Places of Interest Asahikawa Asahikawa (旭川) is Hokkaido’s second biggest city after Sapporo. It is not a major tourist destination, although visitors…
Sapporo Sapporo (札幌) is the capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture best known abroad for the annual Sapporo Snow…
Places of Interest Kyoto Kyoto (京都, Kyōto) was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years until the Meiji Restoration in 1868…
Places of Interest Gokayama Gokayama is an area in Toyama Prefecture, comprising of 40 small villages, two of which (Ainokura and Suganuma)…
Places of Interest Shirakawa-go Shirakawa-gō is an area in the village of Shirakawa famous for its collection of gasshō-zukuri (合掌造り) style buildings.…
Places of Interest Kanazawa Kanazawa (金沢) is the capital city of Ishikawa prefecture. From the late 16th century until the end of…
Places of Interest Tokyo Disneyland & Disneysea Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo Disneysea are actually located just outside Tokyo in the neighbouring prefecture of Chiba. Tokyo…
Places of Interest Fukuoka Fukuoka (福岡) is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and the most populous city of the island of…
Places of Interest Nagasaki Nagasaki (長崎) is a port city on the western side of Kyushu that has played a hugely important…
Places of Interest Sugamo Sugamo Jizo-dori (巣鴨地蔵通り) is a bustling shopping street near JR Sugamo Station popular with the older generations that…
Places of Interest Hakone Yumoto Gateway town to the Hakone region and the destination of the Romance Car from Shinjuku. A great place to pick up a souvenir or try the local delicacies.
Places of Interest Omiya Bonsai Village Omiya Bonsai Village (大宮盆栽村, Ōmiya Bonsaimura) is a small bonsai nursery precinct in Bonsaicho in Saitama started by…
