Culture & History
Shimonoseki: Fugu at Karato Market, the Boy Emperor’s Shrine & Walking Under the Sea to Kyushu
Shimonoseki sits at Honshu’s southwestern tip, where the Kanmon Strait narrows to 700 meters against Kyushu — a…
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Destinations
Akiyoshidai & Akiyoshido: Japan’s Greatest Karst Plateau, Lamp-Lit Caves & a Cobalt Spring
Akiyoshidai is Japan’s largest karst plateau — a rolling green upland studded with white limestone pinnacles, the fossilized…
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Culture & History
Hagi: The Samurai Town That Built Modern Japan — Castle Lanes, Shoin’s School & Hagi-yaki
Hagi is a small castle town on the Japan Sea where the map itself is an artifact: the…
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Culture & History
Motonosumi Shrine & the Ryugu Blowhole: Yamaguchi’s 123 Torii Above the Sea
On a headland of the Nagato coast, 123 vermilion torii gates pour a hundred meters downhill toward the…
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Destinations
Tsunoshima Bridge & Beyond: Japan’s Most Beautiful Drive, a Climbable Lighthouse & Kawara Soba
If you have watched a Japanese car commercial in the last two decades, you have seen Tsunoshima Bridge:…
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