
Steve Hope
On Japan
Asia expert Steve Hope keeps you up to date with what's happening in Japan with his unique travel insight and tips on the Land of the Rising Sun.
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.