Evening exterior view of Saga Castle History MuseumMany castle museums serve as relics frozen in time, but Saga Castle History Museum stands out as a portal to the past. When your socks sink into properly maintained tatami mats lining floors built without nails, you’re not just observing history –...

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Some travel days feel like a serene stroll through history. This wasn’t one of them. Between dodging school groups in ...

Some places guard their beauty like a jealous deity – and Kunen-an takes this to extremes. With only 9 autumn days ...

Kumamoto Castle ReplicaMuseums usually make me yawn, but this one right here? It made me battle a dead novelist ...

As we reached our halfway mark of our Kyushu journey, we've already stayed in a city hotel (thankfully we weren't ...