Tokyo is a lively capital, but look beyond its glittering skyline and you will find charming narrow streets, age-old shrines and zen gardens in the midst of skyscrapers. With the city turning a ...

And then there are Zen gardens, often courtyards of raked gravel ... coach and even ferry from Tokyo to Hiroshima, then on to Kyoto and Nara. It took a while for me to get used to joining a ...