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Tokyo and Kyoto are justifiably popular, but head outside Japan's big cities for the likes of historic Otaru in Hokkaido or ...

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A 350-year-old Buddhist temple in Japan may have the best ramen in town. Hozoin Temple, in Kyoto prefecture in southeast Japan, boasts a rich history that dates back to 1669, and the temple’s ...

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The Anno Art Museum, located just outside the main town area of Tsuwano, offers a unique experience. It proudly exhibits the artworks of Mitsumasa Anno, a renowned illustrator born in Tsuwano.

For more than a millennium, Kyoto ... Our Japanese whiskey was a good warm-up for the next day’s waterway-adjacent excursion, a sake brewery tour in the Fushimi district, south of town.

A simple request to examine a centuries-old artwork led to a stunning discovery: the paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors ...