Maintaining flavour-of-the-month status for an astonishingly prolonged period has done nothing but intensify the global taste for Japan travel. As a well-trodden triptych, Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka promise an exhilarating mix of traditional, modern and contemporary culture, and vast culinary range, however the surge of visitors armed with exhaustive bucket lists can tip even resolute travellers into temporary overwhelm.
Thankfully, delicious respite is closer at hand, thanks to a…

