Your pictures are truly stunning - thank you so much for taking the time to share. You have definitely given me some inspiration for our trip in early April, as we initially thought three nights in Osaka (been many times and never get bored) and then four nights with Nagoya as a base (first time). Looks like we should head beyond Nagoya, from your TR

Last year we were driving around Hokkaido in January with >1.5m worth of snow everywhere - that was an experience, so looks like you got off easy

Your pictures of the monjayaki made me hungry (I love it!). We have one traditional Japanese place here in Bangkok that does it superbly, so might have to go there tonight to satisfy my cravings now