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Kanazawa Castle: visitors can have a more personal experience with the art and the artisans in the prefectural capital.

Art is a way of life in Japan’s answer to Florence

Ishikawa prefecture is known for attracting the most talented artisans in the country, in a culture of creation that dates back centuries.

  • by Ben Groundwater
Zen and the art of being tapped with a stick...a monk with a keisaku.

Zen, with a little help from a club-wielding monk

The threat of violence has a way of focusing the mind. And this Japanese mountain temple offers enlightenment through an “awakening stick”.

  • by Ben Groundwater
Tokyo Japan Aikhabara

Japan’s capital of reinvention has a bamboozling spate of new attractions

Tokyo is an exhausting but exhilarating place to visit. Its glamour, organisation and startling contrasts provide the ultimate Japanese experience.

  • by Brian Johnston
Takahama Beach.

Japan’s hidden islands a paradise for locavores

Culture and great food merge on these spectacular isles.

  • by Ute Junker
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The one secret about Japan that travel writers don’t want you to know

Your ticket to eating and drinking at all the best establishments in a country that can be famously difficult to navigate comes down to one word.

  • by Ben Groundwater
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Toshodai-ji Buddhist temple was founded in 759 in Nara, Japan.

Teen tourist carves name into 1200-year-old temple

According to police, a 17-year-old Canadian used his fingernail to carve “J” and “Julian” into a pillar of Japan’s Toshodaiji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

  • by Natalie B. Compton and Julia Mio Inuma
People in Tokyo love clothing and accessories with a story.

Tokyo’s vintage stores have no trash, only treasure

There is tremendous respect and love for vintage items in Tokyo and if you’re shopping for vintage, the hard work has been done.

  • by Ben Groundwater
Simple yet tasty - Yakitori.

This Japanese snack uses the chicken equivalent of Wagyu beef

The more you know about Japanese cuisine, the more readily you understand that yakitori is anything but simple.

  • by Ben Groundwater
The famous crossing at Shibuya.
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The must-do highlights of Tokyo in three days

With three days in Tokyo you can experience a vast spectrum of places and attractions, a smorgasbord of incredible food, and a wondrous contrast of old and new.

  • by Ben Groundwater
The coastal town of Itoshima is popular in winter thanks to its abundant seafood.

The tasty reason locals flock to this Japanese beach town in winter

Itoshima may not be on most Australian visitors’ radar, but locals know there’s a good reason to flock here: oysters, cheap and plentiful.

  • by Emily McAuliffe