Japan
From neon-lit megacities to snowbound mountain villages, Japan packs an extraordinary range of adventure and culture into a single country — temples, coastlines, hiking trails, and some of the world's best food all connected by an unreasonably good train network.
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Tokyo
Japan's capital is a dense stack of neighborhoods, each with its own personality — Shibuya's crossings, Asakusa's old-town…
Kyoto
Japan's former imperial capital holds over a thousand temples and shrines, entire preserved geisha districts, and some of…
Osaka
Japan's food capital — Dotonbori's neon canal-side stalls, a castle worth the climb, and a much more relaxed…
Shirakawa-go
A UNESCO World Heritage village of steep thatched-roof gassho-zukuri farmhouses, tucked into the mountains of Gifu Prefecture —…
Amanohashidate
A 3.6km pine-covered sandbar across Miyazu Bay, ranked one of Japan's "Three Scenic Views" for centuries — best…
Ine-village
A small fishing village on a horseshoe bay lined with over 200 funaya — traditional boathouses with living…
Kamakura
A former samurai capital an hour south of Tokyo, now a laid-back coastal city of temples, hiking trails,…
Enoshima
A small tidal island a short walk from Kamakura, with a shrine complex, sea caves, an observation tower,…