It’s summer and I was looking for places to hike in Sendai. Then I found Mt. Taihaku not so far from the city!

I spent just a short 6 days trip to Hokkaido in summer of 2016, but the journey was rich with experience. Follow my adventure in the biggest island of Japan! Part 2 of 2.

I spent just a short 6 days trip to Hokkaido in summer of 2016, but the journey was rich with experience. Follow my adventure in the biggest island of Japan! Part 1 of 2.

The Three Holy Mountains of Dewa, are a set of 3 mountains in Yamagata prefecture famed for being considered holy for Shinto followers. Here’s my experience climbing them.

Kaminoyama is a great place to visit if you have spare time to visit Yamagata. It might be overshadowed by other onsen in the prefecture, but it has its own charm being a quaint, less touristy spot.

Allow me to introduce a Japanese festival that could be said to be the culmination of summer festivals: the Soma-Nomaoi Festival.

Shiogama Minato Festival is said to be one of Japan’s three great boat festivals. Held each year in Shiogama, a small town just mere 30 minutes from Sendai, it is a must-see festival in my opinion.

Matsushima is perhaps Miyagi prefecture’s most visited tourist destination. There are plenty travel blogs about this place, but I’d thought to offer my experience as reading material.

It’s time for me to introduce a goofy Japanese festival. Witness the grandeur of Konsei Festival (Konsei Matsuri), the penis festival of Iwate Prefecture!