Plan Your Trip
Where to Stay in Kyoto: The Five Areas, and the New Lodging Tax
Kyoto is a city you see before nine in the morning, which makes where you sleep matter more than it does in…
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Culture and Etiquette
Staying in a Ryokan: What Actually Happens, Hour by Hour
You are not booking a room. You are booking an evening with a fixed schedule, two enormous meals and a set of…
Destination Guides
Hakone: The Onsen Loop from Tokyo
A switchback train, a funicular, a ropeway over a volcanic vent, a boat and a bus — all on one ticket, in…
Plan Your Trip
Where to Stay in Japan: Hotel, Ryokan, Business Hotel or Minpaku
Six kinds of Japanese accommodation, what each actually costs, and why the cheapest chain hotels are better than the international brands at…