Kyushu

Where Princess Mononoke Lives

I’ll be honest: The Princess Mononoke forest was never high on my Japan bucket list, certainly not the first time I visited Yakushima island.

Nagasaki is more than meets the eye.

Kagoshima is an underrated and almost wholly un-explored destination, but don’t let that deter you from coming.

It can be difficult to find a Kumamoto itinerary online at all, let alone a good one.

Fukuoka, for whatever else you can say about it, is anything but forgettable.

Sometimes, moving forward is more important than moving on.

There are as many urban wonderlands in Japan as there are natural ones.

The tourist trail is sometimes more enlightening than the philosopher’s path.