Japan
Save your yen: How to travel Japan on a budget
Japan is already a good-value destination, but here are a few key tips on how to make your yen stretch even further.
- Brian Johnston
How to enjoy the simple life on a Japanese farm stay
This tourist experience offers a delicious taste of the simple life in Kyushu and insight into the Japanese concept of “ikigai”.
- Ben Groundwater
Port guide: Kagoshima, Japan
Japan’s southernmost big city is relaxed and easy-going, but has one almighty sight that might make you leap in alarm. Prepare for a smoking hot encounter.
- Brian Johnston
Forget Tokyo or Kyoto. This humble station is Japan’s most photographed
Not even the frenetic train terminals of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto can match the Instagram appeal of this obscure whistle-stop station in a remote beauty spot.
- Anthony Dennis
The secret I’m not supposed to tell you about Japan’s famous onsen town
My guide reveals the risque reason many people flock to this hot-spring hotspot. Then we get naked together.
- Ben Groundwater
The delightful region of Japan tourists haven’t discovered yet
More than 10 million visitors flocked to Kyoto last year, while this delightful region welcomed only 500,000.
- Anthony Dennis
Japan at its most beautiful? It’s not cherry blossom season
On this trip we see the beauty of Japan in full blaze. What we don’t see are crowds.
- Kerry van der Jagt
As Japan struggles with tourists, this region is still waiting for them
At the train station we’re the only passengers who get off. At our accommodation, we’re the first foreigners our host has seen in a long time.
- Catherine Marshall
There’s a new way to kill time at Tokyo’s major international airport
Cancelled during the pandemic, Narita has replaced its layover program with a new, improved version.
- Julietta Jameson
I discovered the secret to feeling like a local in Japan
I’m a sucker for a Japanese record bar. The drinks, the decor, and of course, the music are all sublime, coming together to create an experience where you share more than just a beer with the people sitting next to you.
- Paul Marshall