Food and Travel

Kunozan Toshogu Shrine Kunozan Toshogu in Shizuoka prefecture enshrines the spirit of the Japanese shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. The main shrine there, ...

Sapporo Fushimi Inari’s torii gates Did you know that there is a Fushimi Inari Shrine in both Sapporo (Hokkaido) and Kyoto? In this article, we in...

Ozoni with round mochi Japanese people eat New Year's dishes such as ‘Osechi’ during the holiday. Ozoni is one part of Osechi cuisine.  There are ...

A foraging Sandpiper Higashiyoka-Higata is a protected wetland that boasts the largest number of wild birds in all of Japan, including migratory b...

Oki islands scenery At the start of the Kojiki, the oldest Japanese text, the gods Izanagi and Izanami created “Oki no Mitsugonoshima” which are n...

Toyama glass art cups Toyama is famous for glassmaking as there are many factories at the Glass Art Hills Toyama. Toyama Glass Studio is one such ...

Sendai Zuke-don Sendai Zuke-don is a unique seafood rice bowl from Miyagi Prefecture. The area is famous for its seafood, especially flounder, sea...

View over Yoshinogari Historical Park Yoshinogari Historical Park is the largest and most significant Yayoi Period archaeological site in Japan. I...

Scarecrows hanging out Iya, one of the three most unexplored areas in Japan, is located right in the middle of Shikoku. There is a village in the ...

Medicinal cuisine Do you know the history of Toyama  prefecture's medicine sales? It began  in the middle of the Edo period with Masatoshi Maeda. ...

Lake Shikotsu Enjoy canoeing while appreciating the autumn leaves at Lake Shikotsu, famous for being the cleanest and clearest lake in Japan. Can...

December in Japan December is also called "shiwasu” (師走) in Japan. 師 means teacher or mentor and 走 means busy. A long time ago, many households wo...