Japan

The country of Japan

Beppu

By Andrew / July 13, 2026

Home Beppu Japan’s steaming hot-spring capital Why go? Go because no place in Japan does hot springs on this scale

By Andrew / July 13, 2026

Home Nagasaki A cosmopolitan port with a poignant past Why go? Go because no other Japanese city has been so

By Andrew / July 13, 2026

Home Fukuoka Kyūshū’s food-loving gateway city Why go? Go because it’s one of Japan’s most liveable and delicious cities —

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Home Iya Valley Vine bridges and gorges in Shikoku’s hidden heart Why go? Go because it’s one of the most

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Home Naoshima The island that became a work of art Why go? Go because there is nowhere else like it

By Andrew / July 13, 2026

Home Takamatsu Garden city and gateway to the art islands Why go? Go because it’s the easiest way onto Shikoku,

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Home Matsuyama A hilltop castle and Japan’s oldest hot spring Why go? Go because it pairs one of Japan’s finest

By Andrew / July 13, 2026

Home Kurashiki A canal quarter of white-walled storehouses Why go? Go because its old merchant quarter is one of the

By Andrew / July 13, 2026

Home Okayama A great garden and a black castle Why go? Go because it’s home to one of the three