Good luck booking a guide this spring, but travelers who are willing to try something new will find value in luxury hotels ...

With fashion as a big pull factor, I decided to go to Japan for a three-week trip ... Life here also feels a lot more affordable. I can spend $20 for a huge amount of groceries.

But even just a year away from home can ... now wishes to join the roughly 100 Ukrainian evacuees who have left Japan. “It’s still wartime, but I don’t care,” Mariia would say. “I want ...