Your complete guide to traveling in Japan
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Standing atop Mount Moiwa as the winter sun cast golden light across Sapporo's snow-blanketed landscape, I couldn't help but draw parallels between the layered history...
The vermilion gates of Itsukushima Shrine emerge from the gentle tide, creating that iconic postcard image we've all seen countless times. But as I discovered...
When I first moved to Tokyo for my research position three years ago, I felt like I was excavating a new kind of site—one that...
The neon glow of Shinjuku had long faded behind me as I followed my Japanese friend Kenji down an unmarked alley barely wider than my...
There's something uniquely powerful about standing alone at the epicenter of history. As I watched cherry blossoms flutter across the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima,...
There's something about the way light behaves in sub-zero temperatures that fascinates the physicist in me. In Sapporo, during winter, photons seem to dance with...
At 61, I've discovered that adventure knows no age limit—especially in Osaka, Japan's vibrant city of contrasts. While most travelers come for the historic temples...