When you’re ready to travel again, you might feel like soothing your soul and starting afresh. Where better to be reborn than the Land of the Rising Sun? From forest bathing to onsens, Japan is the perfect place to heal, think, soothe and rejuvenate. Whether it’s the wilds of Tohoku or the hot springs of Ishikawa, Japan has a wealth of experiences for your wellbeing.
Spend five days on the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, visiting the three grand shrines of Kumano as you stay at private island hotels and luxury ryokans on this spiritual journey of wellbeing.
Tohoku is Japan’s natural heart, and it comes alive in autumn. Travel for 14 days from Tokyo to Hirosaki on this relaxing journey through the peaceful surrounds of northern Honshu.
With views through bamboo and Japanese cypress forests, this rejuvenating 10-day adventure from lush hotels of Kyoto to the Shima peninsula is a mix of the natural and the cultural.
Adding a little adventure to your healing, this two-week journey from Osaka to Yakushima Island includes relaxing onsens and unique cuisine paired with the Aso volcano and Eight Hells of Beppu.
Explore Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu on this 17-day adventure that will see travelers hiking the largest waterfall in Yakushima to the most sacred ancient shrine in Japan on this once-in-a-lifetime journey.
The guntû is a small blue crab considered a delicacy in the Seto Inland Sea area of Japan, but the tasty little crustacean is also a floating five-star ryokan, one of the most exclusive venues in East Asia.
Photographer and Instagrammer Jordan Hammond takes his camera to Japan's dynamic city of Kyoto for a look at geisha, bamboo, and a city coated in color and history.
The Noto Peninsula was once so isolated people were banished to it; today, it is an off-the-tourist-trail gem with astonishing ryokans, unbeatable cycling, and country-side hospitality.
