Travel Tips

There’s a moment every first-time visitor to Japan experiences. You step off the Shinkansen at Tokyo Sta

You’ve found a ryokan listing with a photo of a wooden tub overlooking a cedar forest. The price says ¥1

You are standing on the platform at Kyoto Station with a 27-kilogram suitcase, a daypack that has somehow deve

That one perfect onsen night — and how you actually get there On my second trip to Japan I found myself on a t

For a lot of first-time visitors, Japanese toilets are one of the biggest culture shocks — in a good way. Heat

There’s a moment every visitor to Japan has: standing on a quiet street, maybe outside a temple or tucke

How to Use a Japanese Sento Without Embarrassing Yourself There is a moment, about thirty seconds after you wa

You are standing at a ticket machine in Shinjuku Station. There are sixteen lines. The interface is in Japanes