Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’ve not experienced serenity until you’ve experienced winter in Japan. The temples, mountains and bamboo forests that amaze visitors through the warmer months take on a whole new personality when the temperature drops and the snow falls; their magic – already abundant – is amplified ten times […]
October 2019
Forest Bathing: ‘Shinrin-Yoku’ is spiritualism and science combined
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Close your eyes*. Picture the scene: you are in a forest. It is very still, and very quiet. It’s late-afternoon, and brilliant shafts of sunlight stream from the canopy above, illuminating crunchy leaves lying thick on the ground. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
When’s the best time to visit Japan?
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When’s the best time to visit Japan? Every month, our Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist Amy Tadehara brings us insider knowledge on how to access semi-impenetrable experiences, avoid crowds, and find hidden delights well away from those tourist-worn pathways. Amy’s extensive experience of Japan includes four […]
20 Reasons to Visit Japan in 2020 Part Two: Autumn
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Where are the best spots to experience Japan in autumn? Good question. Everyone swoons when autumn in Japan explodes and its leaves burst into their fierce reds and golds – that’s a given. With a country so vast and diverse however, how are you supposed to choose […]