The Ibaraki Prefectural Government hosted a “One-Day Ibaraki Fun Tour” to increase the number of foreign tourists to the Prefecture. Ibaraki Prefecture invited diplomats from embassies in Japan and expatriates from global companies living in the Tokyo metropolitan area to participate in the tour, which was designed to raise awareness and enhance the image of the prefecture.
Minobusan has the most fantastic cluster of lodges in the Kanto region. One lodge, Kakurinbo, stands on the mid-slope of the mountain, and not far from there is Ebisuya, an inn that can be rented out as a whole building.
Toyama Prefecture has a population of 1 million. Located in the center of the Japanese archipelago in the north-central part of Honshu, Toyama Prefecture has a long history of active exchange with countries on opposite shores, as the central hub of the rim of the Sea of Japan.
From deep within the canyons of Shinjuku, the morning Shinkansen effortlessly shot to its destination in far-off Kofu, the capital of Yamanashi. Racing through urban concrete corrugations, the landscape morphed into winter fields lined with hand-placed boulders.
Shizuoka Prefecture boasts an abundance of 439 agricultural, forestry, and fishery products. One of the nation's most diverse "kingdoms of food ingredients," Shizuoka makes the most of this advantage to promote its tourist industry through Shizuoka gastronomy tourism.
In anticipation of a post-Corona recovery in tourism demand, Kumamoto City in Kyushu is promoting the attractions of Kumamoto, such as its castle and food, in the Tokyo metropolitan area to attract demand and market from outside the region.
Embedded into the northern reaches of the great Kanto plain, Ibaraki Prefecture stretches from an extended seaside shoreline across agricultural fields and up into the hefty hills sprinkled with impressive Shinto shrines.
Introducing 3 bars in Tokyo: Bar Avanti in Ginza, Mixology Heritage in Uchisaiwaicho, and Bar & Cafe Camellia in Marunouchi.
The International Hotel and Restaurant Show, now in its 51st consecutive year and marking more than half a century, was held at Tokyo Big Sight from February 7 to 10, 2023.
Our editorial team at “delicious Japan” sees these three elements driving Japan's food scene in future, so we'll be commenting on past, present, and future food scenes with reference to developments around the world.
