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Hints on how to enjoy Mother Farm, accessible from Tokyo
Mother Farm is a famous sightseeing spot known to all Japanese on the Boso Peninsula of Chiba. Not only can you pet animals, but pick fruit as well. T...
10 Secrets You'll Want to Experience in Oboke and Iya
Deep within the Shikoku mountains, there is Oboke and Iya. This place is a secluded village surrounded b...
Shop All the Popular Stores at Osaka's Shinsaibashi-suji Shotengai
Shinsaibashi-suji Shotengai is one of Osaka's representative outdoor shopping arcades. Stretc...
A Day in Tsukishima: Explore the Old, the New, and the Monja
by guest writer Laura LossOver 100 years ago, a shipping channel was created in Tokyo bay and the earth th...
Sakura Forecast for 2017
Once we enter March, it won't be long before Japan's long-waited somei yoshino sakura begin to ...
Let's Go! A Walk-Through Guide to the Fushimi Inari Shrine
Located in the entrancing city of Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is home to the famed tunnel of a thou...
Great Spots for Plum Blossoms in Kansai
You know that winter is ending at last when you start seeing ume or plum blossoms. Some of the earliest blo...
Caramel-colored Dried Persimmons Get Sweeter with the Power of Nature and People
by SHUN GATE（Month information was collected：November 2016）A curtain of dried persimmons: the portr...
What Kind of Place is Tokyo's Shitamachi?
When speaking about Tokyo, shitamachi refers to the area located south-east of what is now the Imperial ...
Experience the Culture of the Edo Period in Ningyocho, Tokyo’s Doll Town
by guest writer Laura LossNingyocho is a neighborhood of the Nihonbashi district, located in Tokyo&rs...
Take a trip back in time at Ueno Sakuragi Atari
Well-known for its population of stray cats, Ueno Sakuragi lies only a short walk from both the Ueno and N...
