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Cherry blossoms & quiet shrines Kyoto in early April is unreal — the whole city turns pink. I spent mornings walking the Philosopher's Path and afternoons getting lost in Gion's la…

• Fushimi Inari Taisha
• Kinkaku-ji
• Gion

Suizen ji and a castle reborn Kumamoto surprised me. Suizen ji Jōju en is a strolling garden that miniaturises the old Tōkaidō road — including a little Mt Fuji of clipped grass. T…

• Suizen-ji Jōju-en
• Kumamoto Castle
• Sakuranobaba Jōsaien

The barrier of spears The Drakensberg is the most dramatic landscape I've ever hiked. Sheer basalt escarpments, valleys swallowed by afternoon mist, and a silence you can feel. I c…

• Amphitheatre
• Tugela Falls
• Cathedral Peak

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