Miyazaki Prefecture’s 1960s honeymoon boom
Miyazaki Prefecture’s most prominent natural feature are these neat parallel rows or grooves of pockmarked, platform rock nicknamed the “Devil’s…
Aokigahara Forest, Fuji Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi
An ordinary-looking forest in Japan (upper right photo). Nothing spooky about it right? Right. It’s only Aokigahara Forest, a beautiful…
Very green Korakuen Garden, Okayama
Korakuen is one of the Big Three Famous Japanese Gardens (Nihon Sanmeien 日本三名園). The other two are Kairakuen in Mito,…
Kaiten Human Torpedo Museum, Ozushima, Yamaguchi
Near the coastal city of Shunan, there’s a small island called Ozushima (大津島) in the Seto Inland Sea. During the…
Yoshinogari Historical Park, Saga
Huge outdoor park on an archaeological site where ruins from the Yayoi Period were discovered and excavated since the mid-1980s.…
Izumo Taisha Shrine, Shimane
If you want to avoid tourist crowds, the San’in Region (Tottori, Shimane, Yamaguchi Prefectures) facing the Sea of Japan is…
Northern Culture Center, Niigata
Northern Culture Center (Hoppo Bunka Hakubutsukan) is a former Japanese farmhouse built in 1887 and converted into a local museum.…