Capsule Hotel Experience – sleeping tight in Tokyo
A capsule hotel is a peculiar Japanese type of accommodation. Star architect Kisho Kurikawa invented it in the late 1970s …
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Ancient Asuka and the making of Japanese civilisation
The elderly couple study the bus timetable. The bus goes not even once an hour, and the last one departs …
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Naoshima – an art island in Japan’s Inland Sea
A path leads up through a wooden gate and past some tiny weathered stone shrines. The Hachimangu Shrine is a …
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Bears and other animals in the amazing Shiretoko National Park
“You will need long rubber boots for the walk to Lake Rausu: it’s quite muddy there. Also it would be …
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Marimo moss balls – extraordinary plants in Hokkaido’s clear lakes
They look like toys. Some of them have the size of a fuzzy football, but most are smaller, and all …
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Experience Kanazawa – traditional Japan at its best
On a visit to Japan’s old Samurai town of Kanazawa, we experience traditional Japanese arts, modern art and architecture, and …
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Kyoto: a visit to the historical wonders of Old Japan
By far the majority of tourists in Japan visit Kyoto as part of their travel or as their main destination. …
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Climbing Fuji-san – or not? A quest for Japan’s holy mountain
Fuji-san is not only Japan’s highest mountain, but also its most important one, an icon of Japaneseness, one could say. …
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A visit to Himeji Castle – the restored White Heron Castle
The queues that snaked their way towards the entrance gate seemed endless. “How long will it take?” “Less than an …
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A visit to Miyajima, the Island of Gods
Officially, the small island not far from Hiroshima in the Japanese Inland Sea goes by the name of Itsukushima Island. …
