A short walk from Matsumoto Castle, the old merchant quarters of Nakamachi and Nawate preserve
Matsumoto Castle is one of Japan’s finest surviving fortresses and a designated National Treasure. Nicknamed
Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region, is a relaxed, green metropolis founded by
Sendai is known as the City of Trees, and nowhere shows this better than central
Zuihoden is the lavishly decorated mausoleum of Date Masamune, the founder of Sendai, set among
Aoba Castle, also known as Sendai Castle, crowns a forested hilltop overlooking the city it
Yokohama blends a stylish modern waterfront, a historic trading port, Japan’s largest Chinatown, and serene
Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, is Japan’s second-largest city and one of its most relaxed.
Yokohama’s historic harbour is where the city began, the port that opened Japan to foreign
Sankeien is a spacious traditional Japanese garden in southern Yokohama, opened to the public in
