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"Passion Japon", the new issue of Figaro Voyage magazine

2021-02-22T06:10:21.147Z


Rediscover the land of the Rising Sun, but also find shelters by the sea, treat yourself to family getaways ... 140 pages of dreams and escape around the world on sale at newsstands and online today. hui.


Where the sun rises ...

Editorial by Bénédicte Menu, editor-in-chief.

Nicolas Bouvier initiated us long before Sylvain Tesson.

We don't travel to be garnished with exoticism and anecdotes like a Christmas tree.

 "But we don't all have his temper, looking for this road which

" rinses you, wrings you out, makes you like those towels worn out by the detergents that are handed to you with a burst of soap in the brothels "

.

So we should not cross the world to change our minds but rather to make new ones.

Feed them through observation, listening and discussion.

Confront the fantasized cliché with reality.

Feel, contemplate and taste for real these elsewhere which today are pinned on Pinterest and "like" on "Insta" by millions, so fascinating finally that the press devotes documentaries, programs and entire magazines to them.

The proof is in your hands.

Take Japan.

One of his great lovers, Régis Arnaud, journalist and author in this issue of a few open windows on this “country universe”, noted in a previous report that appearances can be disappointing: “

It happens that hotels called“ grand ”(Beware of the big) have a bowling elegance and the only charm of the old-fashioned.

 No, not everything is as graceful as a cherry blossom petal, an architectural wart sometimes disfigures the print.

Whatever, the praise is all the more intense for this singular archipelago where "

whatever its zero kilometer, the traveler is certain to experience moments of incredible grace along the way, which will belong only to him.

"

“Passion Japon”, the new issue of

Figaro Voyage

magazine

.

LE FIGARO

Open your eyes wide.

Aim for the east.

Where the sun rises, where the seasons still punctuate life like nowhere else.

We take you from Tokyo, futuristic, cosmopolitan and sassy, ​​to the south, to discover secret islands, such as the Goto, once refuges for persecuted Christians.

You will still find, as on Ise-Shima, cradle of Shintoism, these landscapes which Nicolas Bouvier in Japanese Chronicle said that they “

always seem to have been arranged by an antique dealer

 ”.

A new route to explore to immerse yourself in the Japanese contrast and unclog those who are already the prey of overtourism.

In ten years or so, the destination has seen the number of its visitors triple, from 10 to 30 million.

An earthquake of which Kyoto, a postcard of an idealized Japan, is the epicenter.

So much so that the committee of residents and traders of the Gion district decided, in February 2019, to ban photos, under penalty of a fine, to protect geishas from selfie lovers.

In the land of polite restraint, it is necessary to decipher the habits and customs at the risk of becoming

kankô-gomi oneself

, a tourist waste.

Our dreams are much better than that.

For further...

The portal of the

Japanese National Tourist Office

brings together all the information necessary for preparing a trip to the land of the Rising Sun.

Before leaving, we will download the JNTO Travel application with its very simple interface (in English), in particular for its “Route” functionality which allows you to find your route from one station to another.

Follow the Japan.travel site (at the time of Covid-19, a dedicated section informs you of changes in conditions of access to the country).

For more inspiration, the Instagram account and the Facebook page.

Contents of this issue:

Our dear campaigns!

From Calvados to Périgord, our refuges to meet up as a tribe.

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  • Trends, hotels, meetings ...

    Our favorites around the world

  • Epicurean weekend:

    Panzano, pearl of Chianti

  • Literature & travel:

    offshore with Joseph Conrad

  • Seaside, well-being, family:

    our good picks

  • Seaside:

    our refuges in the Mediterranean

  • Relaxation:

    the most beautiful saunas in the world

  • As a tribe:

    the countryside, quite a (micro) adventure!

  • Special Japan

    , 70 pages of reports and our address book in Tokyo

  • Traveling

    with peace of mind

    :

    all about Covid insurance

  • Planisphere:

    inspiring travel news in 2021

Le Figaro Spring-Summer 2021 Travel, € 7.90.


On sale at newsstands and online at

boutique.lefigaro.fr

Source: lefigaro

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