Jourdan Silva is a writer and editor based in Houston, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Corporate Communications Studies back in 2018. Since then, she has ...
Step into a storybook: Shirakawa-go’s iconic gassho-zukuri houses and scenic mountains make it Asia’s most beautiful village. When most travelers plan a trip to Japan, the usual hotspots—Tokyo’s ...
They creak, they breathe, they freeze you in winter and they’re heartbreakingly beautiful. The Kyoto machiya is Japan’s living museum piece, equal parts poetry and punishment. A home that remembers ...