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SeasonsOn Mono no Aware, and Why Japan Keeps Returning to ItThe eighteenth-century scholar Motoori Norinaga used the term to describe a particular kind of gentle sadness at the passing of things. Three hundred years later, it remains the most exported Japanese idea in the world.6 min read→
ExperiencesThe First Morning in a RyokanWhat happens in the hour before breakfast, and why it is the hour most travellers describe, months later, when asked to name the moment that changed how they thought about Japan.6 min read→
RegionsKanazawa Is the Quiet Answer to KyotoA castle city on the Japan Sea coast with three hundred years of unbroken cultural patronage, no wartime bombing, and a fraction of the visitors. Those who have been say some version of the same thing.7 min read→
PlanningWhat Eighteen Months Ahead Actually MeansEvery Japan specialist says the same thing: book eighteen months out. The number is not marketing. It is the interval at which the country's best rooms, best tables, and best private access are allocated.7 min read→Related Journey
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