Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama: The Quiet Side of Japan's Oldest Bath Town
Dogo sits on the eastern rim of Matsuyama, the largest city on the island of Shikoku, and it wears its age lightly.
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Local Trains
8 quiet, car-free trips built around Local Trains.
Enoshima Island: Quiet Corners, the Enoden Railway, and Evening Views over the Shonan Coast
Enoshima is the defining landmark of the Shonan coast, the stretch of sea coast running south and west of Kamakura.
Kururi, Chiba: A Quiet Castle Town of Free-Flowing Wells, Local Sake, and a One-Carriage Railway
Kururi may be the least-touristed castle town within reach of Tokyo.
Mount Hodo (Hodosan): Hodosan Shrine, Seasonal Blossoms, and Views over Nagatoro
Mount Hodo is the flower mountain above Nagatoro — a standalone peak in Saitama's Chichibu district with an ornate shrine at its foot, a modest ropeway up its…
Nagatoro River Cruise: Wooden Boats, the Iwadatami Rock Terrace, and a Quiet Day on the Arakawa
Nagatoro is the closest place to Tokyo where you can drift down a real gorge in a wooden boat poled by a boatman — a river cruise that has been running since…
Okutama, West Tokyo: Deep Gorges, a Limestone Cave, and the Quiet End of the Ome Line
Okutama is the deep end of Tokyo.
Umaji Village: Yuzu and Forest Railways in the Mountains of Kochi
There is a village in eastern Kochi that you reach by following one river all the way up into the cedar.
Yoro Valley (Yoro Keikoku): Waterfalls and Kanto's Last Autumn Colors
Yoro Valley — Yōrō Keikoku in Japanese — hides in the middle of Chiba's Boso Peninsula.