A local's guide to Oita in Kyushu—the steaming hot-spring city of Beppu, the refined onsen town of Yufuin, and the temples and samurai streets most visitors never reach.
A local's guide to Nagasaki—the only port open during Japan's isolation, its Chinese and European layers, the atomic-bomb sites, and the food that exists nowhere else in Japan.
Mount Takao receives more visitors than Mount Fuji—around 2.5 million a year. Here's how to use that fact against itself: the trails, temple, food, and seasonal timing that make Takao worth the trip.
A local's guide to Yamanashi—the Fuji Five Lakes, the famous Chureito Pagoda view, Japan's original wine country in Katsunuma, and the hot springs west of Tokyo.
A local's guide to Sumiyoshi Shrine in Hakata, Fukuoka—one of Japan's oldest shrines, its rare ancient architecture, how to visit respectfully, and how to fit it into a half-day in Hakata.
