GALA Yuzawa has a bullet train platform inside the ski resort—you board in Tokyo and step off at the base of the slopes 77 minutes later. Here's how the engineering works, and how to manage a day trip without wasting it.
A local's guide to Akita in northern Tohoku—the Namahage demons of Oga, the original samurai streets of Kakunodate, the secret hot springs of Nyuto, and the loyal Akita dog.
Tokyo Daijingu in Iidabashi is the shrine where Japan's first modern Shinto wedding was held — and where locals still come to pray for connection. What it actually is, and how to visit it properly.
