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Nara, my home in Japan

Nara, my home in Japan

We’re sitting on the floor of an old soy sauce factory’s warehouse, eating a meal we warmed up in the microwave.This nearly two-hundred-year-old building is located in Japan’s first capital, Nara. Today, this meticulously restored building operates as the Naramachi Hostel in the neighborhood of the same name.This is where we’ll lay our heads on […]

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Christmas inthe Japanese Alps - Takayama

Christmas in the Japanese Alps: Onsen bathing in Takayama’s Winter Wonderland

*Contains affiliate links to accommodations The train from Nagoya arrives at Takayama station with us on board.Finally.Not that trains in Japan would ever be late — they definitely aren’t — but certain Western travelers might be. After spending nine nights in Nagoya, we are slowly heading to the mountains of Takayama to celebrate Christmas in

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