If you’re in central Japan this time of year, you have to check out the magical lights of the “Winter Illumination”. Celebrating its ninth consecutive year, the Winter Illumination display is currently exhibiting at Nabano No Sato, a flower park within the Nagashima Resort in Kuwana City (Mie Prefecture). According …
The Adachi Museum of Art, located in the southern prefecture of Tottori, was founded in 1980 by the late Adachi Zenkov, who in this project, combined his two passions of Japanese art and garden design. It has been named the best garden in Japan annually since 2003 by the bi-monthly …
In this stunning photograph we see a bird’s eye view of the majestic Mount Fuji. The picture, along with two others that are equally amazing stunning, was posted to the Japanese site DDN. I wasn’t able to get the photographer ‘s name but this aerial capture was too incredible not …
A deep connection to landscape is part of the culture in Japan. Plants and trees are maintained so that even with the changing of seasons, they are sculpted to remain harmonious with the landscape. photosHD The underlying structure of a Japanese garden is determined by the architecture; that is, the …
Each year in the Land of the Rising Sun thousands come to Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture to view the magical spectacle of the flowering nemophila. Nemophilas are annual flowers with transparent blue petals that are at their best in mid-May. It’s a combination of the two Greek words …
The kudzu vine originates in east Asia and can grow more than 6.5 feet a week. Its starchy roots plunge deep into the soil, and just a fragment of the plant remaining in the ground is enough to allow it to come back next season. Where it occurs as an …
The Japanese city of Toyama is the political and economic hub of the Toyama prefecture, and the gateway to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. The area is very famous for its eastern medicine, particularly the “Han-Gon-Han”, mixture made from the extract of the musk bag of a deer, herbs and …
When most travelers picture Japan, they think of the bright lights and over crowded streets of Tokyo. However, Japan also offers unique all-inclusive vacations situated away from the major cities on the country’s coast providing beautiful scenery and excellent activities, whether it be a day trip to a local archeological site …
