Having spent 30 days so far in Japan (and 40 days total), what does our time in Japan actually look like?

A week in Kansai, moving between what felt like different worlds in Kinosaki, Kyoto, and Osaka, and getting a taste of what kuidaore really means.

Two nights in Karuizawa, and six in Hokkaido, finding some breathing room and a different, wilder side of Japan.

A week in Tokyo, exploring tiny slivers of a city—a charcoal smoke-filled izakaya, a local canteen—that seems like it would demand lifetimes to even begin to know.