In-depth guides and local insights from our team in Japan.
In this article: Introduction Asakusa food sample making is one of Tokyo’s rare activities that children and grandparents can enjoy equally. You...
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In this article: Introduction The water at Kin-no-Yu comes out of the tap the colour of rust and leaves a ring on...
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In this article: Introduction Hakone is the onsen most visitors to Tokyo actually go to, and it is a caldera rather than...
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In this article: Introduction There is no ticket office at any of the thirteen bathhouses in Nozawa. You open the door, you...
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In this article: Introduction The capybara’s reputation in Japan rests on an accident. In 1982 keepers at a zoo on the Izu...
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In this article: Introduction An African pygmy hedgehog weighs about 400 grams, fits in two cupped hands, and is awake at night....
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In this article: Introduction In Kinosaki the sound after dark is wooden clogs on stone, from every direction, continuously. The whole town...
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In this article: Introduction There is a field of boiling water in the middle of the town, and everything else in Kusatsu...
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In this article: Introduction Two different visitors book this museum and only one of them enjoys it. The first arrives expecting an...
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