Click on photo or link to read the feature • Seasonal SecretWhat makes these crazy wisteria the most Japanese flower spectacle of all? It’s no secret that Japan produces some of the worlds’ most eyepopping flower extravaganzas—like, yeah, cherry blossom season—but there’s an especially Japanese kind of master gardening that you can only see duringContinueContinue reading “MAY 2025”
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MAY 2024
Click on photo or link to read the feature • Beyond Tokyo:Come for the art island, stay for the tea garden You came, you saw, you appreciated all the art on Naoshima. But the memory that will stick with you from Takamatsu—the city you thought of as merely the jumping-off place for the art islandContinueContinue reading “MAY 2024”
SEP-OCT 2023
Click on photo or link to read the feature • Seasonal Secret:Halloween costumes I would regret I love Halloween in Japan, because the costumes are so hilariously and bafflingly unlike something ANYONE would wear to a party where I come from. Let’s plunge into the most baffling of the baffling and the most inexplicable ofContinueContinue reading “SEP-OCT 2023”
JUL-AUG 2023
Click on photo or link to read the feature • Seasonal Secret:Splashparks: Tokyo’s secret summer delight You don’t have to be a kid to fling socks and shoes to the wind and dip your hot, tired feet in these inviting summertime streams, pools and fountains. Best of all, these are all in public parks, soContinueContinue reading “JUL-AUG 2023”
MAY-JUN 2023
Click on photo or link to read the feature • Seasonal Secret:It’s Fluttering Fish Flag Season! Few sights are more delightful than a school of fish flags fluttering against the spring sky. They only appear in the month before Children’s Day on May 5, so now is the time to seek out the biggest andContinueContinue reading “MAY-JUN 2023”
MAY-JUN 2021
Click on photo or link to read the feature Seasonal Secret: Seven things you didn’t know about Japanese weddings From fake priests to Barbie princess gowns, Japanese weddings are a whole different ballgame…read more • Beyond Tokyo: Come for the purple, stay for the lights The Ashikaga Flower Park not only boasts insanely huge wisteria,ContinueContinue reading “MAY-JUN 2021”
MAY 2020
Click on photo to read the feature Beyond Tokyo: Let’s go to Koya-san, one of the most mystical pilgrimage sites in all of Japan Whether you’re searching for enlightenment, want to test whether you’re pure of heart or not, or just want to see the tomb that’s carved in the shape of a giant coffeeContinueContinue reading “MAY 2020”
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