As the shuttle van winding up the narrow road to Tsurunoyu (鶴の湯), where we would be staying on our second night in Nyuto Onsen-kyo i...

Since we have planned to stay in Nyuto Onsen-kyo for 3 days, we were in no hurry to take off after our first night at the lovely ryokan of...

Every guide book for Morioka will probably mention the so-called "Three Great Noodles" of this major city in Iwate Prefecture ...

We swung by three onsen regions in our trip to the northeastern Japan in late March, and Komaki Onsen (古牧溫泉) in Aomori is the first. A...

After spending the night in the town of Aomori, we decided to walk over to Furukawa Market just a block away from our hotel for an ear...

Before Easter, we set off on a week-long journey to Japan and this time, to the Tohoku region in the northeastern part of Honshu, Japan...