Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to a perfect 24 hours in Tokyo. Now, on some days, this blog takes a bold stand. A courageous stand. A slightly hipster stand. We encourage you, dear reader, to wander somewhere obscure. Somewhere tucked away. Somewhere that requires at least one confusing train transfer and a …
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Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to a perfect one day in Hiroshima. Today is a little different. Usually, I show up to these itineraries armed with jokes, side comments, and at least one deeply unnecessary historical pun. I like to promise a million laughs—which, if you think about it, is a lot …
Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 Hours in Miyajima, Japan—an island so iconic it had to go ahead and collect two names just to keep things interesting. Now, before you fire off a strongly worded email, I see you. I hear you. I acknowledge you. “Yes, Stella,” you are typing, “the …
Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 Hours in Kyoto, Japan—a destination so unfairly beautiful it almost feels like it’s showing off. Some places require a bit of…marketing magic. If I tried to sell you on spending 24 hours in Hohokus, you’d probably blink at me, slowly close your laptop, and go …
Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 hours in Nara! Pop quiz, hotshot! What’s the capital of Japan? If you said Tokyo, congratulations—you have passed the easiest question on this blog. But let’s raise the stakes. What used to be the capital of Japan? Kyoto? Excellent answer. Kyoto held it down from …
Greetings, Internet Stranger! I’m Stella Jane, and welcome to 24 hours in Osaka! If the cities of Japan held their own Olympics, Osaka would be the perpetual bronze medalist—forever standing on the shortest podium while Tokyo and Kyoto bask in gold-medal glory and probably land a lucrative cereal sponsorship deal. But here’s the thing about …