Visit Daegu

Japan's first capital: the Great Buddha of Todai-ji and 1,200 bowing deer in the park around it.

The gilded Toshogu shrine of the Tokugawa shoguns in a cedar forest, with the Kegon waterfall above.

The Great Buddha sitting in the open air, Zen temples and a surf beach, an hour from Tokyo.

Taiwan's old capital: Dutch forts, hundreds of temples and the best street food on the island.

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

The fiery city of the Meuse: Montagne de Bueren's 374 steps, the Sunday Batte market and Liege waffles.

The world's largest car-free old city.

A baroque city built of black lava at the foot of Etna, with the loudest fish market in Sicily.