Sake Brewing in Sanmachi Suji: Touring Takayama’s Historic Brewery District
In the mountains of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, Takayama‘s old merchant quarter is lined with dark lattice-fronted houses, and many ...
Takayama Festival Floats & the Hida no Sato Open-Air Museum Experience
Tucked into the mountains of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, Takayama is a small city with an outsized sense of craft ...
Takayama’s Morning Markets: Jinya-mae & Miyagawa Locals’ Guide
Takayama, in the mountainous Hida region of Gifu Prefecture in central Japan, has held a morning market for centuries, and two ...
Sapporo Beer & Whisky Trail: Exploring Hokkaido’s Craft Drinking Culture
Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido in northern Japan, is the country’s most natural home for a drinking-focused trip. The city gave ...
Hokkaido Ramen & Soup Curry: Sapporo’s Iconic Food Scene
Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, is the largest city in northern Japan and one of its most satisfying places to eat. ...
Sapporo Snow Festival & Winter Events Planning Guide
Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands, and in winter it becomes the country’s great ...
Day Trips from Osaka: Nara, Kyoto & Himeji Without the Overwhelm
Osaka sits in the middle of the most history-rich corner of Japan, with three of the country’s best-loved destinations within about ...
Osaka Castle & the Samurai History Beneath Japan’s Merchant City
Osaka is the city most travellers in Japan use as a base for eating and nightlife, yet its best-known landmark carries ...
Osaka’s Retro Neighborhoods: Shinsekai, Tengachaya & the Shitamachi Culture Trail
Osaka is Japan’s loudest, funniest and most food-obsessed big city, and its heart sits less in the towers of Umeda than ...
Osaka’s Dotonbori & Namba Food Crawl: The Ultimate Eating Street Guide
Osaka is the city where Japan goes to eat, and nowhere is that clearer than the stretch of canal-side streets running ...