Regions
Japan from north to south, in eight regions. Each page covers the highlights, food, places to stay and how to get there.
Tokyo and Kanto
Tokyo's neon and the easy day trips all around it.
Tokyo · Yokohama · Kamakura · Nikko
Hokkaido
Powder, lavender and the far north, each in its season.
Sapporo · Niseko · Otaru · Hakodate
Tohoku
Snow monsters, mountain onsen and August festivals in Japan's north.
Sendai · Hirosaki · Kakunodate · Ginzan Onsen
Nagano
Snow monkeys, village baths, a castle and the Alps, reached from Tokyo by Shinkansen.
Nagano · Matsumoto · Hakuba · Nozawa Onsen
Kansai
Temples, street food and the old capitals of Japan.
Kyoto · Osaka · Nara · Kobe
Chugoku
Peace Park, a floating torii, castle towns and the San'in coast.
Hiroshima · Miyajima · Okayama · Izumo
Shikoku
Pilgrim trails, wild river gorges and bowls of udon.
Matsuyama · Takamatsu · Naoshima · Kotohira
Kyushu
Hot springs, harbour cities and volcanoes, one flight from Tokyo.
Fukuoka · Nagasaki · Kumamoto · Beppu
Okinawa
Subtropical islands, reefs and whale season.
Naha · Shuri · Ishigaki · Zamami