There’s no place in the world as safe, bustling or as efficient as this tiny island nation of Japan. I spent three weeks zipping around on bullet trains, hiking through ancient forests and mountain-top shrines. Here is my photo guide to the top nine places to visit in Japan:
For this week’s Travel Tuesday Interview, Becky Gillespie, a Cincinnati, Ohio native who has been living in Japan for 12 years, dishes all the details about Japan including budget travel tips, how to find a job and off-the-beaten path destinations.
My alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. Determination masked my sleepiness. I was on the first train out of Kyoto Station bound for the Inari Station. The early bird gets the photo. Read more about my quest to photography Fushimi Inari shrine!
It took a while for Japan to win me over. It was not the nonchalant third-world Asia that I'd grown to love. There was order, guardrails and drinkable tap water. And, tour guides with megaphones.The secret to travel is getting up painfully early while the...
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