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Journeys in Japan

21 pieces in Japan, newest first. Every one ends with the trips that go there.

Japan travel guide

Seasons

Japan's Golden Week, and how to travel around it

3 min read

Seasons

New Year in Japan, the holiday that closes the country for three days

4 min read

History

Nagasaki, Japan's one window on the West for two centuries

4 min read

Solo travel

Japan on your own, and why it is easier than it looks

4 min read

History

Hiroshima, and the one building left standing near the hypocentre

4 min read

First time

Ryokan and onsen: the quiet etiquette of a Japanese inn

4 min read

Wildlife

The snow monkeys of Jigokudani, and their hot spring

4 min read

Seasons

Hokkaido in winter: sea ice, snow festivals and hot springs

4 min read

Journeys

Mount Fuji, and why you may not see it

4 min read

Walking

Walking old Japan, on the post roads and pilgrim paths

4 min read

Culture

Kyoto's temples, and how to see them before the crowds

4 min read

Rail

Japan by train, from the bullet train to the slow local lines

4 min read

Food & drink

Osaka, the city that tells you to eat until you drop

4 min read

History

Tokyo, the city that rebuilt itself twice in one century

4 min read

History

Nara, the first capital, and its deer

4 min read

History

Kanazawa, the castle town the war passed by

4 min read

Slow travel

Takayama and Shirakawa-go, the Japan of thatch and mountains

4 min read

First time

Japan for the first time: Tokyo, Kyoto and the train between

4 min read

Walking

Hokkaido in summer: lakes, volcanoes and the Ainu

4 min read

Seasons

Cherry blossom in Japan, and how it moves north through the spring

4 min read

Seasons

Where to go in February, the shortest and most underrated month

4 min read