Visit Sendai

The food capital of the Philippines, the Dinagyang festival and a river esplanade, opposite Guimaras island.

Edo-period merchant streets in the Japanese Alps, a morning market and the spring and autumn float festivals.

Okinawa's capital: Shuri castle of the Ryukyu kings, Kokusai-dori and a food and drink culture of its own.

Hokkaido's southern port: the night view from Mount Hakodate, red-brick warehouses and the morning fish market.

Kobe beef, a harbour between the mountains and the sea, and the night view from Mount Rokko.

Five original Viking ships in the museum and the cathedral where Danish monarchs have been buried since 1400.

The Vitkovice ironworks turned festival ground and the Stodolni street of a hundred bars.

Chagall's birthplace, his house museum and the Slavianski Bazaar festival each July.