0My experience of autumn in Japan began before I arrived in Osaka late last month. I’d been reading Yukio Mishima’s Spring Snow, which begins amid a waterfall flanked by scarlet maple leaves, and a Buddhist...
0If you’re wondering why you should visit Tokyo, in general, you’re in the right place. I’ve written so many blog posts about Tokyo I’ve lost count, from one that aids you in deciding how many...
0Many travelers don’t even get to the point of needing an Osaka itinerary. That’s because they’ve decided, for any number of reasons, that they don’t need to see Osaka. That although this vibrant, diverse city...
0How do you plan the perfect Kyoto itinerary? This is a question I’ve asked myself frequently over the past half-decade, which has seen me return to Japan’s erstwhile imperial capital more than half a dozen...
0Technically speaking, I’ve had a Nara itinerary on my site for a while. Almost since I first visited the city, in fact, way back in 2014 during my first trip to Japan. However, those posts...
0I didn't know I was going to walk Nakasendo Way on this trip to Japan but it was in the cards after all.
“You scared me,” I laughed in the general direction of my roommate, who’d...
0If you’ve come up short researching things to do in Sapporo, this is not an error on your part. Though the largest city in Hokkaido (see this Hokkaido Travel Guide) is much bigger and more hectic...
0 I first visited Hokkaido in early 2015—the trip did not go as planned, to say the least. The residents of southwestern Japan felt the same last week when their streets turned to mud, I imagined,...
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