Japan for Senior Travelers

About this book

Japan slows down for no one — but it rewards the traveller who does.

Japan for Senior Travelers is the complete guide to 200 gentle journeys, accessible retreats and comfortable stays, in eight parts: slow gardens; onsen towns with gentle streets; castle towns and old streets; sacred places without the climb; journeys by train, boat and ropeway; museums, aquariums and indoor days; comfortable stays and restful bases; and a senior traveller's handbook for planning the whole trip well.

It is honest where other guides go vague. Steep castle keeps, long shrine steps and rising ground are described exactly as they are, never softened — and every demanding place is paired with its complete ground-level alternative, so nothing in the book is a trap. Changeable facts (fares, opening hours, lending and assistance arrangements) are never asserted as settled: every entry closes by pointing you to the official source to confirm before you go. There is no medical advice here — only the craft of travelling Japan slowly, comfortably and well, at the pace the country itself keeps.

Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.