Tag: Gifu Prefecture
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Gero Onsen. A Soak in the Beauty of the Japanese Mountains
There are times when the relentless hum of the modern world feels like a sickness in your bones. The neon glare of the city, the endless grind, the polite fictions of a life lived on a schedule—it’ll hollow you out if you let it. Sometimes, the only cure is to get the hell out. To…
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Into the Heart of the Japan Alps. A love for Story in Takayama.
The fluorescent fever-dream of Tokyo and the temple-drenched politeness of Kyoto… they’re a fine introduction to the Land of the Rising Sun, but they’re just the appetizer. The main course, the raw, bleeding meat of this country, lies somewhere else entirely. It’s up in the mountains, a place the bullet train map conveniently skips, where…