Just Back From... Japan

I confess that Japan had not been top of my destination wish list, not the way Egypt, Greece, Africa, India or Peru had been, distant iconic points dazzling on the horizon that I hoped to reach from as long as I can remember. Now that I have visited, though, I understand why—Japan and her treasures are subtle and discreet. It would not be in the Japanese nature to flaunt her beauty, nor can it be captured in one representative image to lure hordes of tourists. In fact, many of the moments that s...