Greg Goodmacher

I’ve been living in Japan for a quarter of a century, taking delight in this most rewarding of countries. It may appear mysterious or exotic to an outsider. But once you know how to navigate the country and its ways, you’ll find yourself falling for it.

Picture yourself comfortably cruising through rolling fields of green tea bushes, discovering exotic, weather-worn wooden temples, walking amid Japanese World Heritage sites, and falling asleep at night after a long soak in a natural hot spring. I’ve done it, so can you...