Editor's notes
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Routes and notes, newest first
- RouteNikko in a day: the cedar avenue, Toshogu and the imperial villa
- RouteHiroshima and Miyajima in two days: the Peace Park, okonomiyaki, and the ropeway up Misen
- RouteKanazawa in a day: Kenrokuen at opening, the market at lunch, the teahouses after
- RouteA weekend south of Tokyo: Yokohama, Kamakura, Atami
- RouteAtami: two days by the water, a ryokan dinner between them
- RouteFushimi Inari before eight, then two temples and a coffee
- RouteKamakura: breakfast at eight, sushi at noon, the sea, and an auberge
- RouteKitakata: four bowls of ramen before lunch, at the weekend
- RouteKyoto in a day: temples by daylight, obanzai at night
- RouteNiseko: two days in the green
- RouteTokyo in three days, at the middle price
- RouteYour first week in Japan: Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka
- RouteHakodate: the market, Motomachi's slopes and the mountain at dusk
- RouteIzumo Taisha: the great shrine, soba in five bowls, and zenzai
- RouteKichijoji: a menchi-katsu, the pond and a cave of a kissaten
- RouteKobe: a warm cheesecake, a room in the old settlement, a bar with a fire
- RouteKusatsu: once round the Yubatake, eating as you go
- RouteMeguro to Yutenji: three cheesecakes and a Korean dinner
- RouteNara from Osaka: the Great Buddha, Kasuga's lanterns and an afternoon in Naramachi
- RouteOsaka in a day: the castle, Dotonbori, Tsutenkaku and the aquarium at dusk
- RouteOsaka, eating: takoyaki, okonomiyaki, kushikatsu and a box of pork buns
- RouteSapporo in two days: ramen at six, crab at night, then Jozankei
- RouteShibuya after dark: two standing bars and a basement