Located in the Eastern Portion of Japan’s Akan National Park, on the island nation’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, Lake Mashu is an unfathomably beautiful and mysterious caldera lake formed by an ancient volcanic explosion. Many Japanese consider Mashu to be the country’s most impressive lake. The lake is notable for its extreme clarity and…
With high-sounding, enigmatic, new-age names like the Site of Reversible Destiny, the Critical Resemblance House, and the Elliptical Field, the attractions at Yoro-Park in the small town of Gifu Japan inspire creativity and thinking, embrace aesthetics, and remain open to interpretation. Yoro-Park is not a theme park but rather an “experience park” upon arrival, you…
When it comes to family-friendly travel destinations, Japan is hard to beat. The country is brimming with kid-friendly attractions, from amusement parks and museums to natural wonders and historic sites. It is a country rich in culture and history and a place where people can learn about new things and have a lot of fun….
If you have ever dreamed of living out the rest of your days in the cramped cabin of a small cruise ship—Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower is for you. The Nakagin Capsule Tower may be permanently landlocked, but each 12-foot wide apartment equipped with a woefully small bathroom and a single circular window will surely give…
At some unknown point after the Korakukan Ryokan Hot Spring Inn opened in the mid-1800s, a tourist soaking in the inn’s natural hot springs decided to slip a Japanese macaque monkey who had wandered over from a nearby forest a little morsel of food. It didn’t take long for the macaque monkeys of the Jigokundani…
The Gajumaru Treehouse Diner is a surreal sight. It is not often that you see a diner housed in a 20 foot tall tree synthetic Banyan tree in the middle of a bustling modern city. Of course such a fantastical eatery would appear in Japan. Japan is world famous for its whimsical culture that readily…
Biei, Japan is home to a stunning sapphire blue pond dotted with skeletal dead birch trees that looks as though it is the domain of an immortal fairy godmother who will happily grant you a series of wishes now that you have reached her enchanted domain. Shirogane’s Blue Pond was created in the wake of…
If you couldn’t get enough of the singing, dancing furry robots of Chuck E. Cheese when you were a kid—The Japanese district of Kabukicho has a grown-up Robot Restaurant that is sure to bring you endless delight. The Kabukicho Robot Restaurant—which is populated by artfully designed metal-and-wire ladies—features giant animatronic women with giant… well, you…
