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Adventures in Kansai and Beyond

Koka Ninja House, Japan’s Only Historic Ninja House!

A good number of visitors to Japan are very interested in ninja and may even hope to do some ninja

Kyoto certainly wears the crown for most well-known historic spot in Japan, but we shouldn’t forget about nearby Shiga Prefecture,

While there are many castles in Japan, only 5 of them are national treasures. In Kansai, Himeji Castle is of

While everyone knows the two ancient capitals of Japan, Nara and Kyoto, it is not so widely known that Shiga

Lake Biwa is the crowning jewel of Shiga Prefecture. As the largest lake in Japan, it attracts thousands of tourists

Ise Grand Shrine, or Ise Jingu [伊勢神宮] as it is better known by Japanese people, is one of the most