Japan
Dawn temples, sleepless cities and a silence you never forget. Our Japan, from Mount Fuji to the corners that stay with you long after you leave.
Byōdō-in, the temple on the 10 yen coin in Uji: a sunny day, a museum full of unique pieces, the shopping street, tickets, prices and how to get there from Kyoto.
For years, Disney was a "someday". This year I visited Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea and Universal Studios Japan with my 8-year-old.
An afternoon and evening at Tokyo Disneyland with an 8-year-old: the After 5 ticket, how Premier Access works, Beauty and the Beast, Toontown, prices and tips.
We walked down from Otagi to Arashiyama in the rain: an empty Saga-Toriimoto, wild monkeys, the Adashino bamboo path all to ourselves, Tenryū-ji at sunset and the Kimono Forest.
1,200 stone statues carved by visitors, covered in moss, on a hillside west of Kyoto. Why Otagi Nenbutsu-ji is a must see and how to get there.
Universal Studios Japan in Osaka with an 8-year-old: Super Nintendo World, Harry Potter, Flight of the Hippogriff, the Express Pass I didn’t buy, tickets and tips.
A hidden lunch in a 140-year-old house in Nakazakicho, ten minutes from Umeda. What we ate, why we went back for more and tips for visiting with kids.
Our taxi driver took us through the Kiyotaki Tunnel, one of the most haunted places in Japan. The 444-metre legend, the mirror and the river on the other side.
The best value meal of our Japan trip: Sanjobo, inside JR Nara Station. Raw fish with egg yolk, tempura, edamame and karaage, all ordered on a tablet.
Nara was a last-minute plan B. We arrived after dark, with no deer crackers and nobody around, and ended up surrounded by dozens of deer.