After 25+ years in Japan, my best travel memories aren’t from anywhere along the beaten path.
Listening to the owner of a soba restaurant in rural Tokushima sing as you dine. Planting coral seeds in the Okinawan sea with guides who became friends. Wearing a genderless wedding kimono in a small Buddhist temple inn in Yamanashi. Discovering how the distant memory of a tempura dish shaped a long-running confectionery in central Tokyo.
These are the kinds of stories you’ll find in “70 Remarkable Japanese Places,” the first print publication from the Japan Travel Awards, a travel award that showcases unique destinations and the people shaping more sustainable and inclusive communities across Japan.
The book is the result of three years of travel, bringing together 70 destinations across the country, each presented in its own color and design (because no two places are ever the same), across 200 pages and in two languages—English and Japanese. It also features three themed sections and a dedicated page to customize it, capture your memories, and share it with someone special.
Beyond a conventional guidebook, this hardcover is a collection of places with stories worth knowing.
📚 Check out japantravelawards.com/rjp for more details, grab a copy, and share it with a friend — I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Hi Ally, I just ordered your book. I'm looking for books written in Japanese to provide vocabulary lists for in English. Since your book is bilingual, it might be a good candidate.
Hi Bart, greetings from cherry blossom-blooming Japan! Thank you SO much for ordering our book! It will be with you very soon and I hope you'll enjoy reading it! 🥹
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My mother loved Japan and it's one of the places I've recently become interested in traveling too. This book looks amazing! I'll definitely go check it out.
Thank you so much, Melanie! I hope you will come to Japan - it's really a great country to visit, and the places we write about in the book are all worth a visit beyond the golden routes. Most of them are small businesses that are rarely featured in most travel guidebooks, but offer great experiences for all kinds of travelers! Hope the book will inspire you to visit! 😊
The samples on the website look beautiful, and I would love to have a proper look. I know it's best as a physical book, but do you plan to have it available in a digital version soon, too? We are location-independent, so all our books are eBooks.
Thank you for having a look, Sandra! 😊 We envisioned the book as a gift to someone special (who misses Japan or is looking for travel inspirations), so we haven't explored the idea of a digital book (yet) but I can see the demand. Thank you for reminding me of that - we'll explore our options further!
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After 25+ years in Japan, my best travel memories aren’t from anywhere along the beaten path.
Listening to the owner of a soba restaurant in rural Tokushima sing as you dine. Planting coral seeds in the Okinawan sea with guides who became friends. Wearing a genderless wedding kimono in a small Buddhist temple inn in Yamanashi. Discovering how the distant memory of a tempura dish shaped a long-running confectionery in central Tokyo.
These are the kinds of stories you’ll find in “70 Remarkable Japanese Places,” the first print publication from the Japan Travel Awards, a travel award that showcases unique destinations and the people shaping more sustainable and inclusive communities across Japan.
The book is the result of three years of travel, bringing together 70 destinations across the country, each presented in its own color and design (because no two places are ever the same), across 200 pages and in two languages—English and Japanese. It also features three themed sections and a dedicated page to customize it, capture your memories, and share it with someone special.
Beyond a conventional guidebook, this hardcover is a collection of places with stories worth knowing.
📚 Check out japantravelawards.com/rjp for more details, grab a copy, and share it with a friend — I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Hi Ally, I just ordered your book. I'm looking for books written in Japanese to provide vocabulary lists for in English. Since your book is bilingual, it might be a good candidate.
Hi Bart, greetings from cherry blossom-blooming Japan! Thank you SO much for ordering our book! It will be with you very soon and I hope you'll enjoy reading it! 🥹
My mother loved Japan and it's one of the places I've recently become interested in traveling too. This book looks amazing! I'll definitely go check it out.
Thank you so much, Melanie! I hope you will come to Japan - it's really a great country to visit, and the places we write about in the book are all worth a visit beyond the golden routes. Most of them are small businesses that are rarely featured in most travel guidebooks, but offer great experiences for all kinds of travelers! Hope the book will inspire you to visit! 😊
The samples on the website look beautiful, and I would love to have a proper look. I know it's best as a physical book, but do you plan to have it available in a digital version soon, too? We are location-independent, so all our books are eBooks.
Thank you for having a look, Sandra! 😊 We envisioned the book as a gift to someone special (who misses Japan or is looking for travel inspirations), so we haven't explored the idea of a digital book (yet) but I can see the demand. Thank you for reminding me of that - we'll explore our options further!