Travel Stories

• food

• food and drink

8 min read • Feb 17, 2021

No places better represent the gamut of Japanese culture than Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, and there's no better way to visit them than via Shinkansen

• art

• art and culture

5 min read • Jan 20, 2020

Make the most of your time in Japan by joining a group tour with Lonely Planet Experiences and Intrepid Travel.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

6 min read • Sep 3, 2019

To help you make the most of this friendly Japanese city as a family, here are our top recommendations for both big and little kids exploring Osaka. 

• beaches

• activities

6 min read • Jun 24, 2019

In Japan, there’s a drive to create and experience things that are bigger, better, faster and stronger than anywhere else in the world. Shibuya Crossing…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Jun 21, 2019

Summer in much of Japan is hot and can be unrelentingly humid, but it’s also the season for top festivals, mass folk dancing, mountain hikes, and enjoying…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Apr 3, 2019

You could cover a lot of ground on a trip to Japan, or very little, and still get to experience the best of what the country has to offer. Centrally…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Feb 26, 2019

There’s a reason the Japanese call Osaka tenka no daidokoro, or ‘the nation’s kitchen’. If your fantasies of a trip to Japan involve flashing neon lights,…

• food

• food and drink

7 min read • Jun 15, 2017

Manga comics, blazing neon, speeding trains, supersized pedestrian crossings – Japan might not immediately inspire a vision of traditional romance, but…

• food

• food and drink

5 min read • Jul 19, 2012

Every trip does not have to be about ticking off a sightseeing list. Some of the best destinations are seen by getting under its skin to experience it…