In-depth guides and local insights from our team in Japan.
In this article: Introduction Most people plan a Kawagoe day trip as a half-day filler between larger Tokyo sights. It deserves more...
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In this article: Introduction Most lists of Kamakura things to do begin with the Great Buddha, and most visitors arrive expecting a...
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In this article: Introduction From the eighth-floor deck of Osaka Castle, you can see the Umeda towers to the northwest; Abeno Harukas...
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In this article: Introduction Pontocho Alley is narrow enough that two people walking side by side will turn sideways to let a...
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In this article: Introduction The Dogo Onsen Honkan is a three-storey wooden building from 1894 with a small tower on the roof,...
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In this article: Introduction Ishigaki is closer to Taipei than to Tokyo, and it does not feel like the same country as...
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In this article: Introduction The island appears on the horizon looking exactly like what it is nicknamed after: a warship, low and...
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In this article: Introduction At eight in the morning the water at Waku-ike is so clear that the depth reads wrong. You...
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In this article: Introduction The gondola comes over the ridge at Owakudani and the ground below turns yellow and stops having trees...
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