OCT 2025

Click on photo or link to read the feature • Beyond TokyoLet’s hike to a dragon shrine and a killer waterfall! If you’d like to see just how only-in-Japan trekking over the river and through the woods can be, look no further than the Haruna Shrine and Fukinoware Falls in Gunma Prefecture. It’s just a shortContinueContinue reading “OCT 2025”

OCT 2024

Click on photo or link to read the feature • Beyond Tokyo:A real-life vine bridge and other unknown Shikoku delights! Shikoku delivers so many great experiences that you can’t have anywhere else. The Kazurabashi Vine Bridge would make Indiana Jones pause before attempting to cross its swaying 45-meter length with between-the-toes glimpses of…read more •ContinueContinue reading “OCT 2024”

SEP-OCT 2021

Click on photo or link to read the feature Japanese Home Cooking: How to host a great sake tasting Sake isn’t just for Japanese food anymore—restaurants all over the world are discovering it’s the perfect pairing for all kinds of food. But how do you know what kind of sake you like? Here’s everything you needContinueContinue reading “SEP-OCT 2021”

OCTOBER 2020

Click on photo or link to read the feature Why, Japan, Why?: Tiny pants, the garbage police, and the more friends you have, the lonelier you might be There are some things that nobody who moves to Japan wants to learn. But sometimes it’s these unwelcome lessons that unlock all kinds of other mysteries…read more •ContinueContinue reading “OCTOBER 2020”