Japan’s summers are notoriously brutal. In colder months, it’s easy to pop into a local sento (bath house) or onsen (hot spring) and…

To the untrained eye, the love hotels in Japan are often viewed as a manifestation of the country’s seedy underbelly. A place where…

Local residents, Japanese tourists, foreign travelers – Gifu’s Shirakawa-go is loved by all! The town’s homes, known for their unique triangular thatched roofs,…