2025年初夏的足音已隐约可闻，如何避开人潮汹涌的热门景点，去扶桑找寻一片心灵的宁馨之地？怎样给即将来临的炎炎盛夏，送上一份迄今为止未曾得到的清凉？本次精心挑选了五个“尚未广为人知”的日本小众旅游胜地，从列岛之北逐渐向南，循序铺开，特别推荐给热爱自由 ...

The Uroko House (right) is an idiosyncratic and charming residence built in the late Meij period. It’s striking turret and fish-scale (uroko) tiles have made it an iconic symbol of Kobe’s Ijinkai ...

大家来东京旅游时通常都是吃玩买，拿着食物站在景点前自拍一张然后再分享一下就像完成了任务一样。但其实来东京除了这种大家都做的主线任务外，还有很多其他隐藏的支线任务，比如探访 ...

The Asamiya district of Shigaraki in Shiga Prefecture proved to be ideal for tea cultivation, giving rise to 1200 years of tea-growing culture. (Photo courtesy of Shoryuen) The town of Shigaraki, now ...

The Tama-no-yu bath for women features beautifully tiled walls. I love hot springs. This was not always the case—my upbringing was a tad prudish, and naked communal bathing took some getting used to.

“壽司蛋糕” 是最近這幾年在日本興起的風潮，我相信聽過這個名詞的人應該還不算多。第一次聽到這個詞，還以為是做得像壽司形狀的蛋糕，那就沒什麼稀奇了，日本人連毛巾都可以做成壽司 ...

東京といえば高層ビルやにぎやかな街並みを思い浮かべるかもしれませんが、実は大自然も存在するのをご存知でしょうか。都心から少し足をのばした多摩・島しょ地域には驚くような自然 ...

初次到布施探險，才驚覺在大阪的深處，竟隱藏著一條充滿歷史韻味的商店街。探訪當日，恰逢一年一度最熱鬧「十日戎」盛事，人們手持象徵幸運的福笹，處處充滿熱情與活力。 旅讀重生之後 ...

John Rucynski is an English teacher, writer, and editor who has been living in Japan for over 20 years. He is currently based in the Kansai region and has vowed to stay until his beloved Hanshin ...

I'm a writer — mostly print and online media, but also for TV documentaries and even some news — originally from the UK but based longtime in Kamakura. My restaurant column, Tokyo Food File, has run ...

I studied Japanese in Australia, spent a year in Japan in 1990, and moved here in 2007. I'm a J to E translator, with a background in travel, a qualified tea ceremony instructor, and DJ, with a ...