The train journey from Kyoto city had been a gradual unwinding, a slow …
May 23, 2025
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The ferry from Ishigaki Island cut through the impossibly turquoise waters of the …
May 23, 2025
Taketomi Island Village (竹富島) – Okinawa
The morning sun, still low in the sky, cast long, cool shadows across …
May 23, 2025
Magome-juku (馬籠宿) | Cobblestone paths, tea houses, and inns
The train journey from Nagoya had been a gradual shedding of modernity. As …
May 23, 2025
Tsumago-juku (妻籠宿) | Edo-era post town on the Nakasendo Trail
The train from Kyoto, sleek and silent, had deposited Kenji at Hiyoshi Station. …
May 23, 2025
Kayabuki no Sato (かやぶきの里) | A living museum of rural Japan
The bus wheezed its way up the narrow, winding road, each turn revealing …
May 23, 2025
Ainokura (相倉) – Toyama | Small village similar to Gokayama with UNESCO status
The road into the Iya Valley was less a road and more a …
May 23, 2025
Iya Valley Villages (祖谷) – Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku
The journey to Ouchi-juku felt like peeling back layers of time. As Kenji’s …
May 23, 2025
The Unbroken Thread of Ouchi-juku (大内宿) – Fukushima Prefecture
The mists clung to Gokayama like a shy lover, veiling the steep, thatched …
May 23, 2025
The Woven Silence of Gokayama
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