Following a very busy cherry blossom season that saw hotels and guides in short supply, and demand already growing for the fall, Kyoto-based tour operator Oku Japan is offering a way to escape the ...

Veteran tour guide Itsuo Okada examines a canister used for storing matcha tea in Kyoto. It's been just a year since Japan reopened its borders to international travel after the pandemic. But tourism ...

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As a longtime Anthony Bourdain fan, I knew Japan would be special before visiting. Bourdain once said in his field notes, “I love Tokyo. If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo ...