Japanese recent porn book cover. "Love New Half" 2,900yen(approx. $24 per ¥123=$1.00) with 6hour long DVD as an appendix(included in the price). While Kimono(Juban:Kimono underwear)-clad women, young girls are favored in BDSM & Shibari, "Shemales/TV/CD" 's bondage are not very popular. Recently, Shemales, TV, TS, New Halves, Crossdressers are increasingly looking nicer maybe it's because of good make-ups etc ... (of course, no… Read more

Osaka Itami Airport (RJOO/ITM) Runway 32L… Read more

"Mitake Shōsenkyō" (御嶽昇仙峡), commonly called just "Shosenkyo" is one of Japan's most beautiful gorges, located 100km west of Tokyo, or about 2hrs train or highway bus ride in Kofu City(甲府市), Yamanashi-ken(山梨県).　 Shōsenkyō is a part of the Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park, which covers more than1,250 square kilometers of forested mountains, valleys and some rural towns in Yamanashi, Saitama, Nagano-ken and Tokyo. A hiking road leads for about four kilometers along the Arakawa River from the Nagatoro… Read more

Hida-Takayama (飛騨高山) Today Nov.07 00:00am 9c Cloudy / Yesterday High 20.1 Low 6.3… Read more

Tengu (heavenly dog=天狗) are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god (kami=神) or yōkai (supernatural beings=妖怪). The tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics. The earliest tengu were pictured with beaks, but this feature has often been humanized as an unnaturally long nose, which today is widely considered the tengu's defining characteristic in the popu… Read more

Tamatsukuri Onsen 玉造温泉(部屋風呂) In-room bath An old and popular sulfate hot (50c) springs in Shimane-ken… Read more

At Kagoshima airport a natural hot spring foot bath is available, the only one of its kind at any airport in Japan and if you are interested you can even dig out your own hot spring onsen with your own hands .... and much more to see and do in Kagoshima, Kyushu's southern most prefecture. (Foot bath at Kagoshima airport, free, public. You can buy Towel ¥200) On Sakurajima Island, by digging a hole as shallow as a few dozen centimeters on the sandy beach, the waters of the hot spring begin to gush… Read more

Fuji-san from Mount Amari… Read more

"Amaharashi Beach," (雨晴海岸) in Takaoka city, Toyama-prefecture is one of the Japan Sea coast's leading shallow water beaches, located in the Noto Peninsula Quasi-National Park with white sandy beach and 10,000 black pine groves is a scenic spot. The view of Tateyama Mountain Range(立山連峰) beyond the Toyama Bay(立山湾) is known as scenery representative of Toyama prefecture(富山県). It's said that this is the only place in the world where you can see moun… Read more

Japanese temples, like some churches and monasteries in other countries, have a long tradition of taking in overnight guests. In the past these people were generally connected to the temple - they included itinerant monks, journeying scholars, pilgrims. But since the war rising costs have f o r c e d many temples to seek novel ways of raising funds to maintain their buildings. About 400 temples, especially in Koya-san(about 50), and temples in Nagano-ken, Kyoto, Mount Mitake and Tohoku's Dewa Sanzan, are n… Read more

Nakamura-kan, an Onsen Ryokan at Hirayu(平湯) in Hida-Takayama with 43 rooms, 4 Rotenburo(露天風呂)… Read more

Mount Takao, 599m (高尾山, Takaosan) is one of the closest natural recreation areas to central Tokyo, offering beautiful scenery, an interesting temple and attractive hiking opportunities. Although outside the city center, the mountain is still located within metropolitan Tokyo and takes only 50 minutes and 390 yen to reach from Shinjuku. A Buddhist Temple "Takao-san Yakuo-in Yuki-ji"(高尾山 薬王院 有喜寺), commonly called "Yakuo-in(薬王院)" on Mount Takao was established in 744 as a base for Buddhism in eastern Japan by a foun… Read more

Halloween was over ... Clean up a mess and start a new month .....… Read more

Early autumn colors are creeping their way into Kyoto .... Still weeks away from the bright foliage in late November .... - pictures by Joe/Japan Guide/ taken on October 30 - Tomorrow let's go to Takao-san near Tokyo !… Read more

Mount Fuji… Read more

"The 500 Arhats" The Mori Art Gallery, Tokyo gives dues to the globally celebrated Artist Takashi Murakami with his first major solo Japanese exhibition in 14 YEARS. Although largely unrecognized by many in Japan, Murakami is one of the leading Ambassadors of ‘Soft Power’, that is, the global dissemination of Japanese pop-culutral aesthetics. This exhibition is long over due and there’s no better place than the Mori Museum which reopened after going renovations earlier… Read more

The terrain of Kyushu Oita-prefecture's Kunisaki Peninsula (国東半島) consists of the 721 meter high Mount Futago (両子山) at the center and a series of valleys radiating from it. The region's tranquil countryside is dotted with dozens of temples and some shrines and was traditionally divided into six areas. The region was therefore collectively known as Rokugo Manzan (六郷満山), which literally means "Six Towns Full Mountain". The unique local religious culture of Rokugo Manzan contains elements of Buddhism, Shinto and mountain wors… Read more

"Huis Ten Bosch" Winter Evening Illumination starts from October 31 Huis Ten Bosch is a large Theme Park ( 1,520,000 sq m) in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Kyushu. In 2015, the Henna Hotel ("Strange Hotel") opened on site. It is the world's first hotel staffed by robots, although humans will initially work alongside them.… Read more