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.

Kobe is famous for one of Japan’s three great night views, and Mount Rokko and neighbouring Mount Maya rise directly behind the city to deliver it. The sweep of glittering

A complete Nagasaki travel guide covering the Peace Park, Gunkanjima, the Mount Inasa night view, and more.

Nagoya Castle is the city’s defining landmark, a grand fortress topped by golden shachihoko, the mythical tiger-fish that gleam from its roof. Built in the early Edo period as a

Nagoya is Japan’s fourth-largest city and the gateway to the central Chubu region. Often overlooked by travellers rushing between Tokyo and Kyoto, it rewards a stop with a grand castle,

A short walk from Matsumoto Castle, the old merchant quarters of Nakamachi and Nawate preserve the atmosphere of an Edo-period castle town. Lined with white-walled storehouses, craft shops, and cafes

A complete Nara travel guide covering Todai-ji, the deer of Nara Park, Kasuga Taisha, and Kofuku-ji.

A travel guide to Nijo Castle in Kyoto: its moats and stone walls, the famous nightingale floors of Ninomaru Palace, and the gardens.

Toshogu is the lavish mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun who unified Japan, and the most spectacular of Nikko’s shrines. Set among towering cedars, its richly carved and gilded buildings