cultural travel

According to myth, Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, and her brother, Tsukiyomi, the Moon God, once soared across the sky together. Aft...

Most people haven’t heard of this little Pacific island, but those who visit never forget hiking to hidden waterfalls, searching ...

For months I have relished the prospect of spending four uninterrupted days hiking from village to village, exploring one of ...

All right. The Naked Stranger gets it. He digs, man. Animals behaving like people never stops being entertaining. Seeing a do...

You can see Orion's belt hanging over the replica of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. To your left is the dark outline of the Screwcoast...

Magome and Tsumago, two post towns on the old mountain road linking Tokyo and Kyoto, are still great places to rest for the weary...

The calendar on the wall of the hospital reception room reads 1974, and there are magazines on the shelves from 1971. Across the ...

The first time I walked on a pair of bamboo stilts with a 20-kg. pack on my back was the day I stood on Japan’s most northerly pr...

Slip into the hot water. Rest your head on the edge of the tub and stare at the ceiling. “Ahhh…” all that tension is released. Ja...

How can you not be intrigued by a place called the last Shangri La, a country measured by Gross National Happiness, a land of thu...

Volcanic islands, mountainous terrain and earth-shifting quakes are all part of Japan’s volatile natural landscape. Short, swift,...

Nakagawa Onsen lies on the banks of the Nakagawa River which feeds into Lake Tanzawa in western Kanagawa Prefecture. For the ...