Your stomach and eyes will thank you for making a stop at this seaside town’s side-street dessert spot.
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Nikko’s famous Kegon no Taki waterfall bored our reporter on his class trip, but it’s a different story now that he’s grown up.
Maps, walking routes, and more to help you navigate your Poké-pilgrimage in the bayside city south of Tokyo.
The real-life version of the newest Slam Dunk movie’s shrine is worth working up a sweat to see.
Sister property to Japan’s best business hotel-breakfast chain lets you start your day the beer, steak, and ice cream way.
If luck’s on your side, you can save 83 percent off normal train fare, and even if it’s not, you’ll still save at least 34.
Suica and Pasmo have become an ubiquitous part of life and travel in Japan, but you can’t get a new card for either.
Our reporter Seiji hopes that first-time visitors to Yakushima’s Shiratani Unsuikyo will avoid some of the same pitfalls that he ran into.
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