There is a temple for everyone in Kyoto, Japan. There is a golden pavilion, and a silver one too. Many temples have beautiful Zen gardens...

Osaka has become a popular destination for Filipinos, especially for second time visitors to Japan who have already been to Tokyo. Unive...

Applying for a Japanese visa is no longer done at the Japanese Embassy. Most visa applications must be made through the agencies accredited...

After five days in Hiroshima to attend the UNITAR Series on the Management & Conservation of World Heritage Sites 2011 (where I celeb...

While looking through my old stuff, I found a travel journal which I made in 1985 about our family trip to Japan and Taiwan. I was five at...

The next day, we left for Kyoto for Nagoya via the Shinkansen . We were flying back to Manila from the Nagoya Airport. The reserved sectio...

Our plan was to go a little further down the road to the town of Ikaruga to visit another UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Horyu-ji Temple ...

The next day, we headed to Nara, Japan , another UNESCO World Heritage Site (Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara), and another former capital...

Autumn in Kyoto, Japan attracts throngs of tourists every year to its temples and other historic monuments. And we're lucky that our co...

The Shinkansen, more popularly known as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines of Japan. It was quite exciting that we w...

Asakusa, for most part of the 20th century, was the major entertainment district of Tokyo. Today however, other colorful districts such as S...

Who could imagine that I'd get to visit three of the four candidate cities of the 2016 Summer Olympics this year? I was in Madrid , Spai...

Talk about waking up early to see a fish market! The Tsukuji Fish Market is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. So ...

I found myself out of the country again. This time I was back in Tokyo, Japan to attend the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit 2008 at the Four S...