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Originally from the United States, he has been living in and exploring Japan since 2010. After visiting all of Japan's 47 prefectures, Joe has set his sights on summiting all of Japan's mountains over 3000 meters tall (and sharing some of the experiences here), and is always searching for the perfect post-hike (or snowboarding) onsen. Joe is based out of beautiful Nasushiobara City, in Tochigi Prefecture.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="blog_top__most_recent_posts_lbl">Most recent posts</div> <div class="blog_top__stories"> <div class="story_list" > <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/201231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/joe_201231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_201231_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/joe_201231_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/joe_201231_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/joe_201231_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/joe_201231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/201231.html">Travel Highlights 2020</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">2020 may not have been my favorite year on record, but despite the hard times brought on by the COVID-19 epidemic, I'm grateful that I was able to experience some pretty wonderful travels this year nonetheless. Here...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-12-31">December 31, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201118_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo20_201118_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo20_201118_kyoto_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo20_201118_kyoto_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo20_201118_kyoto_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo20_201118_kyoto_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo20_201118_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201118_kyoto.html">Koyo 2020: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This week is a fantastic time to experience autumn colors in central Japan as this year’s season is reaching its peak in some of the country’s most spectacular autumn color spots. In particular, cities like Tokyo,...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-11-18">November 18, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201117_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo20_201117_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo20_201117_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo20_201117_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo20_201117_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo20_201117_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo20_201117_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201117_tokyo.html">Koyo 2020: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is now in full swing throughout much of Japan’s main island of Honshu and parts of southern Japan. While the season is coming to an end in northern Japan and higher elevation areas, the color...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-11-17">November 17, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201029_naruko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo20_201029_naruko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo20_201029_naruko_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo20_201029_naruko_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo20_201029_naruko_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo20_201029_naruko_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo20_201029_naruko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201029_naruko.html">Koyo 2020: Naruko Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Autumn colors abound with the season now in full swing all over northern and central Japan. The colors in these parts of the country are now moving down from higher elevations, where the season has mostly finished, to...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-10-29">October 29, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201021_komagatake.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo20_201021_komagatake_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo20_201021_komagatake_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo20_201021_komagatake_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo20_201021_komagatake_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo20_201021_komagatake_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo20_201021_komagatake_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201021_komagatake.html">Koyo 2020: Akita Komagatake Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Continuing our autumn color reporting from Japan’s northerly Tohoku Region, I made my way today to Akita Prefecture. While the season is still early and mostly green at lower elevations (as I discovered yesterday at...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-10-21">October 21, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201020_geibikei.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo20_201020_geibikei_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo20_201020_geibikei_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo20_201020_geibikei_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo20_201020_geibikei_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo20_201020_geibikei_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo20_201020_geibikei_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201020_geibikei.html">Koyo 2020: Geibikei Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season continues to brighten the landscapes here in Japan as places in high mountain elevations like Nikko and the Japan Alps are reaching their peak coloring.Today, I headed to another part of...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-10-20">October 20, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201013_nikko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo20_201013_nikko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo20_201013_nikko_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo20_201013_nikko_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo20_201013_nikko_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo20_201013_nikko_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo20_201013_nikko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo20/201013_nikko.html">Koyo 2020: Nikko Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Autumn is fully upon us here in Japan as the autumn colors have begun to grace the higher elevations of Hokkaido and Japan’s main island of Honshu.While we’re scaling back our autumn color coverage this season due...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2020-10-13">October 13, 2020</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/191231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/joe_191231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_191231_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/joe_191231_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/joe_191231_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/joe_191231_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/joe_191231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/191231.html">Travel Highlights 2019</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Here at Japan Guide, we do a lot of traveling (in case you didn’t notice). While we do our best to gather, parse and share as much useful information as we can in writing about our travels on this site, we don’t...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-12-31">December 31, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191203_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo19_191203_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo19_191203_kyoto_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo19_191203_kyoto_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo19_191203_kyoto_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo19_191203_kyoto_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo19_191203_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191203_kyoto.html">Koyo 2019: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Japan’s autumn color season is finally finishing up for the year as winter snows are beginning to fall on the country’s tall mountain peaks.For those hoping to catch the last of the autumn colors this year, hope...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-12-03">December 3, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191202_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo19_191202_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo19_191202_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo19_191202_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo19_191202_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo19_191202_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo19_191202_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191202_tokyo.html">Koyo 2019: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With December finally here, the autumn color season is now in its very final stages across the country. At this point in the season, the best places to catch some colorful leaves at their peak are now very southern...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-12-02">December 2, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191129_osaka.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo19_191129_osaka_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo19_191129_osaka_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo19_191129_osaka_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo19_191129_osaka_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo19_191129_osaka_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo19_191129_osaka_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191129_osaka.html">Koyo 2019: Osaka Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is in its home stretch this week as northern Japan settles into winter and southern Japan is enjoying its last few days of autumn.Continuing our coverage of the season across the country, I...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-11-29">November 29, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191128_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo19_191128_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo19_191128_kyoto_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo19_191128_kyoto_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo19_191128_kyoto_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo19_191128_kyoto_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo19_191128_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191128_kyoto.html">Koyo 2019: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s autumn color season slows to its conclusion, Japan’s late-changing cities are finally reaching their peak season color. After finding Tokyo at peak color yesterday, I headed south today to Japan’s other...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-11-28">November 28, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191127_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo19_191127_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo19_191127_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo19_191127_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo19_191127_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo19_191127_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo19_191127_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191127_tokyo.html">Koyo 2019: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s nationwide autumn color season is finally coming to an end, late-changing cities like Tokyo and Kyoto are just now reaching the height of their own seasonal colors.Following Schauwecker’s reporting...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-11-27">November 27, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191001_nikko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo19_191001_nikko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo19_191001_nikko_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo19_191001_nikko_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo19_191001_nikko_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo19_191001_nikko_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo19_191001_nikko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo19/191001_nikko.html">Koyo 2019: Nikko Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As we roll into October today, we continue our coverage of this year’s autumn color season by reporting from Japan’s best spots to view the colors. While the highest elevations on Japan’s northernmost island of...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-10-01">October 1, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190426_kakunodate.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190426_kakunodate_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190426_kakunodate_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190426_kakunodate_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190426_kakunodate_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190426_kakunodate_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190426_kakunodate_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190426_kakunodate.html">Sakura 2019: Kakunodate Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This year’s cherry blossom season is in full swing in the north half of the Tohoku Region this week, where sakura (cherry blossom) hot spots like Kitakami and Hirosaki, which I reported at full bloom yesterday, are...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-26">April 26, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190425_hirosaki.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190425_hirosaki_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190425_hirosaki_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190425_hirosaki_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190425_hirosaki_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190425_hirosaki_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190425_hirosaki_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190425_hirosaki.html">Sakura 2019: Hirosaki Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season is still going strong in northern Japan as cities in the northern half of the Tohoku Region are reaching full bloom this week. While the season has finished in southern and central Japan,...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-25">April 25, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190418_aizu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190418_aizu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190418_aizu_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190418_aizu_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190418_aizu_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190418_aizu_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190418_aizu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190418_aizu.html">Sakura 2019: Aizu Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With the cherry blossom season finishing up in southern and central Japan, the blossom front has now moved into northern Japan and areas with higher elevations as parts of the Tohoku Region and places like the Mt....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-18">April 18, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190412_sendai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190412_sendai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190412_sendai_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190412_sendai_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190412_sendai_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190412_sendai_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190412_sendai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190412_sendai.html">Sakura 2019: Sendai Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With Tokyo and Kyoto and most of southern Japan’s major cities past their best viewing period, the cherry blossom season is now underway in parts of the northerly Tohoku Region and higher elevation areas like the...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-12">April 12, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190410_fukushima.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190410_fukushima_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190410_fukushima_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190410_fukushima_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190410_fukushima_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190410_fukushima_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190410_fukushima_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190410_fukushima.html">Sakura 2019: Fukushima Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As the cherry blossom season is wrapping up this week in much of southern Japan, the blossom</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-10">April 10, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190403_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190403_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190403_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190403_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190403_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190403_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190403_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190403_tokyo.html">Sakura 2019: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">It’s prime blossom viewing time this week as many of Tokyo’s cherry trees have reached full bloom today. And with cooler temperatures over the last couple days and mild weather predicted for the rest of the week,...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-03">April 3, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190401_kamakura.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190401_kamakura_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190401_kamakura_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190401_kamakura_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190401_kamakura_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190401_kamakura_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190401_kamakura_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190401_kamakura.html">Sakura 2019: Kamakura Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This year’s cherry blossom season is fully underway as the blossoms are now reaching their best viewing in the greater Tokyo area and are well on their way in most major cities in southern and central Japan.As...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-04-01">April 1, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190328_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura19_190328_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura19_190328_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura19_190328_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura19_190328_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura19_190328_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura19_190328_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura19/190328_tokyo.html">Sakura 2019: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season is now in full swing as major cities across southern and central Japan are seeing their blossoms opening this week. And ahead of the pack as usual, Tokyo is now just reaching its best...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-03-28">March 28, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/peaks/190202.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_190202_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_190202_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/peaks/g/376/peaks_190202_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/peaks/g/275/peaks_190202_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/peaks/g/255/peaks_190202_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/peaks/g/140/peaks_190202_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/peaks/190202.html">Ski touring in Hakuba’s backcountry</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">In the last two decades, the world has quickly discovered Japan’s previously well-kept winter secret: the legendarily vast volumes of powdery snow that bless this country’s mountains each year...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2019-02-02">February 2, 2019</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/181231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/joe_181231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_181231_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/joe_181231_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/joe_181231_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/joe_181231_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/joe_181231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/181231.html">Travel Highlights 2018</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While the list below of my 2018 Japan travel highlights might make it seem like I spend every spare minute trekking across remote mountain ranges... well, that wouldn’t be too far off, actually. It was a good year to...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-12-31">December 31, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181201_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo18_181201_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo18_181201_kyoto_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo18_181201_kyoto_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo18_181201_kyoto_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo18_181201_kyoto_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo18_181201_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181201_kyoto.html">Koyo 2018: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is coming to a close across Japan, but not before one last hurrah as southern Japan and major urban centers like Kyoto and Tokyo are still displaying their last show of colors for the...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-12-01">December 1, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181130_fukuoka.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo18_181130_fukuoka_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo18_181130_fukuoka_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo18_181130_fukuoka_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo18_181130_fukuoka_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo18_181130_fukuoka_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo18_181130_fukuoka_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181130_fukuoka.html">Koyo 2018: Fukuoka Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As November comes to an end, the autumn color season is starting to wrap up in most of the country. But the season almost always ends with a bang in Japan’s major urban centers like Kyoto and Tokyo, which last week...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-11-30">November 30, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181106_yamadera.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo18_181106_yamadera_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo18_181106_yamadera_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo18_181106_yamadera_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo18_181106_yamadera_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo18_181106_yamadera_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo18_181106_yamadera_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181106_yamadera.html">Koyo 2018: Yamadera Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While the autumn color season is just getting started in warmer areas like Kyoto, the lower elevations of northerly Tohoku Region are at their peak color this week.After exploring the gorgeous autumn color...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-11-06">November 6, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181105_naruko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo18_181105_naruko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo18_181105_naruko_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo18_181105_naruko_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo18_181105_naruko_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo18_181105_naruko_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo18_181105_naruko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181105_naruko.html">Koyo 2018: Naruko Gorge Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This year’s autumn color season is now into its second half as western Japan is beginning to see its trees changing color. Kyoto, one of Japan’s best autumn color spots, is also just starting to change, as Sam...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-11-05">November 5, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181008_nasu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo18_181008_nasu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo18_181008_nasu_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo18_181008_nasu_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo18_181008_nasu_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo18_181008_nasu_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo18_181008_nasu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181008_nasu.html">Koyo 2018: Nasu Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is now in full swing in many of Japan’s mountains in the northern half of the country. High elevations in places like Hokkaido, Nagano Prefecture and parts of the northern Tohoku Region are...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-10-08">October 8, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181002_norikura.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo18_181002_norikura_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo18_181002_norikura_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo18_181002_norikura_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo18_181002_norikura_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo18_181002_norikura_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo18_181002_norikura_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo18/181002_norikura.html">Koyo 2018: Norikura Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is just getting warmed up as temperatures slowly begin to drop around Japan. As the fall color</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-10-02">October 2, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/peaks/180731.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_180731_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_180731_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/peaks/g/376/peaks_180731_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/peaks/g/275/peaks_180731_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/peaks/g/255/peaks_180731_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/peaks/g/140/peaks_180731_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/peaks/180731.html">Hiking Japan’s second highest peak: Mt. Kita-dake</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">For hikers looking for an enticing climb similar in difficulty to Mt. Fuji, but without the throngs of other hikers, and with vastly more varied terrain and wildlife, Mt. Kita-dake, Japan’s second tallest mountain, is a great option.</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-07-31">July 31, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180409_takizakura.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura18_180409_takizakura_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura18_180409_takizakura_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura18_180409_takizakura_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura18_180409_takizakura_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura18_180409_takizakura_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura18_180409_takizakura_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180409_takizakura.html">Sakura 2018: Takizakura Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season is now in full swing in the northerly Tohoku Region of Japan with many of the region’s best blossom viewing spots at their best viewing in places like Sendai and Fukushima this week....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-04-09">April 9, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180405_fukushima.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura18_180405_fukushima_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura18_180405_fukushima_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura18_180405_fukushima_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura18_180405_fukushima_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura18_180405_fukushima_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura18_180405_fukushima_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180405_fukushima.html">Sakura 2018: Fukushima Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossoms are now hitting full bloom this week in Japan’s northerly Tohoku Region and high elevation areas like Mt. Yoshino and the Mt. Fuji area, while the season in western and southern Japan is just...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-04-05">April 5, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180402_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura18_180402_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura18_180402_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura18_180402_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura18_180402_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura18_180402_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura18_180402_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180402_tokyo.html">Sakura 2018: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After a warm, sunny week at full bloom last week, cherry blossom spots across western Japan and as far north as Tokyo were nearing the end of their best viewing periods on Monday. Blossom watchers in these spots can...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-04-02">April 2, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180329_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura18_180329_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura18_180329_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura18_180329_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura18_180329_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura18_180329_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura18_180329_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180329_tokyo.html">Sakura 2018: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">It’s full bloom and sunshine this week as the cherry blossom season is now in full swing. After nearly a month of warm temperatures, blossoms all over the country have bloomed nearly a week earlier than on average,...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-03-29">March 29, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180327_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura18_180327_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura18_180327_kyoto_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura18_180327_kyoto_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura18_180327_kyoto_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura18_180327_kyoto_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura18_180327_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180327_kyoto.html">Sakura 2018: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season continues to pick up pick up steam across the country, and reports from Kyushu to Tokyo are announcing full bloom this week. After several weeks of warmer-than-usual weather, the</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-03-27">March 27, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180326_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/sakura18_180326_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura18_180326_tokyo_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/sakura18_180326_tokyo_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/sakura18_180326_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura18_180326_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura18_180326_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura18/180326_tokyo.html">Sakura 2018: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The 2018 cherry blossom season is now quickly reaching its best viewing period this week in Tokyo and many places across southern Japan after an unusually warm past few weeks. Thanks to the extra push, the blossoms...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-03-26">March 26, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/peaks/180223.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_180223_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_180223_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/peaks/g/376/peaks_180223_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/peaks/g/275/peaks_180223_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/peaks/g/255/peaks_180223_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/peaks/g/140/peaks_180223_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/peaks/180223.html">Nikko’s frozen waterfalls: Unryu Keikoku</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Deep in the mountains of Nikko, carved out between the rugged peaks of Mt. Nyoho and Mt. Akanagisan lies a narrow ravine by the name of Unryu Keikoku.</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2018-02-23">February 23, 2018</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/171231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/joe_171231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_171231_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/joe_171231_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/joe_171231_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/joe_171231_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/joe_171231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/171231.html">Travel Highlights 2017</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Every December here at Japan Guide we like to share our year’s most inspiring travel experiences in Japan...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-12-31">December 31, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171205_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171205_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171205_kyoto_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171205_kyoto_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171205_kyoto_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171205_kyoto_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171205_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171205_kyoto.html">Koyo 2017: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is finally drawing to a close as Japan’s latest-changing autumn color spots are now seeing their last leaves falling. This week, we are reporting from some of these locations, including...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-12-05">December 5, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171204_kamakura.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171204_kamakura_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171204_kamakura_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171204_kamakura_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171204_kamakura_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171204_kamakura_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171204_kamakura_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171204_kamakura.html">Koyo 2017: Kamakura Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As temperatures continue to drop around Japan, the 2017 autumn color season is now winding down to its finish. But for those hoping to catch some last-minute colors, the country’s last late-changing fall color...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-12-04">December 4, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171115_sakurai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171115_sakurai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171115_sakurai_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171115_sakurai_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171115_sakurai_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171115_sakurai_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171115_sakurai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171115_sakurai.html">Koyo 2017: Sakurai Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is now in full swing in the Kansai Region, about a week ahead of the average annual pace. As Raina reported yesterday in Kyoto, temperatures are dropping and forecasted sunny weather might mean...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-11-15">November 15, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171031_naruko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171031_naruko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171031_naruko_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171031_naruko_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171031_naruko_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171031_naruko_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171031_naruko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171031_naruko.html">Koyo 2017: Naruko Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season continues its march south as we head into November, with the northern Tohoku Region now reaching its homestretch for fall colors...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-10-31">October 31, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171024_nikko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171024_nikko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171024_nikko_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171024_nikko_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171024_nikko_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171024_nikko_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171024_nikko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171024_nikko.html">Koyo 2017: Nikko Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After Typhoon No. 21 blasted the country this weekend and into Monday, the skies have calmed and the autumn color season continues making its way down from Japan’s highest elevations...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-10-24">October 24, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171017_bandai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171017_bandai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171017_bandai_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171017_bandai_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171017_bandai_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171017_bandai_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171017_bandai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171017_bandai.html">Koyo 2017: Bandai Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With this year’s autumn colors hitting their peak in Japan’s mountains and northern Tohoku and Hokkaido regions, I made my way today to just such a place: one of Japan’s most famous mountains in the heart of Tohoku...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-10-17">October 17, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171010_nasu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171010_nasu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171010_nasu_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171010_nasu_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171010_nasu_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171010_nasu_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171010_nasu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171010_nasu.html">Koyo 2017: Nasu Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While many mountains across Japan boast lovely autumn colors along their slopes at this time in the season, in the Kanto Region, one mountain stands out as one the region’s most impressive fall color spots...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-10-10">October 10, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/peaks/171005.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_171005_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_171005_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/peaks/g/376/peaks_171005_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/peaks/g/275/peaks_171005_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/peaks/g/255/peaks_171005_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/peaks/g/140/peaks_171005_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/peaks/171005.html">Japan’s ultimate Alps hike: The Kamikochi-Yari-Hotaka Circuit</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The Northern Japanese Alps might be the ultimate playground for mountain hikes in Japan. Home to roughly half of Japan’s summits over 3000 meters tall, the Northern Alps are a collage...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-10-05">October 5, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171005_kamikochi.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/g/koyo17_171005_kamikochi_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo17_171005_kamikochi_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/g/376/koyo17_171005_kamikochi_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/g/275/koyo17_171005_kamikochi_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/koyo17_171005_kamikochi_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/koyo17_171005_kamikochi_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo17/171005_kamikochi.html">Koyo 2017: Kamikochi Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season is now in full swing in the high-elevation mountainous areas all across Japan. Thanks to the head start in falling temperatures, these areas are among the first to see the changing colors...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-10-05">October 5, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:400px;"> <a href="/blog/peaks/170904.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 56.25%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="400" height="225" data-src="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_170904_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/peaks/g/peaks_170904_t2.jpg 400w,/blog/peaks/g/376/peaks_170904_t2.jpg 376w,/blog/peaks/g/275/peaks_170904_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/peaks/g/255/peaks_170904_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/peaks/g/140/peaks_170904_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/peaks/170904.html">One of Japan’s best hikes: Mt. Shirouma-dake</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Among the countless mountain ranges covering over 70% of the country’s surface, the Northern Japanese Alps hold a special place in the hearts of hikers in Japan. Craggy narrow ridgelines jutting above the clouds...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-09-04">September 4, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:375px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170424_aizu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="375" height="250" data-src="/blog/g/sakura17_170424_aizu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura17_170424_aizu_t2.jpg 375w,/blog/g/275/sakura17_170424_aizu_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura17_170424_aizu_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura17_170424_aizu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170424_aizu.html">Sakura 2017: Aizu Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season has begun to hit its peak stride in the Tohoku Region this week, with cities like Aizu Wakamatsu, Kitakami and Hirosaki having just reached full bloom.While the season has finished in...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-04-24">April 24, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:375px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170419_fukushima.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="375" height="250" data-src="/blog/g/sakura17_170419_fukushima_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura17_170419_fukushima_t2.jpg 375w,/blog/g/275/sakura17_170419_fukushima_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura17_170419_fukushima_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura17_170419_fukushima_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170419_fukushima.html">Sakura 2017: Fukushima Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season is reaching its height this week in many spots throughout the Tohoku and Chubu Regions of Japan as the blossoms move their way north towards Hokkaido (due to reach best viewing in the first...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-04-19">April 19, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:375px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170417_sendai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="375" height="250" data-src="/blog/g/sakura17_170417_sendai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura17_170417_sendai_t2.jpg 375w,/blog/g/275/sakura17_170417_sendai_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura17_170417_sendai_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura17_170417_sendai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170417_sendai.html">Sakura 2017: Sendai Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As the cherry blossom season is winding down in southern Japan and in Tokyo and Kyoto, the blossoms around central Japan’s mountainous Chubu Region and northern Tohoku Region are rapidly entering their best viewing...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-04-17">April 17, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:375px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170414_tomioka.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="375" height="250" data-src="/blog/g/sakura17_170414_tomioka_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura17_170414_tomioka_t2.jpg 375w,/blog/g/275/sakura17_170414_tomioka_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura17_170414_tomioka_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura17_170414_tomioka_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170414_tomioka.html">Sakura 2017: Tomioka Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season is often seen as a time of new beginnings in Japan. This year, for the town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, both the symbol and the meaning couldn’t be more real.Six years ago on March...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-04-14">April 14, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:375px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170410_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="375" height="250" data-src="/blog/g/sakura17_170410_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura17_170410_tokyo_t2.jpg 375w,/blog/g/275/sakura17_170410_tokyo_t2.jpg 275w,/blog/g/255/sakura17_170410_tokyo_t2.jpg 255w,/blog/g/140/sakura17_170410_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura17/170410_tokyo.html">Sakura 2017: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Last week and over the weekend, cherry blossoms all over southern and central Japan--from Kyushu as far north as Tokyo and Kanazawa--have reached full bloom, beginning the season’s peak week for many of the...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2017-04-10">April 10, 2017</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/161231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_161231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_161231_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_161231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/161231.html">Travel Highlights 2016</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While 2016 may not go down in the books as one the best years ever, for travel in Japan, at least, it wasn’t too bad at all. Despite a lousy opening winter snow season, this year saw improvements in tourism infrastructure...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-12-31">December 31, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161202_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161202_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161202_kyoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161202_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161202_kyoto.html">Koyo 2016: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season might be winding down in much of the country, but there is still time to catch some great colors in some of Japan’s late-season spots. While Sam was reporting peak colors in Kamakura today...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-12-02">December 2, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161201_nara.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161201_nara_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161201_nara_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161201_nara_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161201_nara.html">Koyo 2016: Nara Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color front has blazed through the Kansai Region this month more rapidly than in past years, leaving much of western Japan nearing the end of its color season. Some late-season autumn color spots in the region...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-12-01">December 1, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161130_kanazawa.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161130_kanazawa_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161130_kanazawa_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161130_kanazawa_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161130_kanazawa.html">Koyo 2016: Kanazawa Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After a sudden fall in temperatures across the country over the last several days, the autumn color season has been in overdrive this week. As Raina and Sam reported yesterday from Tokyo and Kyoto (respectively), the leaves in many of the cities’ most popular leaf-watching spots...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-11-30">November 30, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161125_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161125_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161125_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161125_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161125_tokyo.html">Koyo 2016: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This year’s autumn colors are now hitting their peak in Japan’s big cities like Tokyo and Kyoto as our seasonal coverage continues. While Sam is covering the action in western Japan this week, I headed to Tokyo today to track the season’s progress in the nation’s capital....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-11-25">November 25, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161116_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161116_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161116_kyoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161116_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161116_kyoto.html">Koyo 2016: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season has burst into full force in western Japan, where it annually goes out with a bang in some of the county’s most well-loved autumn color hot spots...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-11-16">November 16, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161115_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161115_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161115_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161115_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161115_tokyo.html">Koyo 2016: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s autumn color season is finally wrapping up in the north and central mountainous areas of Japan, western Japan and the country’s urban coastal areas are now starting to reach their peak color...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-11-15">November 15, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161108_shiobara.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161108_shiobara_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161108_shiobara_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161108_shiobara_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161108_shiobara.html">Koyo 2016: Shiobara Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With the autumn color season just beginning in some of Japan’s most famous autumn color spots, including Kyoto and Tokyo, today I instead went to a slightly more off-the-beaten-path koyo (autumn color) destination...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-11-08">November 8, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161025_towada.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161025_towada_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161025_towada_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161025_towada_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161025_towada.html">Koyo 2016: Towada Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s autumn color front is finishing sweeping down the country’s alpine slopes, the lower elevations of Hokkaido and Japan’s rugged northern Tohoku Region are now approaching their peak color, and our team is hitting the road to cover the action...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-10-25">October 25, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161018_nikko.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161018_nikko_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161018_nikko_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161018_nikko_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161018_nikko.html">Koyo 2016: Nikko Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This year’s autumn color season is well underway, as the front of changing leaves is slowly moving its way down from Japan’s highest peaks to middle elevations around north Honshu’s Tohoku Region...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-10-18">October 18, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161014_nasu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/koyo16_161014_nasu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/koyo16_161014_nasu_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/koyo16_161014_nasu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/koyo16/161014_nasu.html">Koyo 2016: Nasu Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With tempatures sharply dropping across Japan, the autumn color season is fully underway in the country’s higher mountain areas and northern Japan, where, of course, the Japan Guide team will be...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-10-14">October 14, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160419_kitakami.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160419_kitakami_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160419_kitakami_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160419_kitakami_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160419_kitakami.html">Sakura 2016: Kitakami Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season has arrived in northern Japan, and in certain spots around the northern Tohoku Region the cherry blossoms have even started reaching full bloom....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-19">April 19, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160415_aizu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160415_aizu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160415_aizu_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160415_aizu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160415_aizu.html">Sakura 2016: Aizu Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season is now moving its way through northern Japan as cherry blossoms around the Tohoku Region are quickly reaching their peak timing. While blossoms around northern Tohoku...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-15">April 15, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160411_sendai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160411_sendai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160411_sendai_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160411_sendai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160411_sendai.html">Sakura 2016: Sendai Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As the cherry blossom season is winding down in western Japan and the sakura front is moving its way north towards its final destination of Hokkaido, our team...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-11">April 11, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160408_matsumoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160408_matsumoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160408_matsumoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160408_matsumoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160408_matsumoto.html">Sakura 2016: Matsumoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After a strong rainstorm deluged much of the country yesterday, today our team is reporting from locations all over Japan to get the latest post-storm conditions of the cherry blossoms....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-08">April 8, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160407_nara.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160407_nara_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160407_nara_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160407_nara_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160407_nara.html">Sakura 2016: Nara Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After about a week of peak cherry blossom viewing throughout western and central Japan, heavy rain and wind today has taken a toll on the blossoms across much of the country...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-07">April 7, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160406_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160406_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160406_kyoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160406_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160406_kyoto.html">Sakura 2016: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">It’s been another beautiful spring day in the Kansai Region today, perfect for catching cherry blossoms in full bloom across the region and most of western and central Japan....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-06">April 6, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160405_osaka.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160405_osaka_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160405_osaka_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160405_osaka_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160405_osaka.html">Sakura 2016: Osaka Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">It’s full bloom for cherry blossoms around southern and central Japan this week as the 2016 sakura season continues. Many of the best sakura viewing spots in major cities like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-05">April 5, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160404_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160404_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160404_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160404_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160404_tokyo.html">Sakura 2016: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Cherry blossoms all over southern and central Japan--from Kagoshima and Kumamoto as far north as Tokyo and Kanazawa--have just reached full bloom over the last week and weekend, bringing us into what might be this sakura season’s peak week in those regions...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-04">April 4, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160401_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160401_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160401_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160401_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160401_tokyo.html">Sakura 2016: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After almost two weeks since a slightly earlier-than-average opening, I am excited to report that cherry blossoms all over Tokyo have started to reach full bloom today...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-04-01">April 1, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160329_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160329_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160329_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160329_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160329_tokyo.html">Sakura 2016: Tokyo Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After a brief progress-stalling cold spell, temperatures rose today across Japan, kickstarting cherry blossoms back into full gear towards what might be a slightly earlier...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-03-29">March 29, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160325_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160325_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160325_kyoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160325_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160325_kyoto.html">Sakura 2016: Kyoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The cherry blossom season has begun and blossoms are beginning to open a bit early across western Japan and in some of the country’s major cities...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-03-25">March 25, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/160324.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_160324_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_160324_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_160324_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/160324.html">Setouchi Triennale 2016</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Once every three years, the idyllic, sleepy islands scattered across the calm waters of the Seto Inland Sea become the host of one of Japan’s...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-03-24">March 24, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160322_fukuoka.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/sakura16_160322_fukuoka_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/sakura16_160322_fukuoka_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/sakura16_160322_fukuoka_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/sakura16/160322_fukuoka.html">Sakura 2016: Fukuoka Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With cities just starting to officially declare their cherry blossoms open, our team has hit the road to bring our readers up-to-date coverage of Japan’s best cherry blossom spots. Today, I headed to...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2016-03-22">March 22, 2016</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151231_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151231.html">Travel Highlights 2015</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">2015 was undoubtedly a good year to travel in Japan. From new Shinkansen lines opening, to newly-renovated historic sites re-opening, to lots of new infrastructure being developed for tourists, this year...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-12-31">December 31, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151204_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151204_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151204_kyoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151204_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151204_kyoto.html">Autumn Color Report: Kyoto</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After an unusually warm and rainy mid-season, this year’s autumn color season cast some doubt about how it would finish in its last few weeks. While the colors in Tokyo seemed to be pushed back a little later than usual...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-12-04">December 4, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151203_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151203_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151203_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151203_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151203_tokyo.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s autumn color season is coming into its final stretch, around two of the country’s biggest cities, many spots are just reaching their best color this week...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-12-03">December 3, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151119_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151119_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151119_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151119_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151119_tokyo.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Continuing our coverage of this year’s autumn color season, we’re following the late-season colors as they are beginning to approach their peak color in southern Japan...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-11-19">November 19, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151118_mitake.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151118_mitake_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151118_mitake_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151118_mitake_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151118_mitake.html">Autumn Color Report: Mount Mitake</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While mentioning the name Tokyo usually evokes images of a crowded, sprawling, concrete and glass jungle, there is literally another side to Tokyo that seems to be a world apart...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-11-18">November 18, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151116_takao.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151116_takao_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151116_takao_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151116_takao_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151116_takao.html">Autumn Color Report: Mount Takao</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The autumn color season has finally begun in Tokyo this year, and our team is here to cover the progress at each of the city’s best leaf-watching spots...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-11-16">November 16, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151112_tokyo.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151112_tokyo_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151112_tokyo_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151112_tokyo_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151112_tokyo.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With temperatures dropping across the country, this year’s autumn color front has just started creeping into Japan’s large cities. While the season is coming into full force in western Japan this week, in and around Tokyo...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-11-12">November 12, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151111_fukuroda.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151111_fukuroda_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151111_fukuroda_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151111_fukuroda_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151111_fukuroda.html">Autumn Color Report: Fukuroda Falls</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While western and southern Japan is where the autumn color action is really starting to heat up at this point in this year’s season, there is still some great mid-season color on display...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-11-11">November 11, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151030_kyoto.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151030_kyoto_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151030_kyoto_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151030_kyoto_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151030_kyoto.html">Autumn Color Report: Kyoto</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With much of the autumn colors in northern and central Japan’s high mountain areas coming to an end quickly this week, leaf watchers around the country are gearing up for the second half of the season...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-30">October 30, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151026_bandai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151026_bandai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151026_bandai_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151026_bandai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151026_bandai.html">Autumn Color Report: Bandai</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Continuing our mid-season mountain coverage of this year’s autumn color reporting, I made my way today to one of northern Japan’s most famous mountains: Mount Bandai...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-26">October 26, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151022_northernalps.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151022_northernalps_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151022_northernalps_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151022_northernalps_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151022_northernalps.html">Autumn Color Report: Northern Alps</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Sometimes a little trip off of the beaten path can be the most rewarding. Continuing my autumn color reporting in Japan’s Northern Alps this week, today I found myself exploring...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-22">October 22, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151021_northernalps.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151021_northernalps_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151021_northernalps_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151021_northernalps_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151021_northernalps.html">Autumn Color Report: Northern Alps</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Perhaps the most impressive places to enjoy autumn colors in Japan are its mountain highlands, and today I made my way to one of the country’s most well-loved alpine parks: Kamikochi...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-21">October 21, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151020_fuji.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151020_fuji_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151020_fuji_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151020_fuji_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151020_fuji.html">Autumn Color Report: Mount Fuji</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After catching the wild colors around some of northern Japan’s highlands last week, this week I'm taking our high-elevation autumn color reporting south to central Japan to the areas around the highest mountains in the country...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-20">October 20, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151015_hachimantai.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151015_hachimantai_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151015_hachimantai_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151015_hachimantai_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151015_hachimantai.html">Autumn Color Report: Hachimantai</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">For our third autumn color report from Japan’s northern Tohoku region, I drove south today from the near-peaking Lake Towada in Aomori Prefecture to neighboring Akita Prefecture...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-15">October 15, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151014_towada.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151014_towada_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151014_towada_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151014_towada_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151014_towada.html">Autumn Color Report: Towada</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After a cold and unexpectedly snowy night on Mount Hakkoda, I continued my autumn color reporting from Japan’s northern Tohoku region today making my way deeper...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-14">October 14, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151013_hakkoda.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151013_hakkoda_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151013_hakkoda_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151013_hakkoda_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151013_hakkoda.html">Autumn Color Report: Hakkoda</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">In Japan, the north is often synonymous with the great outdoors, and for travelers hoping to experience autumn colors in a natural, expansive setting, Tohoku, the northernmost region...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-13">October 13, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151008_nasu.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151008_nasu_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151008_nasu_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151008_nasu_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151008_nasu.html">Autumn Color Report: Nasu</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Continuing our coverage of the autumn color season, I made my way to the beautiful Mount Nasu in northern Tochigi Prefecture. Mount Nasu, located just a little over an hour north of Tokyo...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-08">October 8, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/151006.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_151006_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_151006_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_151006_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/151006.html">Autumn Color Report: Nikko</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Japan’s autumn color season is undoubtedly in full swing this week, as the color front has been bursting to life across Japan...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-10-06">October 6, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/150414.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_150414_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_150414_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_150414_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/150414.html">Cherry Blossoms 2015: Yoshino</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As the cherry blossom season is ramping up in Tohoku this week, the Kansai Region, including places like Kyoto and Osaka, are reaching the end of the season...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-04-14">April 14, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/150413.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_150413_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_150413_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_150413_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/150413.html">Cherry Blossoms 2015: Miharu</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s cherry blossom season moves on, Japan’s northern region of Tohoku has just started getting warmed up, both literally and when it comes to its own sakura season....</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-04-13">April 13, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:225px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/150408.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 75.555555555556%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="225" height="170" data-src="/blog/g/joe_150408_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_150408_t2.jpg 225w,/blog/g/140/joe_150408_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/150408.html">Cherry Blossoms 2015: Matsumoto Report</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This morning, many people across the Chubu and northern Kanto regions were greeted with a surprise of spring snow...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-04-08">April 8, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/150129.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_150129_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_150129_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_150129_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/150129.html">Crabs, Peonies and Castle Cruises in Shimane</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The rural Sanin Region, stretching along the southern coast of the Sea of Japan, isn’t often at the top of Japan travelers’ winter destination...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2015-01-29">January 29, 2015</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141231.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141231_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141231_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141231_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141231.html">Travel Highlights 2014</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As 2014 comes to a close, we here at Japan Guide would like to share some the best of our travels throughout Japan from this year. It’s been an eventful year for me, and my first working with the Japan Guide team,...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-12-31">December 31, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141216.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141216_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141216_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141216_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141216.html">Seasonal Illumination: Osaka</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">If you’re in the Kansai Region in the winter and want to get into the holiday spirit, the bustling cities of Osaka and Kobe won’t leave you...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-12-16">December 16, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141215.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141215_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141215_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141215_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141215.html">Seasonal Illumination: Kobe Luminarie 2014</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Winter nighttime illuminations have become a tradition throughout cities in Japan in the last few decades, and the tradition is thought to have...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-12-15">December 15, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141209.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141209_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141209_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141209_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141209.html">Seasonal Illumination: Ashikaga Flower Park</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">It’s December in Japan, and that means it’s time for winter illuminations in cities across the country. While major urban centers’ light-ups...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-12-09">December 9, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141205.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141205_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141205_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141205_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141205.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After 80 days and 40 reports from all over Japan, our 2014 fall color reporting season comes to an end today as the last of the autumn leaves...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-12-05">December 5, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141128.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141128_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141128_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141128_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141128.html">Autumn Color Report: Kyoto</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">For my last autumn color report this week from the Kansai Region, I was back in Kyoto today and yesterday exploring some of the old capital’s...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-28">November 28, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141126.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141126_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141126_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141126_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141126.html">Autumn Color Report: Nara</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">The Kansai Region this week is still riding the peak of its autumn leaves season, and to continue our colors coverage, I headed to the ancient capital of Nara...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-26">November 26, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141125.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141125_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141125_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141125_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141125.html">Autumn Color Report: Kyoto</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">As this year’s autumn color season is coming into its final stretch around the country, some of the best places to enjoy the changing leaves...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-25">November 25, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141118.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141118_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141118_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141118_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141118.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Continuing our coverage of this year’s autumn color season in Tokyo, I headed back to the city today check on a few of the city’s...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-18">November 18, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141113.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141113_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141113_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141113_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141113.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">This year’s autumn colors have finally begun to make their slow debut in Tokyo over the last week or two, so today I headed back to the capital...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-13">November 13, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141107.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141107_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141107_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141107_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141107.html">Autumn Color Report: Tokyo</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">Temperatures are starting to drop all over Japan this week, and this year’s autumn color front is finally moving down from the mountains in the cities...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-07">November 7, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141104.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141104_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141104_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141104_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141104.html">Autumn Color Report: Hakone</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">After making its way down from the northern regions of Hokkaido and Tohoku for the last month and a half, Japan’s autumn colors are starting to creep into the south...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-11-04">November 4, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141029.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141029_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141029_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141029_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141029.html">Autumn Color Report: Shima Onsen</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">While Japan is blessed with an abundance of gorgeous, well-known and easily accessible spots to enjoy views of autumn leaves changing color, the less-known, off-the-beaten track spots are...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-10-29">October 29, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141021.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141021_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141021_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141021_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141021.html">Autumn Color Report: Nikko</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">With autumn colors coming to a finish on higher mountains like Tateyama and Nasu, some of the best places to find fall color at this mid-point in the...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-10-21">October 21, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141016.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141016_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141016_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141016_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141016.html">Autumn Color Report: Alpine Route</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">To follow up on our last report on the autumn color there, today I traveled to the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route that spans both...</div> <div class="story_list__story__byline_date"> <span class="story_list__story__byline">By <a href="/blog/joe/">Joe Mignano</a><span class="story_list__story__byline_date_divider">·</span></span><time class="story_list__story__date" datetime="2014-10-16">October 16, 2014</time> </div> </div> </article> <article class="story_list__story"> <div class="story_list__story__image_wrap"> <figure class="image image--ratio" style="max-width:180px;"> <a href="/blog/joe/141008.html" class="image__link"><div class="image__mask" style="padding-top: 66.666666666667%"><img class="image__img lazyload" width="180" height="120" data-src="/blog/g/joe_141008_t2.jpg" data-srcset="/blog/g/joe_141008_t2.jpg 180w,/blog/g/140/joe_141008_t2.jpg 140w" data-sizes="auto"></div></a></figure> </div> <div class="story_list__story__text_wrap story_list__story__text_wrap--has_byline_date"> <h1 class="story_list__story__title"> <a href="/blog/joe/141008.html">Autumn Color Report: Nasu</a> </h1> <div class="story_list__story__desc">I was happy to find myself on assignment today climbing in Nasu in northern Tochigi Prefecture. 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