Bamboo moving in the wind, a dry garden at Rurikō-in, and maples soaking a thousand-year-old capital in colour.
One of the benchmark destinations on our map of Asia: Japan. Conditions here run light mist · still air, and the window worth planning around is March–April blossom / November–December maples. It is a coordinate our photographers and long-form writers keep coming back to.
Japanese gardensZen aestheticsKaiseki diningOnsen ryokan
