Two seasoned trip planners on how to best tour the Golden Route through five cities, including Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

A world away from the touristy scrums crowding the temples of Tokyo and Kyoto, a forested trail leads from the centuries-old Buddha statues of ... temple’s central shrine. Overnighting at ...

In front of the building is a tall terrace on which a glazed chamber was built, called Shanyin Hall The four sides of the chamber are inlaid with a hundred little statues of Buddha made of glazed ...

While you could explore Japan on your own, there's something to be said for having someone else do all the hard work for you; ...

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