It’s not too early to start planning travel to Japan in 2023.
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Enjoy the Japanese Autumn Post-Pandemic
If you’re thinking of seeing autumn colors in Japan, fall 2022 will be your earliest opportunity
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Kyoto in Perfect Proportion
There isn’t any such thing as a “one-size-fits-all” trip to Japan’s erstwhile capital.
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Dispatches from the New Lagoon
You get more bang for your buck traveling in parts of Japan like Niigata.
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Where Japan’s Unsung Cherries Grow
“It was superb,” I replied in Japanese to the woman selling soft cream flavored with Yamagata cherries.
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Kyoto for Four Days
Kyoto is more than worth 96 hours of your time.
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30 Stunning Pictures of Japan During Cherry Blossom Season
At long last, I’ve done Japan’s cherry blossoms justice.
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The Truth About Ishigaki
Could this sojourn have catalyzed the dawn an opposite reality, a freer future?
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Cherry Blossom Coda
The cherry blossoms are gone—but I’m still blooming.
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Early Birds, Late Blooms
Sakura season—for me and for Japan—was so close to its conclusion that even the birds knew.
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Kyoto’s Treasure Trail
I can say without a doubt that five days is not too long to spend in Kyoto.
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Is Nara Worth Visiting?
Nara isn’t for everyone, but it might just be for you.
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Second Sea
Hitachi Seaside Park, for all the hype about its prefecture’s apparent ugliness, is one of the most gorgeous places I’ve been in Japan.
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The Capital of Cherry Blossoms
Kyoto’s 2021 cherry blossom season began on March 21, at least for me.
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Japan’s Famous Fields of Baby Blue
Hitachi Seaside Park is beautiful, and mostly lives up to the hype built up around it—but it’s not for everyone.
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Apex of the Sakura
It isn’t every year that you sync up with the cherry blossom front; if you do, magic will surely flow outward from that linkage.
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A Very Kanazawa Future
Wednesday was the warmest morning I’ve ever taken to the streets of Kanazawa, although that isn’t saying much.
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False Bloom
Isn’t it better to have maximum awareness, but minimal impairment?
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Sakura and Sago Palms
Nostalgia has become my drug of choice in middle age.
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Plan Your Post-Pandemic Kyoto Trip
All 365 days of 2022 are going to be spectacular in Kyoto.
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