Okinawa, 5–6 days Okinawa is culturally and geographically distinct from mainland Japan — a former independent kingdom (Ryukyu) with its […]

Gifu & Nagano, 4–5 days Takayama’s old town preserves Edo-period merchant houses and sake breweries along streets that have changed

Kyoto, 4–5 days Fushimi Inari’s thousand orange gates are worth seeing, but arriving at 6am rather than midday is the