Kyoto was voted one of the best cities in the world by our readers, and it's easy to see why. Formerly Japan's capital for over 1,000 years, the city of 1.5 million is packed with fragments of the past, from a still-operating geisha district to some 1,600 ancient temples. The nat...
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How to spend it:Transfer the points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club to book round-trip business class tickets to Japan on Virgin's partner ANA. You can fly from the West Coast toTokyoorKyotofor 90,000 miles or the Midwest or East Coast to the island country's major cities for 95,000 ...
university friend at midnight; tasting chunks of crispy tempura in Kyoto; and, most enduringly, inhaling the damp, musky smell of the towering cedar trees that lined the Kumano Kodo, a network of ancient pilgrimage trails along the Kii Hanto peninsula south of Kyoto that I hiked for seven ...
Whether you’re a devout Japanophile or contemplating your first trip, there’s no better armchair escape than diving into Japanese books.