Japan, guide by guide
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Destination and food guides written in English, mapped to the prefecture they belong to.
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40 of 47 prefectures covered. Pick one to see what we have.
- Hokkaido: 1 guide
- Aomori: 1 guide
- Iwate: no guides yet
- Akita: 5 guides
- Miyagi: 2 guides
- Yamagata: 1 guide
- Fukushima: 1 guide
- Ibaraki: 1 guide
- Tochigi: 4 guides
- Gunma: 3 guides
- Saitama: 5 guides
- Chiba: 5 guides
- Tokyo: 7 guides
- Kanagawa: 4 guides
- Niigata: 2 guides
- Toyama: 4 guides
- Ishikawa: 3 guides
- Fukui: no guides yet
- Yamanashi: 2 guides
- Nagano: 3 guides
- Gifu: 3 guides
- Shizuoka: 3 guides
- Aichi: 1 guide
- Mie: 2 guides
- Shiga: 2 guides
- Kyoto: 11 guides
- Osaka: no guides yet
- Hyogo: 2 guides
- Nara: 3 guides
- Wakayama: no guides yet
- Tottori: 2 guides
- Shimane: 3 guides
- Okayama: 1 guide
- Hiroshima: 1 guide
- Yamaguchi: no guides yet
- Tokushima: no guides yet
- Kagawa: 1 guide
- Ehime: 3 guides
- Kochi: 5 guides
- Fukuoka: 1 guide
- Saga: 1 guide
- Nagasaki: 1 guide
- Kumamoto: 2 guides
- Oita: 2 guides
- Miyazaki: no guides yet
- Kagoshima: 3 guides
- Okinawa: 4 guides
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Dōgo Onsen — Matsuyama’s historic hot spring district
Dōgo Onsen is a hot spring in Matsuyama, Ehime; one of Japan's three oldest onsen, centred on the 1894 Dōgo Onsen…
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Destination guides with history, context, and what to expect on arrival.
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Regional dishes explained: origin, technique, and how they are eaten.
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Each guide names the sources it draws on, pins the place on a map, and shows when it was published.
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Travel Ehime
Dōgo Onsen — Matsuyama’s historic hot spring district
Dōgo Onsen is a hot spring in Matsuyama, Ehime; one of Japan's three oldest onsen, centred on the 1894 Dōgo…
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Travel Kyoto
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto 17 Sites across Kyoto and Shiga
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of 17 temples, shrines and a castle…
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Travel Tokyo
Mount Takao: 599.30 m summit, temples and trails in Tokyo
Mount Takao is a 599.30 m mountain in Hachioji, Tokyo, inside Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi‑National Park and…
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Travel Miyagi
Matsushima — Guide to the 260-Island Archipelago in Miyagi
Matsushima is an archipelago of roughly 260 pine‑clad islands in Miyagi Prefecture, one of Japan’s Three…
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Travel Ishikawa
Kenroku-en Kanazawa's Special Place of Scenic Beauty
Kenroku-en is an 11.7-hectare garden in central Kanazawa, Ishikawa, a national Special Place of Scenic Beauty…
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Travel Tokyo
Kaminarimon, Asakusa Wind-and-Thunder Gate with Lantern
Kaminarimon is the mountain gate of Senso-ji in Asakusa, Taito, Tokyo; its red gate, flanking wind and…
From the kitchen
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Food Okinawa
Chanpurū Okinawa: the tofu-and-vegetable stir-fry at home
Chanpurū is an Okinawan home stir-fry of tofu and vegetables; its signature is island tofu browned before…
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Food Okinawa
Okinawan cuisine pork, soba and Ryukyuan foodways
Okinawan cuisine is the food of Okinawa Prefecture, marked by abundant pork, Okinawa soba, subtropical…
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Food Kagoshima
Sakezushi, Kagoshima's rice-and-sake fermented sushi
Sakezushi is a Kagoshima regional sushi of rice seasoned with local jizake (a haimotsuzake) layered with…