Twelve locations in Kyushu linked to the history of the hidden Christians have been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Shitsu Church in Nagasaki (Photo credit: TBS VISION, Inc) Oura Cathedral in Nagasaki (Photo credit: Nagasaki Prefecture) UNESCO adds Japanese sites linked...

I took my first trip to Japan this April. I went to Japan in April of course for the sakura mostly and to visit a ton of my friends. I had a JR pass so I was able to visit a lot of places. I started in Nagoya, went to Hida-Takayama for a day, then to Osaka, while I was in Osaka I visited Nara...

Posted here asking for recommendations for cheap hotels a little more than a year ago and never updated everyone on how that turned out. That was because at the time I did not end up going to Japan. I started putting money into other things about that time. Next month though I will be going to...

Hello there! I am an ALT in Nagasaki. I'm helping my JHS kids with their Peace Project. (Peace is a big thing in Nagasaki for obvious reasons) They made an English survey to see what foreigners think about Japan, how they perceive peace in general, and if they know that atomic bombs were dropped...