People tend to imagine the urban sprawl of Tokyo when envisioning Japan, but the country has a vast countryside too, with places that can give the quaintest parts of the world a run for their money. One such place is the small island of Himakajima a few dozen kilometers south of Nagoya, in between…
Japan is famous for its worldbeating Shinkansen bullet trains and incredibly efficient widebody domestic flights, but this island nation has a secret .
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