What Is A Ryokan? A ryokan is a traditional-style Japanese Inn or guest house. They can vary greatly in look and feel, and range from the most basic accommodations to completely luxurious. Picture old wooden buildings, paper walls, sliding doors, tatami mats, ornate furnishings and Japanese gardens; there…

You’ve picked up a well-equipped 4×4, and you’re buzzing with anticipation as you look towards the vast, endless horizon. Your hands firmly grip the wheel and the feeling of adventure tingles through your fingertips. It’s just you, a long stretch of winding gravel track, a well-marked map, plotted…

Fifteen minutes in and only halfway up, our bare feet sunk deeper and deeper into the ancient sands, and we paused to look out across a vast swathe of orange mounds; with pinnacles as high as small mountains. There was a persistent breeze in the air as it whipped up flurries of sand, dancing around