Travel

Setouchi Shimanami Kaido, officially called the Nishiseto Expressway is a highway which connects the six islands between Imabari in Ehime and Onomichi in Hiroshima with nine spectacular bridges. The route is about 60 km long.

I never imagined that I would go to Okinawa during my first year in Japan as a student. It was just a sudden decision to spend summer holiday in Miyakojima, a beautiful island part of the Ryukyu chain.

Okinawa Prefectural Comprehensive Athletic Park in Okinawa City has a fun-filled water park tucked away in its northeastern corner that is hidden away along one of the jogging trails through the parks many hills and

What a wonderful world!! 14Okinawa’s popular punk band Mongol 800 organize a big rock festival in breezy seaside of Yomitan resort. Two days of variety music of Japanese rock, ska, reggare, heavy metal and punk from popular bands like EGO-WRAPPIN’, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Mighty Crown and many more.

It’s summertime and that means it’s time for music fans to crank up their adrenalin! From now through September, there will be tons of great outdoor music festivals throughout Japan featuring world-renown artists and local musicians alike.

Since Yakushima became Japan's first UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site in 1993, there's been a large increase in the number of tourists visiting the island, and more facilities built to accommodate them.