For a totally Japan off the beaten path outing, you should visit Tokyo’s “G-Cans”, officially known as The Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel. This is so unique that most locals don’t even know about it, and much less that you can actually tour the...
About 50 minutes outside Nagoya is one incredible outdoor museum. Situated on more than 200 acres of beautifully landscaped rolling hills overlooking a large lake is the Meiji Mura or “village”. This property features more than 70 structures from the Meiji Era which...
Just prior to our visit to the Osaka Expo 2025, we received an email from Finn-Bo Loresnzen of the Germany based indie pop band "Roast Apple" informing us they would be performing at the Germany Pavilion during the Expo. As it turns out, we were there the same days...
On June 8th of last year, we published our first video on our visit to Takayama. With no experience in video production or editing, and having never uploaded anything to YouTube, we took the plunge and launched Uncharted Japan on YouTube. Its been quite the...
Hokkaido is the northern large island of Japan and most people know of its capital city, Sapporo. But another city you should consider visiting is Hakodate. Hakodate is a port town on the southernmost side of Hokkaido situated on a peninsula jutting out into the...
During our recent visit to Japan, we spent a few days in the Japan Alps on and around Lake Nojiri. Yes, Japan has its own "Alps" and they are referred to as that, the Japan Alps. We don't ski, but know from others that Japan has some of the best skiing in the world,...
We just returned from a month in Japan and during our time there, we visited the Osaka Expo 2025 for two of the days. Must say it was an amazing experience. Despite some significant missteps in the first few opening days, by the time we arrived two weeks later,...
Today, we received a comment from the guys of "Roast Apple" a German based Indie-Pop band letting us know they will be performing two nightly concerts at the German Pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025 the nights from April 22nd to April 26th. Not being familiar with them,...
In early April, Nagoya will host the Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit. This is the only Formula 1 event in Japan and happens once a year. We just posted a new video on the event along with some of the many other amazing things to do while in Nagoya other...
This past weekend, we were invited to present Uncharted Japan at the annual Japanese New Year event hosted by the Japan Outreach Initiative in Knoxville, TN. JOI is a cross cultural program of the Japanese government to increase knowledge of Japanese culture in the...