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Iconic Japan
The Japan of a thousand postcards — a tunnel of vermilion gates, a pagoda framing Mount Fuji, a torii that floats on the tide, and a bamboo forest that filters the light green.
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From snow-roofed farmhouses to neon and incense, Japan packs more iconic images per square mile than almost anywhere on Earth. This map collects the shots you've seen a hundred times and will still gasp at in person: the endless red gates of Fushimi Inari, a five-storey pagoda with Fuji floating behind it, a shrine gate standing in the sea, and gold leaf reflected in a still pond. East and West Honshu, mostly walkable, endlessly photogenic.