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A Light from Tohoku; Travel to the Sanriku Coast

A picturesque scenery outside the train window of Sanriku Railway heading north along the coastal area in Iwate Prefectu...

Chicu Art Museum: Must-Visit Museum in Japan’s Art Island, Naoshima

Naoshima has three museums that are always packed with local and foreign visitors. While the Benesse House Museum and Le...

Tohoku Revisited: the Towns and the Villages that Live with the Sea

Travel through Kesennuma to Ofunato. After five years, I revisited Tohoku when spring was coming. A town of fishing p...

Why We Travel: 4 Reasons for Going on a Journey

Is it nonsense to travel in the age of the Internet? But a journey sometimes changes your life. Since ancient times, ...

Wander Through the Enchanted and Largest Herb Garden in Japan – The Kobe Nunobiki Herb Garden, Kobe

Kobe is located about 30 km west of Osaka. A train ride from Osaka to Kobe takes about 50 minutes. As the capital of Hyo...