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Arita (有田, Saga prefecture) can be considered as the birthplace of porcelain in Japan.
All this started a long time ago, when a man from Korea baked the first white porcelain [...]

If you ever feel like seeing Tokyo from above, why don’t you go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Office Building in Shinjuku (Tokyo To-cho 東京都庁). Its two towers are open [...]

Here comes the new tea! Shin-cha (新茶), this is how the first tea of the season is called.
Here is a tea field in the Shizuoka prefecture. The tea [...]

Famous for its hot springs (onsen, 温泉) and for its white sand beaches, the peninsula of Izu (伊豆), located in Shizuoka prefecture just South of Tokyo, is a perfect destination [...]

In 1853, commodore Perry, sent by the american government, barges into the bay of Shimoda (下田, see also: Izu), with his seven black ships (kuro-fune 黒船). His purpose? [...]