you are staying in Tokyo. It’s a family temple of one of the major vassals of Shogun in Edo period, but is more famous for its “...

Tsukiji Fish Market is certainly one of the most popular places of interest in Tokyo so please prepare for the crowd if you go on a weekend. Actually there is no longer a fish market. It has moved to Toyosu in 2018 as Tsukiji market coul...

Kawaguchiko Momiji Kairo is a famous autumn foliage viewing spot located near Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi Prefecture. This picturesque area is particularly popular during the autumn season when the maple leaves turn vibrant shades of red...

The 3776m Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan and the nation’s leading tourist destination/World Heritage. It is also known as a great power spot among local people. Listed in the World Heritage is actually not just the mountain bu...

There are 12,000 shrines that have names with “Tenmangu” or “Tenjin”, and this Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto sits at the top of the 12,000. All of them enshrine a historical figure, Sugawara, Michizane who was a scholar, a poet and a major va...

Hikone Castle has “Tenshu”, a tower building within the castle, that has been existing since it was built more than 400 years ago. Throughout Japan there are 12 castles that have existing “Tenshu” since they were originally built and onl...