
Visit Beppu for the jigoku hell springs and a city bath, and reconfirm before you go.

Visit Lake Kawaguchi in Yamanashi for the Fuji view, and reconfirm crowds, buses, and the weather.

Visit Chichibu for the shrine, the winter night festival, and a mountain day west of Tokyo.

Walk Goryokaku, Hakodate’s star-shaped fort ruin, and reconfirm the grounds before you go.

Use Sapporo as a Hokkaido base: Odori Park, the station, local food, and what to reconfirm.

Visit the Nakijin Castle ruins, a World Heritage gusuku on Okinawa’s Motobu peninsula, and reconfirm access.

See Maruoka Castle, an original keep in Fukui, and reconfirm access during the multi-year restoration.

See Abashiri’s drift ice from the winter icebreaker, and reconfirm the season and the day’s sailing.

Visit Akiyoshidai’s karst plateau and Akiyoshido cave in Yamaguchi, and reconfirm openings before you go.