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Feb 7, 2025 | 
thetimes.com | Shivani Ashoka |Jo Davey
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thetimes.com | Jo Davey
It’s not often we include antibodies on our packing lists. Suncream, adaptors and chargers may be part and parcel of prepping for a trip abroad, but immunisations are easily forgotten — despite being far more important. Diseases are spread via humans, animals, food, water and soil, and vary by geographic region and population. This means places with greater biodiversity, or number of inhabitants, may often require more vaccinations.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Jo Davey
Discover three of southern Japan's UNESCO World Heritage areas that are also spectacular diving sites — including the Ogasawara Islands, where divers have the opportunity to see tropical fish, dolphins, sharks, rays, turtles and more. Photograph by Ogasawara Village Tourism BureauThough the bright lights of Japan's cities may draw most travellers, the country's natural beauty spreads far from its cosmopolitan centres, diffusing into remote islands and trailing archipelagos.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Jo Davey
With its sacred mountains, volcanic hot springs and white sand beaches, northern Japan abounds with natural wonders. These spectacular landscapes, and their rich tapestry of flora and fauna, are reflected best within the region’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Shirakami-Sanchi, in northwest Tohoku, and Shiretoko, on the northeastern tip of Hokkaido. Shirakami-Sanchi, north of Tokyo on Japan’s main island of Honshu, stands as a stark contrast from the capital.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Jo Davey
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Straddling four tectonic plates, Japan’s landscape buckles and ruptures at the whims of the fiery Pacific Rim. The result is dramatic: a beautiful, ever-changing crust that concertinas, gurgles and fissures into rippled mountains, hot springs and ocean trenches. This trip explores the best of the country’s contrasting scenery.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Jo Davey
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). There is an undeniable enchantment to travelling in Japan; a bewitching magic sweeps through its incense-rich mountain temples and forests full of deer, settling over neon-lit towns. Even those who have yet to set foot on its shores are often captivated by it — and for good reason. A large part of Japan’s exceptionality is that it rarely, if ever, disappoints.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Jo Davey
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Known as Edo under the rule of the shoguns — Japan’s military rulers — until 1868, Tokyo sits at the centre of a historic web spanning the island of Honshu. It’s a captivating mega-city where old Japan’s precisely clipped gardens and great scarlet shrines rub up against TeamLab high-tech art galleries and Harajuku fashion shops. The country’s modern capital is also the natural jumping-off point for a cultural tour.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Jo Davey |Carolyn Boyd |Kerry Walker |Sarah Barrell
This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Whether it’s simply cooked Arctic char or Caribbean conch ceviche, explore a bountiful catch of seafood specialities from coastal communities around the globe. Our menu is fresh, light and sum mery, but it also includes some fiery options, including Singaporean chilli crab and Sri Lankan fish curry. 1. Oysters, JapanTo many people, oysters are the epitome of haute cuisine, and that’s certainly the case in Japan.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
networthynews.com | Jo Davey
ByJo DaveyReleased November 29, 2023– 8 minutes checked outA rough’S’ off the north coast of main Japan, Sado– the nation’s sixth-largest island– is a lesser-known location for many tourists, yet it embodies a lot of the finest components of Japan’s culture and history. As a previous location of exile, disgraced aristocrats and scholars were sent out to Sado to live out their days.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
theweek.com | Jo Davey
The first time I visited Japan's premier ski resort on the northernmost island of Hokkaido, I overheard a conversation on the lifts. Just as my siblings and I were praising the incredible powder, which easily outshone Europe's slopes, a group of Australians loudly bemoaned how 2019 was the worst season they'd ever had in Niseko. The moral of this tale we decided, as we scattered off the lift up top, attached neon skis and reaffixed goggles, was that even Japan's worst could beat Europe's best.
