Japan's Tokyo Tower
Visitors can experience stunning views from the tower’s main observatory, which is located at a height of 150 meters and offers a 360 degree view of the whole Kanto Region surrounding Tokyo. The main observatory also houses its own Shinto Shrine, ... [... more]
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Popular Japanese Rice Dishes
The most important ingredient and main staple of all Japanese food is rice. It’s such an important part of Japanese meals that the Japanese word for rice, gohan, is also used as the same word to refer to any meal in general. Most Japanese eat ... [... more]
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Japan's Weirdest Baths - Red Wine & Chocolate
The waters of the Ramen Spa, when it was offered, were colored a light, milky brown, to look like the broth of ramen soup. The bath was pepper-flavored and contained garlic extract, as well as collagen, which is good for the skin. The tub itself ... [... more]
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Purikura – Japanese Photo Sticker Booths
Purikura are fairly easy to operate. Generally, up to about 5 people can enter a single booth to pose for up to ten different photo sets. Money must first be entered into the machine, and then a variety of selections can be made. Most photo ... [... more]
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Onsen - Relax At A Japanese Hot Spring
Onsen, or hot springs, first became popular in Japan over a thousand years ago. Originally limited to the aristocracy, their usage soon spread to include the military, whose battle wounds could benefit from the healing properties of the water. ... [... more]
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Japan's Most Bizarre Foods
Foreigners visiting Japan for the first time are also likely to be asked to try natto, or fermented soybeans. The brave souls will try it; those with any sense of smell will probably flee. Many foreigners have actually been rated by the Japanese ... [... more]
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Ocean Dome - Japan's Indoor Beach
At Ocean Dome, it’s easy to find yourself feeling wonder and awe towards Japan’s ability to create a world of perfection, as well as a little unease at man’s desire to have such a world devoid of any flaws, especially when a real beach is only ... [... more]
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Regions Of Japan
Kinki is located in west-central Honshu and is also commonly referred to as the Kansai region. It consists of seven prefectures and contains the cities Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, and Kobe. For over one thousand years, when Japan’s capital and emperor’s ... [... more]
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Prefectures In Shikoku
Ehime Prefecture contains Shikoku’s largest city, Matsuyama. Matsuyama is home to one of Japan’s few remaining original castles, Matsuyamajo. First built over a twenty-six year period from 1602 to 1628, the five-storied castle was eventually ... [... more]
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Year Of The Rat – 2008 – Japanese Zodiac
In Japan, everyone knows what year of the zodiac they were born in, for it is believed to play a part in influencing character and personality. Those born in the year of the Rat are said to be charming, honest, and ambitious. They will work hard ... [... more]
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Shinto: The Indigenous Religion Of Japan
The word Shinto is made up of two characters which mean “kami way” (shin=kami; to=way) and can be better translated as “the way of the gods.” Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan, dating back to 200 BC. The basic belief of Shinto is that ... [... more]
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Shintoism - The Way Of The Kami
Perhaps one of the most famous stories of a deity is that of the main deity, the sun goddess Amaterasu-o-mi-kami (which means "glorious goddess who shines in the heavens"). Amaterasu had hidden herself away, taking light with her, as she was ... [... more]
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