A local's guide to Aomori at the top of Honshu—the fiery Nebuta Festival, Lake Towada and Oirase Gorge, Hirosaki's cherry blossoms, and the best tuna and apples in Japan.
Osaka has a word for its food philosophy—kuidaore—that reveals something deep about how this city differs from Tokyo. A Japanese perspective on what Dotonbori actually means, and how to eat your way through it correctly.
A local's guide to Fukui on the Sea of Japan—the great Zen monastery of Eiheiji, the world-class dinosaur museum, the Tojinbo cliffs, and Japan's freshest winter crab.
Akasaka sits between the Prime Minister's residence, the National Diet, and some of Tokyo's oldest Edo-period shrines. A local's guide to what this unusual geography produces—in food, culture, and silence.
A local's guide to Gunma—Kusatsu, Japan's greatest hot-spring town, the stone-step onsen of Ikaho, the marshlands of Oze, and the UNESCO silk mill, all an easy escape from Tokyo.
