Japan

The ryokan the guidebooks missed, the sushi counter of eight seats.

The place

Why we love Japan.

Tokyo, Kyoto and a ryokan somewhere out of the way — Naoshima, Kanazawa, the Kiso Valley on foot. We book the sushi counters that don't take strangers, the tea house that fits four, and a guide who's been walking travelers through these streets for a decade.

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