Cultural Travel

“Beer tastes better in Bizen! ” he said. “From Bizen cups anyway.” He had been sitting in the corner all night and, as the discus...

Early autumn snow dusted the tops of Mt. Yotei and Mt. Asahidake, two of Hokkaido’s mightiest peaks, so it is shaping up to be an...

Ahhh, a leisurely soak in a hot spring with good friends, taking in the snow-covered scenery. Sound good? Then you’ll get along j...

The lure of Mt. Fuji goes beyond its symbolic representation of Japan. While hiking to the top is one of the country’s most popula...

Far north of Bangkok, where the hills and fields are green and peaceful, where the ineffable din and smog of the capital are only...

Why do we travel? A restaurant on Osakishimo-jima helped to answer that question. To begin, this column is not designed to hig...

Backpackers and cyclists often depend on frozen and dried food because they are light weight. The quality isn’t too bad, but not s...

The Kii Peninsula spans three prefectures: Mie, Nara and Wakayama, and is home to deep mountains and forests. Religion and cultur...