Travel guides for the Kanto region including Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, Nikko and Hakone
Just 80 minutes from Tokyo, Chichibu in western Saitama is one of the capital's best and most underrated mountain escapes. This complete…
Just five minutes from Shibuya, Shimokitazawa is Tokyo's relaxed, creative, second-hand heart. This complete first-timer's guide covers the neighbourhood's famous vintage and…
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Roppongi is the cultural heart of central Tokyo, packing three world-class art museums, two of the city's best observation decks, beautifully designed…
Ginza and Tsukiji sit side by side in central Tokyo yet feel like different worlds: the steam and sizzle of the Tsukiji…
Less than 90 minutes from Tokyo, Minakami in northern Gunma is Japan's adventure capital and a hot-spring paradise rolled into one. This…
A complete first-timer guide to Kawagoe, the Edo-period castle town in Saitama known as Little Edo, just 30 minutes from Tokyo. Explore…
Just minutes from Narita Airport lies Naritasan Shinshoji, a thousand-year-old Buddhist temple complex and one of Japan's most visited. This first-timer's guide…
A complete first-timer's guide to Enoshima — the small sacred island off the Shonan coast that makes one of the easiest, most…
Hitachi Seaside Park in Ibaraki Prefecture is home to one of Japan's most photographed spring landscapes: 5.3 million pale blue nemophila flowers…
