It’s no surprise that out of the 3,000 km of Japan’s archipelago, the majority of inhabitants and visitors congregate within its sprawling gargantuan capital, Tokyo: a city with both of its long feet planted firmly in the past and the bright neon future. Hustling, ebbing, flowing, unfathomable and unstoppable. However, maybe one snowy day in January, you feel something different in the wind. An insatiable urge. Something is calling you out of the jutting skyscrapers and into a picturesque winter wonderland straight from a Hiroshige woodblock. You find yourself catching the Hokuriku Shinkansen all the way to the edge of the world, relatively speaking. You’re bound for the Snow Country, … Continue reading Snowy Turrets of Takada