
TOKYO, JAPAN - From a vantage point 50 stories above Tokyo in the lounge of the Park Hyatt Hotel, it becomes clear that this is a city that sprawls endlessly in every direction.
TOKYO, JAPAN - In a country renowned for its high-speed trains, it was two slow moving versions - one known as the "Romance Car" - that made us fall in love with rail service here.
IBUSUKI CITY, JAPAN - It appeared a gang of headhunters had arrived in this ancient Japanese city before we did. Heads were strewn all over the public beach - not a body in sight.
KYOTO, JAPAN — The sakura remained in bloom longer this season, as if in delicate defiance of recent events in Japan.