Sky Xu

All About Sky Xu: I'm currently a student at Sophia University but also working as a freelance writer and fixer. I have seven years experience working as a journalist at English media in China including the Washington Post China bureau.

What I like about Japan: The landscape and the language. The tradition and the modern. The communal and solo cultures. Its beauty and its weirdness.

Japan vs. China — Preserving Traditional Roots

Festivals Summer in Tohoku

Japan and China share traditional roots, but Japan preserves those roots to the present day.

Discover Fruit & Fossils in Fukushima!

PR Tohoku Pacific Coast

Welcoming visitors with open arms, Fukushima Prefecture offers strawberry picking, a fresh tomato theme park, and a fossil museum where you can try your hand at archaeology.

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All About Weird Japan

Japan is a weird and wonderful place! These videos from Wanderlist are just a small taste of what you can expect when you visit!

Stories to Experience National Parks of Japan

More than just a collection of some of the country's most stunning landscapes, Japan's National Parks tell the story of the diverse ways in which Japanese culture developed in harmony with nature throughout the centuries.

Spring in Tohoku

Food, history and some incredible late-blooming cherry blossoms—Tohoku in spring has it all!

All About Cherry Blossoms in Japan

Savor the 'sakura' nation.

All About Japan's Temples & Shrines

Explore Japan's enduring spiritual history.