JapanTravelTips 6/16/2015 tokyo,yamaguchi&kyoto/

The positioning of the word domo is like mayonnaise, a condiment that can be used with any food. If you don’t know how to respond to something, this word will change your situation from a crisis to an opportunity. If you say it when someone gives you something, it can mean “thank you”.

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Three meters above my head, the rectangular offering box of Motonosumi Inari Shrine seems impossibly out of my reach. For the 23rd time, I wind back my arm and attempt to lob my chosen donation between the narrow slats.

A leisurely stroll down the Philosopher’s Walk is an absolutely must if you’re visiting Kyoto. This 2 kilometre-long stone path is lined by hundreds of cherry trees, which come into full bloom in early April, and is one of the city’s most popular hanami (cherry blossom viewing) spots.

British magazine Monocle has rated Tokyo the number one city to call home in its 2015 Quality of Life Survey. Rising from second place in 2014, Monocle says that, “Tokyo claims the hotly debated crown due to its defining paradox of heart-stopping size and concurrent feeling of peace and quiet.