Art & Culture

• A Chance to Experience Zen in Aoyama, Tokyo?! Koyasan Cafe, Open for a Limited Time Only: 1 - 6 September 2009

  
  This year the Koyasan Cafe will return to Cafe Hy's in Aoyama, Tokyo, bringing with it a special chance to experience the spirituality of Mt. Koya, ...

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  [ 2009.08.20 | Art & Culture, Events, Food & Drink, Tokyo | Tomoe | PermaLink ]

• New! 2009 World Cosplay Summit Tour

  
  Join the fun and excitement yourself by transforming into your favorite anime or manga character and entering the World Cosplay Festival's cosplay par...

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  [ 2009.06.05 | Art & Culture, Events, Sunrise Tours | Kazumi | PermaLink ]

• Sendai Kaleidoscope Art Museum

  
  Akiu Onsen Village also houses the world's first kaleidoscope museum. Once you walk through the doors of this museum, you'll immediately be drawn in ...

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  [ 2009.04.01 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]

• Akiu Craft Village

  
  Akiu Onsen's nearby craft village gives you a unique chance to see some original Japanese woodworking and other crafts up close. Sendai is famous for...

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  [ 2009.03.25 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]

• Sakunami Kokeshi

  
  The traditional Japanese dolls known as kokeshi were first made in the Tohoku region of Japan. Sendai's Sakunami Onsen area is home to a particular v...

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  [ 2009.02.25 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]

• Get Your Tickets for the January Grand Sumo Tournament Fast!

  
  The first Grand Sumo Tournament of 2009 will take place from 11 to 25 January in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. In the last tournament, Yokozuna (Grand ...

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  [ 2008.12.09 | Art & Culture, Events, Sunrise Tours, Tokyo | Hiro Imaizumi | PermaLink ]

• The Sleek Black Walls of Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture

  
  About one hour away from Kyoto by limited express train, Nagahama City in Shiga Prefecture opens up onto the Hokkokukaido, a historical route linking ...

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  [ 2008.12.03 | Art & Culture, History, Travel | Hiro Imaizumi | PermaLink ]

• Tokushima Prefecture's Naruto City: Birthplace of German & Japanese friendship

  
  I'd like to talk about the Naruto German House in Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku. In 1914, during Japan's offensive in German-occu...

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  [ 2008.12.03 | Art & Culture, History, Travel | Hiro Imaizumi | PermaLink ]

• Sendai Shiro, God of Fortune

  
  Sendai Shiro, famous as a "God of Fortune", was actually a real person. He was born in Sendai in 1860, during the Edo Period. Whenever the smiling ...

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  [ 2008.10.22 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]

• World Heritage Site Nikko & Kegon Waterfall Tour Report!

  
  On 3 September 2008 I tried one of our Sunrise Tours for myself, and visited Nikko and Kegon Falls! Leaving from Tokyo, I got to experience all of the...

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  [ 2008.09.12 | Art & Culture, Nature, Sunrise Tours | Kazumi | PermaLink ]