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Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Wakayama, and the souvenirs that make the trip last after you've unpacked. Wakayama's gift shelves hold castle-town confections from the Kishu domain, treats made from Arida mi...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Nagatoro and Chichibu area of Saitama Prefecture, where autumn color rolls down from the mountains to the riverbanks over about six weeks. This guide covers 12 foliage spot...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the shrines of Kobe. Kobe has built its name on harbor views and Western-style mansions, yet the city also holds shrines with roots stretching back to legend. This guide covers...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Mt. Fuji Panoramic Ropeway (~Kawaguchiko~ Fuji-san Panorama Ropeway) in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. You may still see its older name, Kawaguchiko Tenjosan Park K...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Yokohama. Close to Haneda Airport and well connected by rail, Yokohama packs a giant waterfront Ferris wheel, a 19th-century trading port, Japan's largest Chinatown and a class...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Togoshi Hachiman Shrine, a quiet neighborhood shrine a short walk from Togoshi-Ginza Shopping Street in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The shrine turns 500 in 2026. Its main hall dates to t...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Togoshi-ginza Station area in Shinagawa, Tokyo (also written Togoshiginza), a neighbourhood where a 1.3 km shopping street, a black-water bathhouse and a handful of walkabl...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Makaino Farm, a hands-on ranch tucked into the Asagiri Highlands of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. The Asagiri Highlands stretch across the western foot of Mount Fuji and ran...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Fuji Milk Land, a hands-on dairy farm park spread across the Asagiri Plateau in Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Set at roughly 600 metres above sea level, the park looks ...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Shiraito Falls (白糸の滝), on the western foot of Mount Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. Curving across a cliff face roughly 20 meters high and 150 meters wide, hundred...