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Disconnect at Northern Japan’s Most Secluded Hot Springs Inn

Said the late, great comedian Bill Hicks, “The world is like a ride in an…

The Alternative Guide to Hiking Mount Takao

Mount Takao is going to be crazy this weekend. It’s foliage season for god’s sake…

Sharing Canoe Tales from Japan’s North Woods

Canoeing doesn’t come up often in conversation. Thus my excitement was bubbling over as I…

Japan’s Top 12 Hikes for the Best Autumn Foliage Views

Japan abounds in maples, ginkgoes and other deciduous trees that dazzle us with fiery colors…

5 Best Cycling Routes in Japan

From bus tours to bullet trains there are various ways to travel around Japan. However…

Pocket Change: A New Way To Save Money While Traveling

“What I do with the cash, depends on how much it is. The one yen…

Mining for Oya in Utsunomiya – The Rock that Drove Frank Lloyd Wright Wild

As we embarked from Utsunomiya Station we were greeted in the street by four gyoza…

Saitama’s Rugby Town: Exploring in and Around Kumagaya City

Saitama, Tokyo’s quiet neighboring prefecture to the northwest, typically hides in the doldrums of Japan’s…

8 Ways to Get to Know Oita: Trekking, Meditating, Farm Stays and More

Not everyone has heard of Kyushu’s hot spring paradise, Oita. Here you’ll find a relatively…

Escape to the Exclusive Crisp White Slopes of Togakushi

Japan is blessed with beautiful mountain ranges, which provide winter athletes with all the snow…

A Guide to Tokushima: The Essence of Japan’s Shikoku Island

While Kagawa and Tokushima have shared a long history and kept positive relations since ancient…

The Hills of Southern Kyoto are Alive with the Sights of Autumn

Accredited consecutively as the world’s best city by Travel+Lesiure, Kyoto is simply one of the…

An Alternative Guide to Kyoto Prefecture: Choose Between Forests, Tea Fields or Ocean

While Kyoto Prefecture is often associated with its eponymous capital city’s stereotypes of geiko, temples…

See the Autumn Cosmos Brighten Nara’s Ancient Temples

The delicate pastel colors of the cosmos flowers growing en masse are referred to as…

Ukai Toriyama: A Culinary and Cultural Escape That’s a Perfect Day Trip from Tokyo

Situated in a dense, verdant forest close to Mt Takao, Ukai Toriyama is sprawled across…