Mt. Haguro: The Stone Path Through Giant Cedars
You don't have to climb all 2,446 steps: the five-story pagoda and the giant-cedar approach are near the bottom — and a road runs to the summit shrine. A first-hand guide.
Tohoku
Japan’s original landscape.
Ginzan Onsen: The Historic Hot Spring Town Lit by Gas Lamps
What Ginzan Onsen is really like — real costs, when the crowds arrive, where to eat, and whether the famous snowy night view is worth the effort to reach it.