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Backstreet Forager

You follow your stomach down the narrow lanes nobody photographs.

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Cities this archetype tends to love

  • Nago

    okinawa

    The main city of northern Okinawa, gateway to the sub-tropical forests of Yambaru and the renowned Churaumi Aquarium.

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  • Aizu-Wakamatsu

    tohoku

    A proud samurai castle town that chose death over surrender in the Boshin War, with the tragic Byakkotai story.

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  • Dazaifu

    kyushu

    An ancient government city and site of Japan's most important shrine for scholars, students, and the god of learning.

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  • Uji

    kansai

    The world capital of matcha tea, with the UNESCO-listed Byodoin Phoenix Hall rising from a lotus pond.

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  • Ibusuki

    kyushu

    The southernmost resort of Kyushu, famous for volcanic sand baths on a black sand beach with views to Kaimondake.

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  • Makurazaki

    kyushu

    Japan's katsuobushi (bonito flakes) capital - a fishing port at the southern tip of Kyushu where the world's finest dashi-making ingredient is produced.

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