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Sometimes, it takes a bit of work to seek out the historic gems scattered across your typical Japanese metropolis, hidden… READ MORE
Sunny summer Shikoku skies – whew, now that’s a tongue-twister right there – gave me the perfect excuse to go… READ MORE
Getting there is half the fun, or so the adage goes – and this very often rings true for a… READ MORE
Who on earth travels a great distance to see an onsen town and doesn’t even bother trying the onsen? (This… READ MORE
It takes an enormous fleet of trains to serve JR-West‘s sprawling territory, and one stands a good chance of encountering… READ MORE
Sand, in and of itself, seems to possess very little significance. But when gathered into massive dunes as tall as… READ MORE
Matsue’s eponymous castle might be its most famous attraction, but a single leisurely afternoon spent in this historic corner of… READ MORE
Japan is replete with beautiful gardens, and it’s hard to imagine how any particular specimen – much less a relatively… READ MORE
Although the long ride from Tōkyō to Shimane Prefecture on one of Japan’s last sleeper trains was almost an attraction… READ MORE
In the summer of 2015, I set off on the longest continuous land journey I’d ever undertaken in my life,… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
