Beyond Tokyo

All the Beyond Tokyo features from past issues of Japanagram

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  • Let’s stay at an amazingly bookish Japanese inn!

    Let’s stay at an amazingly bookish Japanese inn!

  • Who wears it better? Kosan-ji temple or the maple trees?

    Who wears it better? Kosan-ji temple or the maple trees?

  • Over the river and through the woods to a dragon shrine and a killer waterfall

    Over the river and through the woods to a dragon shrine and a killer waterfall

  • Come with me to the northiest north!

    Come with me to the northiest north!

  • Let’s explore an amazing Japanese design site that turns landscape into art

    Let’s explore an amazing Japanese design site that turns landscape into art

  • Let’s explore an amazing Japanese design site that turns landscape into art

    Let’s explore an amazing Japanese design site that turns landscape into art

  • Let’s go back to see the Jōnan-gu Shrine plum garden in bloom!

    Let’s go back to see the Jōnan-gu Shrine plum garden in bloom!

  • Let’s stay at a Japanese inn with seven outdoor hot spring baths by a river!

    Let’s stay at a Japanese inn with seven outdoor hot spring baths by a river!

  • Hokkaido: Like the Alps…but with volcanos

    Hokkaido: Like the Alps…but with volcanos

  • A real-life vine bridge and other undiscovered Shikoku delights!

    A real-life vine bridge and other undiscovered Shikoku delights!

  • Perfect Day in Tokyo #7

    Perfect Day in Tokyo #7

  • Let’s go see where that fabulous Meisen kimono silk comes from!

    Let’s go see where that fabulous Meisen kimono silk comes from!

  • Come for the art island, stay for the tea garden

    Come for the art island, stay for the tea garden

  • Let’s stay in a traditional farmhouse in the Japanese countryside!

    Let’s stay in a traditional farmhouse in the Japanese countryside!

  • Zao Onsen in winter: Hot springs, snow monsters and more!

    Zao Onsen in winter: Hot springs, snow monsters and more!

  • The hidden secrets of Miyajima Island

    The hidden secrets of Miyajima Island

  • Let’s go to the Japanese garden…from Hell

    Let’s go to the Japanese garden…from Hell

  • A town that’s packed with weird, wild & wonderful shrines and temples

    A town that’s packed with weird, wild & wonderful shrines and temples

  • Time travel to a samurai village, check out Westminster Abbey, then swoon over the most opulent golden shrine in Japan

    Time travel to a samurai village, check out Westminster Abbey, then swoon over the most opulent golden shrine in Japan

  • Let’s hike through the cherry blossom forest!

    Let’s hike through the cherry blossom forest!

  • Let’s go to the odd theme park that’s amazing in the most unexpected way

    Let’s go to the odd theme park that’s amazing in the most unexpected way

  • Let’s go to the Werewolf Shrine!

    Let’s go to the Werewolf Shrine!

  • Let’s walk across red-hot burning coals!

    Let’s walk across red-hot burning coals!

  • Thousands of candle-lit igloos turn this village into a winter fairyland

    Thousands of candle-lit igloos turn this village into a winter fairyland

  • Let’s stroll through a forest of perfect miniature trees!

    Let’s stroll through a forest of perfect miniature trees!

  • Let’s hike through bowers of flowers

    Let’s hike through bowers of flowers

  • Let’s visit the perfect garden for how we’re feeling right now

    Let’s visit the perfect garden for how we’re feeling right now

  • Let’s go to Fox Village…in the snow!

    Let’s go to Fox Village…in the snow!

  • A rugged paradise with famous drummers, bathtub boats, and a cave of spooky Jizo figures

    A rugged paradise with famous drummers, bathtub boats, and a cave of spooky Jizo figures

  • A whole park full of thatch-roofed farmhouses, just outside of central Tokyo

    A whole park full of thatch-roofed farmhouses, just outside of central Tokyo

  • Come for the purple, stay for the lights

    Come for the purple, stay for the lights

  • The cherry blossoms of your dreams…a month after all the rest are history

    The cherry blossoms of your dreams…a month after all the rest are history

  • 40,000 dolls dressed in Imperial court robes? Yes, please!

    40,000 dolls dressed in Imperial court robes? Yes, please!

  • Icicles of wonder

    Icicles of wonder

  • Let’s go see millions of twinkling lights

    Let’s go see millions of twinkling lights

  • Gold-leafed ice cream, a samurai neighborhood, and a legendary garden lit up at night

    Gold-leafed ice cream, a samurai neighborhood, and a legendary garden lit up at night

  • The convent with a big secret

    The convent with a big secret

  • Holy log-riding, the accidental castle, and a fire-breathing stone dragon

    Holy log-riding, the accidental castle, and a fire-breathing stone dragon

  • Tanuki Town: A quaint mountain village filled with all manner of tricksters

    Tanuki Town: A quaint mountain village filled with all manner of tricksters

  • The Most Refreshing Waterfall in the World

    The Most Refreshing Waterfall in the World