Osaka Sumile: Great Food & Ambience Karen Zheng Located in Nakanoshima Love Central, “Sumile” is a fine-dining restaurant conceptualised by a Japanese pop band named Dreams ...
Culture Kyoto Toji-in Temple Tomoko Kamishima Kyoto Toji-in Temple: Muso Soseki’s garden sonata can be enjoyed from many directions.
Early Spring at Fushimi Canal Cathy Cawood Section of canal lined with cherry trees in Fushimi Kyoto. Gekkeikan Sake Brewery stands on the banks, and tourist boats are ...
Autumn Colors at Nison-in - 2 Takako Sakamoto Enjoy the luxury of relaxing in the garden of Nison-in Temple, Kyoto. Sit on the wooden floor of Misono-tei Tea House admirin...
Magical Enkoji Temple Takako Sakamoto The gorgeous autumn leaves in the Garden of Ju-gyu at Enkoji Temple in Kyoto are a magical sight to behold.
Bentendo and Tenmangu at Manshu-in Cathy Cawood Small Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine standing side by side on an island in a pond at Kyoto's Manshu-in
Accommodation Dinner at Hiiragiya Ryokan, Kyoto Katerina Sokolova Dinner at Hiiragiya – an enchanting spectacle of taste and triumph of traditional Japanese cuisine
A Kyoto-Style Welcome Cathy Cawood Beautiful entrances with lanterns, wooden lattice and door curtains welcome visitors in traditional style
Activities Undiscovered Japan Top Tour Poll Rufus Starbuck 13 regions of Japan involved with the Undiscovered Japan initiative have submitted a 2 day 1 night tour that showcases the be...
Activities Spring beside the Kamogawa Cathy Cawood Spring in Kyoto: cherry blossom, food vendors and a koto concert beside the Kamogawa near Kitaoji Bridge and Kyoto Botanical ...
Fresh Beauty at Chishaku-in Temple Larry Knipfing When I saw the torii gate at Chishaku-in Temple, I didn't have high expectations - it seemed too new and abstract. I was happ...
Culture The Ceramic Sculpture of Shindo Tsuji 2020 Kim Bergström Shindo Tsuji (1910-1981) was a Japanese artist, particularly renowned for his sculpture works. While Tsuji had utilized mediu...
Culture Kyoto Fall 2022 Day Two Rey Waters Using a Kyoto fall guide book we mapped out the best places to view the colors while experiencing a historical and cultural e...
Culture Piece of Peace Exhibition 2021 Kim Bergström The Piece of Peace Exhibition at Shinsaibashi PARCO explores a number of World Heritage listed destinations, made from Lego b...
