The Aomori Nebuta Matsuri is a pain to attend, but I promise you: It’s worth it!
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Japan’s Treasure Trail
Sanriku might just be the most authentic, enticing region in Japan.
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30 Pictures That Will Make You Want to Visit Japan’s Sanriku Coast
I found it came fully alive only under the slow scream of fuchsia, tangerine and aubergine.
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Thrilling Tohoku
Tohoku is Japan’s most underrated region.
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Hirosaki is More Than Its Famous Castle
Things to do in Hirosaki (and, especially, just outside the city) far exceed the images you see on postcards.
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The Man in the Snowbank
Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.
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Autumn in Reverse
Hate, if you sit with it through enough seasons, will almost always eventually metamorphosize into something approaching love.
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Tohoku’s Marvelous Matsuri
Should you visit the Akita Festival or Aomori Festival—or both?
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Summertime Singularity
The issue isn’t that you got lost, but that you found yourself.
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Beneath Japan’s Dream Bridge
Far northern Tohoku was the right place kick off my first purely touristic sojourn to Japan in nearly three years.
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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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