Category: Japan

Hiroshima has been marketed as the de-facto dark tourism destination, but it’s considerably more than that. Continue reading “This is the only Hiroshima travel guide you need”

Home to three feudal heroes of Japan, striking blue-and-white ceramics, and noodles in miso broth, it stands to reason why Nagoya is the best base from which to explore the rest of Japan, beyond Tokyo.

If you’re looking for pop colours and dying trees, this one might not be for you. Sapporo is known for lavender fields and autumn hues, but this event is on the cooler side. From 31 January to 11 February, the capital of Hokkaido embraces the cold at the Sapporo Snow Festival.

What makes Café Kitsuné probably the most Instagram ready coffee shop in Tokyo (and brews a great cup of espresso).

You’ll get to feel the autumn mist in Hokkaido first, and the trees have already started to put on their colourful shroud at the end of September. But you still have time to get a glimpse of the gold-red foliage of Japanese maple trees.

You’ll find some of the world’s best coffee in Japan, and indie roasters are sneaking into the wall-to-wall Starbucks-like café scenery of Tokyo.

Some would argue that the first and only lake that got its own article on our travel blog is mind-blowing. But you can’t argue the magic of shimmering pools of clear mountain water.

The only museum you have to visit in Japan could be a 30-minute train ride away in the suburbs of Tokyo.

We’ve come a long way from the cute cat cafés where the felines are, not unsurprisingly, lounging and minding their own business. Continue reading “The Year 2019 Has Never Been Pigger”