Places

By Isla Quinn Sea first. Then a ferry. Then rooms built to be looked at slowly. Where it is Wikipedia […]

By Ines Keane Most hot-spring towns give you one big bath and a lobby. Kinosaki gives you the street. Where

By Ines Keane Most Japanese castles sit on a hill. Matsumoto’s does not. Wikipedia calls it a flatland castle, built

By Isla Quinn Snow on the bridges. Orange light on the water. Wooden balconies stacked three and four high above

By Isla Quinn Cold air. Stone walls. A row of lamps along the water. Otaru, a port on Ishikari Bay

By Isla Quinn Wide street. Black walls. Branches hanging low over both. Kakunodate sits in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, in the

By Isla Quinn Thick walls. Black tiles. A bell that rings four times a day. Kawagoe, a city in Saitama

By Ines Keane Most craft districts grow slowly and by accident. This one came with a rule book. According to

By Ines Keane Yellow fruit above white plaster. That is the picture the city of Hagi chooses for its castle

By Rafe Calder The valley is cut into mountains that reach 1,500 metres, and it takes a lot of snow.