Better Know a Neighborhood: Takayama’s Sanmachi

Last year, around this time, I took off for the mountains of central Japan. During that trip, I spent a few nights in Takayama, one of my favorite destinations in Japan. Takayama is a small city that sits at the edge of the Central Japan Alps. Takayama was renowned in the Edo Period (1603-1868) for... Continue Reading →

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Good Eats: Honmaru Palace Restaurant (Kumamoto)

If you're ever in Kumamoto, it's a crime not to see one of the top three castles of Japan. I've already been there three times but it wasn't until recently that I discovered one of Kumamoto-jo's coolest secrets - a hidden restaurant on the second floor of the Honmaru Gozen Palace that serves food from the Edo era... Continue Reading →

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