Plan Kyoto

Japan's capital for a thousand years, and it still keeps the old customs: temple bells at dusk, geisha slipping through Gion, maples turning the hills red in November. Walk ten thousand vermilion gates at Fushimi Inari before anyone else arrives, then sit down to a kaiseki dinner that is a small work of art. Stillness, with the volume turned up.

Best March to May and October to November. Pick your dates and Share reads what's on those exact days.