Matsushima Bay, dotted with around 260 tiny pine-clad islands, is celebrated as one of the Three Views of Japan, the classical trio of the country’s most beautiful scenery. Just half

A guide to Meiji Jingu, the serene Shinto shrine set in a vast forest beside Harajuku, and how to make the most of a visit.

Minato Mirai 21 is Yokohama’s gleaming waterfront district, a planned area of skyscrapers, shopping malls, museums, and a seaside amusement park. At its centre rises the Landmark Tower, for years

A complete guide to Miyajima island, the Itsukushima Shrine, and Hiroshima’s iconic floating torii gate.

Crowning the city’s highest hill, Montmartre is the romantic, bohemian Paris of legend — cobbled lanes, artists’ squares, and the gleaming Sacré-Cœur with its sweeping views. Staying here means village

A guide to Moscow after dark — the Bolshoi Theatre, riverside bars, and the Moscow City nightlife scene.

Your complete guide to Moscow — Red Square, the Kremlin, the metro, shopping, and nightlife.

As one of the first Japanese ports opened to foreign trade, Hakodate wears its international history openly. The Motomachi district climbing the slopes of Mount Hakodate and the red-brick warehouses

The view from Mount Hakodate is famous as one of the finest night panoramas in the world. The city’s unusual hourglass shape, pinched between two bays, lights up after dark

How to see the famous Mount Inasa night view over Nagasaki, one of Japan’s top three cityscapes.