Collection
Japan Essentials
Everything we would tell a friend before their first trip to Japan.3 storiesUpdated 11 Oct
Collection · 6 stories
Kansai Beyond Kyoto
Osaka's street food, Nara's deer and temples, and the long day west to Hiroshima and Miyajima.
Updated 11 Oct
In this collection
In the publisher's order
1
GuideOsaka
8 min
4.7 out of 5
Osaka Street Food: Eat Until You Drop
Osaka has a word for eating yourself into ruin. Here is how to do it properly, one skewer, one dumpling and one ball of molten octopus at a time.2
RestaurantOsaka
4.0 out of 5
Takoyaki and Okonomiyaki: Osaka's Two Great Griddles
Octopus dumplings from a street window and savoury pancakes built at your table: a short, opinionated list of where to eat both in Osaka.3
ActivityNara
4.5 out of 5
A Day in Nara with the Bowing Deer
Forty-five minutes from Osaka or Kyoto, Nara Park is home to more than a thousand free-roaming deer. Here is how to spend a gentle, crowd-dodging day among them.4
DestinationNara
3.0 out of 5
Nara, Japan's First Permanent Capital
Before Kyoto there was Nara. Its great temples, five-storey pagodas and quiet lanes reward an overnight stay rather than a rushed afternoon.5
ArticleHiroshima
7 min
5.0 out of 5
