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http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/07/hakone-japans-amazing-open-air-museum.html Close to both Tokyo and Mount Fuji the small town of Hakone holds something of a revelation.

Hakone – Japan’s Amazing Open Air Museum

http://spikejapan.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/ikeshima-goodbye-to-old-king-coal/ About to enter the scruffy ferry ticket office in the Nagasaki port of Seto one leaden noon to book my passage to Ikeshima, I was attacked by a severely depilated Dachshund, its coat a canine topiary. The reception inside was no more welcoming.

Ikeshima: Goodbye to old King Coal | Spike Japan

http://shibuya246.com/2010/04/04/ueno-park-sakura/ Picture perfect for this picnic. Wish I could have sat down and joined in.

Ueno Park, Sakura