Twenty days in Japan — the scroll film
The twenty-day Japan loop as a three-minute scroll: the camera flies from Zürich to Tokyo and around the loop, drawing the route as you go.
Travel
Zürich-based, train-curious, occasionally jet-lagged. Trips and neighborhoods I’d actually send a friend to. Planning Japan? Start with the twenty-day itinerary — route map, every cost, every stop rated — or watch it as a three-minute scroll film.
2026
Twenty days in Japan, part 1: Tokyo, Kamakura, and Mt Fuji
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, Himeji
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 town
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.
A weekend in Zürich
A short post-Microsoft-AI-Tour wander around Zürich — coffee, the lake, and the train back.