Five reasons to visit
Nara’s Mt. Yoshino is renowned for the 30,000 sakura trees that cover the mountainside in glorious pink in the spring. However, there’s...
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7 Traditional Japanese Styles
Fashion is a very visible part of any culture. The clothing people wear can convey a great deal of information about how they live and...
November 11th - Pocky Day or...
Pocky vs Pepero and the battle for November 11th: Japan and South Korea. In 1963 Osaka’s Eizaki Glico Confections Company (known at the...
5 Japanese dishes that are not sushi
Does Japanese food = sushi to you? Here are 5 other delicious and distinctly Japanese dishes to tempt your tastebuds: Yakitori Yakitori,...
Hot Spring Bathing in Japan
“Hadaka no tsukiai,” naked socialization, is the Japanese concept that asserts that the best way to get to know someone is to take a bath...
History of a Nation
10 unique museums in Nara. Yamato Culture and Art Museum The establishment and construction of the Yamato Culture and Art Museum (Yamato...
Guest Blog: My Adventures in Nara
We did lots of other things in Nara, from visiting the site of Japan’s ancient capital, Heijo-kyo, and its big reconstructed city gate, to s
Uda City in the Autumn
Uda City occupies the majority of Nara’s mountainous east corner. Regular train services on the Kintetsu Osaka Line make this countryside...
Rustic Nara, Soni Village and Highlands
Soni is registered as one of the most beautiful countryside villages in Japan and here are 5 reasons why it’s worth a visit: Soni Kogen...
Antler Cutting Ceremony in Nara Park
October 8th, 9th & 10th Nara Park is well known its ~1,200 sika (shika) deer that are so accustomed to people that they will eat...
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