Tokyo Bay Summer Night Cruise: The Definitive Tokyo Summer Experience
A cruise like a summer festival
The first question I asked myself after taking Tokyo Bay's summer night cruise (available from July 1 to September 30) as a reporter, was whether or not I would...
Top 3 Autumn Leaf Viewing Spots in Japan
As sweltering summer turns to autumn, leaves take on an amber hue starting from the mountains in Hokkaido and spreading southwards. Here are three top spots where Japanese people go “koyo (autumn leaf) hunting”!
Arashiyama, Kyoto 嵐山－京都
Best...
Ski in Japan: Top 5 Central Japan Resorts
Within just 3 hours of Central Japan, you can find slopes to suit any ski level, not to mention a great selection of spas. Our top four picks take you high, where trees freeze into "ice...
Maple Hunting in Kyoto: Tofukuji
Sacred temple leafs
As one of Kyoto's best spots for autumn foliage, Tofukuji temple should be high on the list of anyone that calls him/herself a "maple leaf hunter".
You will be overwhelmed by the myriads of...
Summer Illumination at Meguro Gajoen
A display of Japanese lights
Meguro Gajoen is Tokyo's longest-running wedding venue, and one of the most gorgeous, too. Its resemblance to the bathhouse of Ghibli Studio's "Spirited Away" has often been pointed out, and we...
4 hotel pools in Tokyo to escape the summer heat
Swimming and sunbathing in Tokyo's concrete jungle
Now that the rainy season has come to an end, the hot and muggy summer is here to stay for the next few months. Escaping the heat by leaving Tokyo...
A Taste of Sh旬n: Sanma-time in Autumn
The end of summer brings about the season for the similar-sounding "sanma" - or Pacific Saury. But it's name in Japanese characters, 秋刀魚, means literally "autumn sword fish", and the aroma of salted, grilled sanma...
Cool Summer Treks Around Tokyo (1): Kamikochi in Nagano Prefecture
With the mercury rising in the concrete jungle of Tokyo, it’s definitely time to drop a few degrees Celsius by taking a hike somewhere in the lush, green hills of Japan.
And while the average...
Water dessert! Kinseiken’s Mizu-shingen Mochi
Water selling like hot cakes
It was on a rainy Saturday morning that we arrived in Hakushu, Yamanashi Prefecture, but a long queue was already snaking its way to the entrance of Kinseiken, a Hakushu...
