Experiences

At dusk in Kinosaki Onsen (城崎温泉), willow branches hang over the canal and wooden geta (下駄) clack on the pavement....

A goshuin book, or goshuinchō (御朱印帳), is a notebook for receiving goshuin (御朱印): seals and inscriptions that record a visit...

Seven deities. Seven different kinds of good fortune. One treasure boat sailing into the New Year. Few images are as...

A long red nose, dark feathered wings, and a fan powerful enough to sweep away misfortune: few figures capture the...

A vermilion torii standing at the edge of a cedar forest, a stone fox watching over a shrine path, the...

Japan’s most memorable rural places rarely announce themselves with neon signs or grand entrances. They appear at the end of...

A Japanese train station can be far more than the point between one destination and the next. It may be...

A morning café stop in Japan can begin with the deep, roasted aroma of siphon coffee, continue with a precisely...

Steam drifts from bamboo baskets, sesame clings to warm pastries, and bright red gates frame streets alive with conversation. A...

A cabin rises above the dark, steaming folds of Owakudani, and suddenly Hakone feels less like a day trip from...

A dark wooden façade, a fabric shop curtain stirring above the entrance, and the faint coolness of an earthen-floored passageway...

The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove (竹林の小径) experience begins before the famous photographs do. Step beyond the crowds gathered near Kyoto’s Togetsukyo...

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