Author Archives: Michela
Jiufen, Spirited Away and red lanterns
Jiufen is a mountain town east of Taipei, developed around a former gold mine. Today [...]
Visit Hakone, the onsen destination near Tokyo
Hakone is one of the most recommended excursions from Tokyo and a popular destination among [...]
Day trip from Tokyo: Kawagoe, the little Edo
Still relatively undiscovered by Western tourists but steeped in the atmosphere of ancient Japan, Kawagoe [...]
Discovering the Iya Valley
The perception of time changes in the Valley of Iya. Everything flows according to the [...]
Overnight in a traditional Japanese house in Ouchijuku
The small single-car train crosses the Japanese countryside, the rice fields, and then is surrounded [...]
Shibu Onsen and the onsen hopping near the Snow Monkey Park
In Japan, there are several onsen towns, but the small Shibu Onsen still retains that [...]
Visiting Cinque Terre – tips for visit the places that inspire the Disney’s movie Luca
UNESCO Heritage Site from 1997 and chosen by Disney for the movie Luca, Cinque Terre [...]