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Japan

Kyoto… enough of crowds!

Kumano Kodo… walking the spiritual path?!

How to go from Yunomine to Osaka and Kyoto

Tanabe… the starting point of Kumano Kodo

How to go from Koyasan to Kumano Kodo by bus

Yunomine… there’s no place like “onsen”!!!

Yakushima… like a dream!

Koyasan… the holy mountain

How to go From Kagoshima to Yakushima by ferry

Hokkaido… in search of the autumn colours

Tokyo and the machines

Hiroshima… more than memories from the war

Nikko… time to enjoy the mountains

Mount Fuji… perfect from any perspective

Kamakura and the temples

Ainu… people from the north!

Hakodate… surrounded by the sea

Noboribetsu… finally the onsen experience!

Where to get a SIM Card at the Narita Airport

Osaka… in a laidback bustle

6 weeks in Japan: itinerary & costs

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I’m Catarina, a wanderer from Lisbon, Portugal… or a backpack traveller with a camera!

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