Japan on Sameer Ankalgihttps://www.sameerankalgi.com/tags/japan/Recent content in Japan on Sameer AnkalgiHugoen© {year} Sameer Ankalgi · ZürichTue, 18 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0200Twenty days in Japan, part 1: Tokyo, Kamakura, and Mt Fujihttps://www.sameerankalgi.com/travel/japan-part-1-tokyo/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:30:00 +0200https://www.sameerankalgi.com/travel/japan-part-1-tokyo/A twenty-day Japan itinerary in cherry-blossom season, rated stop by stop: the full route on one map, every hotel with what it cost for two, and the Tokyo leg — Shibuya, Kamakura’s Buddha, and Mt Fuji from the postcard pagoda.Twenty days in Japan, part 2: Osaka, Nara, Hiroshima, Himejihttps://www.sameerankalgi.com/travel/japan-part-2-kansai/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:25:00 +0200https://www.sameerankalgi.com/travel/japan-part-2-kansai/The Kansai leg of a twenty-day Japan itinerary, rated: Osaka as the eating-and-sleeping base, deer that bow for crackers in Nara, a heavy and necessary day in Hiroshima, and Himeji castle in full bloom.Twenty days in Japan, part 3: Kyoto, Kanazawa, and an onsen townhttps://www.sameerankalgi.com/travel/japan-part-3-kyoto/Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:20:00 +0200https://www.sameerankalgi.com/travel/japan-part-3-kyoto/The finale of a twenty-day Japan itinerary, rated: Kyoto’s temples and the strangest reservation system in food, a gold-leaf day in Kanazawa, seven baths in a yukata in Kinosaki Onsen, tea in Uji, and the loop back to Tokyo.