Grape Picking Around Aichi
Jul 12, 2017 By Bert Wishart
[caption id="attachment_32986" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Grape Picking in Okazaki[/caption] Fruit picking is a popular family activity in Japan, and farms across...[ Click to read more ]
Gozan no Okuribi – Kyoto’s Obon Fire-Fest
Jul 11, 2017 By Bert Wishart
The festival of Obon, a buddhist celebration of ancestors, is celebrated across Japan from the 13th-15th of August (excepting some...[ Click to read more ]
Magome to Tsumago: Walking the Nakasendo Way
Jun 29, 2017 By Bert Wishart
During the Edo era the Tokkaido and the Nakasendo roads were the two main routes that connected the new capital...[ Click to read more ]
English Language Yoga Classes in Tokyo
Jun 29, 2017 By Bert Wishart
With its combination of strength, stamina and flexibility, there are very few forms of exercise that gets your body into...[ Click to read more ]
The Orix Buffaloes – It’s Baseball, Japanese Style
Jun 28, 2017 By Justin Hanus
Baseball is considered the biggest spectator sport in Japan but if you find yourself at a Nippon Professional Baseball league...[ Click to read more ]
There Is No Other Place in the World Like Tottori’s Sand Museum
Jun 28, 2017 By Justin Hanus
At Japan's one-of-a-kind Sand Museum, the art has as much in common with the sand sculptures built at the beach...[ Click to read more ]
Suma Aqualife Park: A Full Day of Fun at Suma Beach in Kobe
Jun 28, 2017 By Justin Hanus
Kobe is a city built on the water and Suma Seaside Park is the people's link to the sea. Suma...[ Click to read more ]
Cutting the Rug Japanese Style – Take a Japanese Dance Class with WAK
Jun 28, 2017 By Justin Hanus
For the first 40 years of her life Michi Ogawa was "an ordinary housewife with no experience working outside the...[ Click to read more ]
Kobe Love Port or the Minato Matsuri 2017
The Kobe Love Port (Minato Matsuri) is an annual festival held on Dainitotte (the 2nd Pier) east of Meriken Park close...[ Click to read more ]
Tomonoura: The Seaside Village of Wolverine and Miyazaki… and Medicinal Sake
Jun 26, 2017 By Jade Brischke
Summer has officially arrived and the beach and all things cool and refreshing are the flavours of the month. The...[ Click to read more ]
