There are eight regions in Japan: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu.
Kanto
Tokyo
- Tokyo for beginners
- Tokyo Travel Guide Part 1: So, when is the best time to visit?
- Tokyo Travel Guide Part 2: How to get around the city
- Tokyo Travel Guide Part 3: Where in Tokyo am I?
- Tokyo Travel Guide Part 4: Eating to your heart’s content
- Tokyo Travel Guide Part 5: Dining on a dime and more at a Japanese convenience store!
- Desperately seeking sakura: Cherry blossom viewing for beginners
- How to hanami: Picnic like the Japanese
- Beyond tonkotsu: Unusual ramen of Japan
- A day in Asakusa blends the old and the new faces of Tokyo
- Summertime in Tokyo: A day out in Yoyogi Park
- The PATH to slow food in Tokyo
- Five things you should know before visiting Tokyo
- Five Tokyo cafés every coffee lover should experience!
- Nordic cool, French chic and American casual invade Tokyo’s coffee scene
- Milk magic: The latte art champions of Japan
- Omotesando Koffee: A Japanese coffee ceremony
- The hunt for red autumn leaves in Japan
- Yakitori Imai: Elevating Japanese street food to gourmet-level grilled chicken
- Ramen, any time: The late night noodles of Kabukicho
- Crazy over chestnuts, Japan’s favourite autumn treat
- A white… and red Christmas in Tokyo
- Kikunoi: Kappo cuisine and ryotei dining in Akasaka
- Black & white: Truffle season in Tokyo
- Spice and scallops: Ramen by land and by sea
- Catch the four seasons of Shinjuku Gyoen
- Hamadaya: Dining in the house of geishas
- Tokyo’s ‘Oktoberfest’ for… pickles!
- Soul food: How the Japanese mastered meatless cuisine
- All about ekiben: Travel around Japan tasting train bentos at every station
- Harujuku: Vive la crêpe!
- Tonchin Tokyo: The real ramen experience
- Spirited away to the Ghibli Museum
- Chasing cherry blossoms
- A treat for the bookworm in Japan
Nikko
Yokohama
Kansai
Kyoto
- The real flavours of Kyoto
- Temple-hopping in Kyoto
- Yozakura: Cherry blossoms by night in Kyoto
- Kaiseki in Kyoto: A taste of autumn
- Head to Kyoto’s Tosuiro for a tofu degustation
- Far from the madding crowd: A walkabout in north-east Kyoto
- Sacred Shimogamo: Streams of fate and mirrors of beauty
- Learning how to cook an authentic Japanese meal in Kyoto
- Fire, gold, jade: The colours of Arashiyama in autumn
- Fushimi Inari Shrine: Wise fox spirits and fiery sun gates
- Kyoto’s cool coffee reawakening
- Sakura season in Kyoto: Birds, brides and cherry blossoms
- Savour every drop of Toriyasa’s chicken soup… it takes three days to cook!
- Midnight diner: A real izakaya experience in Kyoto
Hokkaido
- Savouring Sapporo
- The sweet ride: A bicycle holiday in Biei
- Furano, Hokkaido: Lavender fields forever
- Ice-cream summer: The hottest flavours in Hokkaido
- Ramen battle royale: Sapporo vs Kyoto vs Tokyo
- Snow dragons and Astro Boy: A winter wonderland in Sapporo
- From the mountains to the sea: The delicacies of Hokkaido
- Winter’s path: Snow and light in Otaru
- Abashiri: Breaking the ice (drift)
- Kushiro: Hokkaido’s kitchen of the sea
- A Japanese roulette: ‘Fugu’ is not for the faint-hearted
- Beyond coffee: Hokkaido cafés are a brew apart
- Spice and scallops: Ramen by land and by sea
- Winter is coming: A snowstorm of fun in Asahikawa
- Flight of snow: The dance of Hokkaido’s ‘tancho’ cranes
- March of the ‘kawaii’ King Penguins
- Christmastime in Hokkaido: Come on and let it snow
- Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido: A wintry safari by snow light
Tohoku
- Exploring autumn’s trail in Hakkoda, Japan
- Tasting Tohoku
- No water this blue: Lake Towada’s timeless splendour
- The girl with the dragon legend: Mystery of Japan’s deepest lake
- In Moroika, a temple of 500 faces
- The Great Waterfall Road: Hiking Japan’s Oirase Gorge as seasons change