Japan

Japan is the country you can visit a dozen times and still find entirely new. The repeat-visit drive comes from a particular kind of depth: beneath every surface, there is always another layer. The kaiseki meal that takes three hours and uses ingredients you have never encountered. The onsen ryokan where the proprietress has been perfecting the same craft for forty years. The golf course designed with such restraint that the landscape seems entirely natural.

For golf travelers, the weak yen has made Japan the world's best-value premium golf destination. Hirono Golf Club — consistently ranked Asia's finest, designed by C.H. Alison in 1932 — requires a member introduction. Kawana Fuji course offers Fuji views from every hole. Taiheiyo Club Gotemba is an hour from Tokyo and plays through cedar forest against an unobstructed view of the mountain. The list continues for as long as you have time.

The OttOLux Japan portfolio: Kyoto in autumn for the momiji season, Hokkaido in winter for powder skiing and kaiseki, Tokyo for Michelin-density dining, and the Sanin coast — one of the least-visited regions in Japan — for travelers who have already done everything else.