I just came back from a holiday trip in Japan, and I feel I will keep many good memories from that experience. One of them was waking up at 3AM and start hiking around Mount Fuji for sunrise. This felt quite like a unique experience, out of the beaten paths and I’m glad we did it!
What’s one good story you’ll keep from your last trips?
Yeah Japan is awful for that and the tourists have only gotten worse with their behaviour over time. I did the main spots of Kyoto once, biggest mistake of my trip.
If you avoid the popular spots entirely then its usually pretty easy to find places that are more authentic. But its been a few years since I last went, its a very tough holiday for me as I am coeliac and the Japanese just do not take gluten allergies seriously (they had something like three people in five years diagnosed in total) so I have to self cater the entire trip.