Japan: A Winter Wonderland

Posted on August 18, 2019

While any time is a good time to explore the beauty of Japan, winter months are truly special. Nothing better for mind and spirit than watching the soft snow falling while sipping on hot sake wine. In addition to the beautiful natural snow-covered scenery in winter, Japan’s culture smoothly intertwines with this special time of the year.

Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef, author, and popular travel documentarian who took his own life in 2018, once said: “Japan is endlessly interesting to me. After going on nine filming trips there, I don’t think I’ve even scratched the surface and I don’t think I ever will”. He was especially fond of the food in Japan and proclaimed: “If I had to eat only in one city for the rest of my life, Tokyo would be it”.

Most travellers who have been to Japan will agree that Japan has more to offer than one person can experience in a lifetime. I personally have been to Japan numerous times and I too still feel that I have not scratched the surface.

While the Japanese archipelago consists of 6,852 islands, roughly arranged in the shape of a dragon, its total land area is 377,973 km² – a large area to explore. Being a long skinny country stretching from the southernmost island of Okinotori in the Philippine Sea all the way up to the northern tip of Hokkaido Island near Russia’s Sakhalin Island, the distance – as the crow flies – is approximately 2,840 kilometres (1,765 mi).

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