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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 “...