Japan off the beaten path

Curated and photographed by Crista Priscilla.

“The best way to travel is to let your curiosity be your guide, and that’s exactly what I did when I moved to Japan. With its amazing transportation system that can take you across and around the country in no time, covering Japan’s famous places isn’t a difficult task. I spent my first year doing it and the next one left me wondering, “Is there something more?” The truth is, there’s still a lot out there still hidden and waiting to be found. The more places I go, the more overwhelming beauty I encounter that makes it difficult for me to sum up Japan in just one word. It’s such a rich, diverse, mysterious country full of paradox and facets, and I don’t know how many more years will be enough for me to see them all. These places are the ones you won’t find in a usual travel guide — the beauty that awaits is unusual, and in order to reveal it you only need to do one thing: to be willing to go down the road less traveled. So the question is, will you?”

Format: Digital travel guide (15 places, 44 pages). You’ll receive a link to download the PDF file, optimized for mobile.

What to expect: rather than an exhaustive directory, this guide offers select points of interest and venues that have been carefully curated by Crista, a writer and traveler based in Japan. It includes:

- a complete list of beautiful and mystic places off the beaten path for a road trip around Japan;

- useful copy explaining why you should go to each spot, what’s a must-have and when is the best time to go;

- beautiful photography to give you a first glance of the places;

- an online map with all the spots so you can easily visualize them and get directions to get there.

Pathport travel guides were created for the travelers with an aesthetic sensibility, looking for the most beautiful addresses wherever they go.