In-depth guides and local insights from our team in Japan.
In this article: Introduction Approaching Beppu by train, the first thing you see is steam. It rises from drains, from behind houses,...
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In this article: Introduction Takayama was too remote to be worth destroying. Ringed by the Japanese Alps, it was administered directly by...
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In this article: Introduction Three of the warlords who unified Japan — Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu — came from this...
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In this article: Introduction Japanese religious architecture is usually restrained — unpainted wood, clean lines, deliberate emptiness. Nikko is the exception, and...
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In this article: Introduction High in the mountains south of Osaka lies Koyasan, a place unlike anywhere else in Japan — a...
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In this article: Introduction Kaiyukan is not just an aquarium; it is one of the largest and best-designed in the world, and...
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In this article: Introduction Some places look staged for a photograph; Shirakawa-go simply looks like this. Its steep thatched farmhouses, clustered in...
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In this article: Introduction For most travelers, the classic image of Mount Fuji — the perfect cone mirrored in still water, framed...
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In this article: Introduction The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of Japan’s great winter events, and its scale surprises first-timers. These are...
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