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Fukuoka and Kyushu, Japan

Fukuoka and Kyushu, Japan

9 Kyushu Hotels Near the Hottest Springs in Japan

Steam rising from drains and the gaps between houses, from around 2,200 vents. Eight of the ponds are too hot to enter and are kept for looking at.

Hakone and Mount Fuji, Japan

Hakone and Mount Fuji, Japan

9 Hakone Ryokan With a Private Onsen on the Balcony

Seventeen hot spring areas and twenty water compositions in one volcanic caldera. The bathing is the point, not the scenery.

Hiroshima and Miyajima, Japan

Hiroshima and Miyajima, Japan

7 Hiroshima and Miyajima Hotels for the Tide Under the Torii

Whether you see the gate floating or walk out and stand beneath it is entirely a matter of which hour you arrive.

Kanazawa, Japan

Kanazawa, Japan

7 Kanazawa Hotels Beside the Three Surviving Edo Districts

The wealthiest domain after the Tokugawa put its money into gold leaf, lacquer and Noh rather than armies. Then the war left the city alone.

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

11 Kyoto Hotels and Ryokan East of the Kamo, Where the Temples Are Empty at Seven

Kiyomizu-dera opens at six and fills by ten. Those four hours are the difference between Kyoto as described and Kyoto as most people see it.

Niseko and Hokkaido, Japan

Niseko and Hokkaido, Japan

11 Niseko Hotels at the Foot of the Powder

Moisture picked up over a short sea crossing and dropped cold. The water content is so low that skiers used to Alpine snow find it disorienting.

Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa, Japan

8 Okinawa Resorts on the Outer Islands, Not the Main One

A hundred and sixty islands running a thousand kilometres toward Taiwan. The water people picture is at the far end of that.

Osaka, Japan

Osaka, Japan

8 Osaka Hotels Within Walking Distance of the Late Counters

Kuidaore means ruining yourself through food and the city uses it with pride. The trains stop long before the kitchens do.

Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

15 Tokyo Hotels Within Ten Minutes of a Counter That Seats Eight

Pick the ward that matches how you want to eat, then pick the hotel. Doing it the other way round means commuting to dinner.

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