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This narrow alley off of Kyoto's Pontocho beckons visitors - great restaurants/bars are hidden down many of them. @excursions_japan #japan #kyoto #pontocho #geiko #maiko Now is the time to visit the amazing red spider lily festival in Kinchakuda Park, Saitama Prefecture - an easy day trip from Tokyo. @excursions_japan #japan #saitama #flowers #festival Kawaji Onsen, just north of Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, is a perfect place for a weekend hot spring getaway. @excursions_japan #japan #onsen #tochigi Visiting Kagoshima? Take this ferry ride out to Sakurajima, one of Japan's most active volcanoes. @excursions_japan #kagoshima #japan #sakurajima #volcano #ferry Highly recommended... this delicious & beautiful lunch at Edogawa in Naramachi, Nara Prefecture. @excursions_japan #nara #lunch #amazingfood #japan Nachi Falls serves as the backdrop for Seiganto-ji, a temple that is part of a World Heritage Site in Wakayama Prefecture. @excursions_japan #japan #wakayama #worldheritage #temple #waterfall

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