Asahi Brewery in Nagoya
Apr 28, 2014 By Bert Wishart
When it comes to alcoholic beverages, the Japanese are most proud of its sake and rightly so. However, while sake is one of the most recognisable totems of Japanese culture,...[ Click to read more ]
SCMAGLEV and Railway Park Nagoya
Nov 25, 2013 By Ray Proper
The SCMaglev and Railway Park is a railway and train museum owned by the Central Japan Railway Company in Nagoya, Japan. The museum is a new edition to the list...[ Click to read more ]
Mt Togoku Fruits Park in Nagoya – Fruit Picking
Oct 28, 2013 By Ray Proper
Fruit picking is a popular family activity in Japan, and farms across the country offer the opportunity to pick fruit directly from the tree from their orchards. Typically farms will...[ Click to read more ]
Non Hoi Park – Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Garden
Aug 21, 2013 By Ray Proper
Non Hoi Park, or the Toyohashi Comprehensive Zoo and Botanical Garden is a garden, natural history museum, and amusement park a couple of hours from Nagoya in Toyohashi City. It...[ Click to read more ]
Kawadoko: Riverside Terrace Dining in Kyoto
Jun 14, 2013 By Ray Proper
Its summer, and time for trips! If you are visiting Kyoto this summer, one highly recommended activity is kawadoko, or river dining. Japanese people, possibly everyone, like to eat outside...[ Click to read more ]
Hiking and Hot Springs: Highlights of a Weekend in Nagano
Apr 16, 2013 By Ray Proper
Guest post from Peter Ninnes, author of Nagano Onsen Guide: The Top 100 Day-Use Hot Springs Hiking, Walking and Biking Nagano: 16 Tours in Ueda City and Environs Hiking, Walking...[ Click to read more ]
HimakaJima in Sparkling Mikawa Bay
Mar 26, 2013 By Ray Proper
This article, and HimakaJima itself, caught my attention for various reasons: Chris Glenn knows where the good stuff in Japan is. It is a day trip from Nagoya. It is...[ Click to read more ]
Takayama in Gifu Prefecture
Mar 20, 2013 By First Admin
Located in Gifu Prefecture, and surrounded by some of Japan's richest natural areas just below the famous Northern Alps, Takayama is some what isolated and distant. This isolation allowed the...[ Click to read more ]
The Tokoname Pottery Path
Nov 12, 2012 By Ray Proper
[caption id="attachment_3598" align="aligncenter" width="150"] Tokoname Pottery[/caption] The Tokoname Pottery Path, or "Yakimono Sanpomichi" offers views of old traditional houses, workshops, buildings, implements of production, and pottery that typify the...[ Click to read more ]
Picking Mikan Oranges in Nagoya
Oct 24, 2012 By Ray Proper
Late autumn and winter in Japan is orange season, and people go nuts for them. When I first came to Japan they had this amazing orange chu-hai available that has...[ Click to read more ]
