28 Japan

Four weeks, one epic trip, and the realisation that backpacking when you’re almost 40 is not for everyone.

Journey through Japan in this visual and textual not-quite-journal of a 28-day trip through this enchanting, enigmatic and ultra-efficient country.

With a Rail Pass in hand, this book starts at Narita Airport with a quick stop at Tokyo Station before heading inwards and then all the way down south and back up again to Tokyo. Onsen-soaking monkeys in Nagano, witness ash-spouting volcanoes in Sakurajima, indulge in oysters in Miyajima, munch on insta-famous mochi in Nara, hunt Mount Fuji in Shizuoka and marvel at surrealist art in Yokohama before getting the much-deserved stationery shopping in Tokyo.

28 Japan shares Nadiah Kimie's personal travel tips, hopefully useful insights, moments of inspiration and the occasional frustration alongside many, many photographs captured along the way. Use this book as a guide to help you plan a future trip to Japan, or indulge in a little wanderlust as I reminisce this memorably epic vacation through a country that charms her every single time.​