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Travel

Ancient Scenery Gets New Audiences at Refurbished Kiyotsukyo Gorge Tunnel

September 1, 2019 11:22 am

Kengo Matsumoto Leave your thoughts

  The Kiyotsukyo Gorge Tunnel (Tokamachi City, Niigata Prefecture) is enveloped in chilly air as I walk through. After a

Travel

Trams Through the Blossoms: Discovering Tokyo on the Setagaya Line

12:50 am

Earl Kinmonth Leave your thoughts

    (Second of Two Parts)   (Read Part 1 at this link.)   The second installment of this two-part […]

Travel

Trams Through the Blossoms: Discovering Tokyo on the Arakawa Line

August 31, 2019 4:54 pm

Earl Kinmonth Leave your thoughts

  (First of Two Parts)   At its peak, Tokyo had an extensive public tram network which covered 213 kilometers of [&helli

Travel

Find 500 Years of History in Okayama’s Picturesque Kurashiki

August 23, 2019 1:44 pm

John Carroll Leave your thoughts

  It is a somewhat curious experience walking through the streets of the Bikan old merchant district in Kurashiki, the [

Blog

Moving to Japan: My Journey Begins in Fukushima

December 28, 2018 4:43 am

Senol Hasan Leave your thoughts

  If you had told me a year ago that I would be performing on stage in a play where […]

Travel

Discovering Fukushima Sake at the Daitengu Brewery

December 23, 2018 9:12 pm

Sara Doel Leave your thoughts

    In March 2018 I learned I was accepted into the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Program, and my […]

Travel

Toyooka City’s Ankokuji Temple Is A Masterpiece in Autumn

November 29, 2018 11:59 pm

Ryosuke Kawaguchi Leave your thoughts

      When autumn sets in, a small temple surrounded by mountains in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, is suddenly [&helli

Travel

Need a Break from Tokyo? Try the ‘Anti-Tokyo’ Oykot!

November 25, 2018 12:20 am

Avery Morrow Leave your thoughts

      I often hear acquaintances — who are visiting Japan but haven’t made plans beyond staying in Tokyo […]

Travel

Ajirojima Islet: Where ‘Crumbs of Shooting Stars’ Sleep

November 24, 2018 3:03 am

Ryosuke Kawaguchi Leave your thoughts

      The moon peeks out between the clouds, silhouetting the profile of the islet. Depicted in a long-exposure [&hellip

Culture

Kofu City: Blueberries, Grapes, Wines…and A Glorious Past of Ninjas and Samurai

October 7, 2018 12:00 pm

Avery Morrow Leave your thoughts

      No matter where you go in Japan, the past and present are encountered constantly in ways unexpected […]

Culture

‘Neko Dokoro’: Photographer Shuji Ozaki Releases Cat Calendar for 2019

2:54 am

JAPAN Forward Leave your thoughts

  JAPAN Forward contributing photographer Shuji Ozaki is a notorious cat lover. It is therefore no surprise that most of

Blog

Yurigahama Beach: A Phantasmal View on A Southern Island

August 24, 2018 10:59 pm

Masaki Furumaya, the Sankei Shimbun Leave your thoughts

      By Masaki Furumaya   Riding out to sea on a small boat, we come to a soft halt […]

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