With vaccines now starting to roll out, we reckon it's about time we allowed ourselves to dream again, so we present to you The Japan Hot List - or, all the new places, experiences and ways of travelling there are to be excited about in Japan for 2021 and beyond.

That's right - you heard! She's not just a regular ol' centenarian...she's a SUPER-centenarian.

Japan historically is known as one of the oldest nations in the world and regularly tops the list for longest lifespan and average life expectancy, whether that's on the beaches of Okinawa or in the mountains of Nagano.

Now Tanaka Kane has snatched another world record for Japan. We asked her what the secret is and found out more.

Long-time Japan fan and British travel writer Jo Davey started off her time in Japan in an enviable industry - food! Many years and many Japan itineraries later, she’s writing a guidebook to Okinawa and Japan’s Southwest Islands and biding the time until we can all get back there. She explains to us how she delves beneath the surface of a destination, why it's usually the people not the places, and what makes Japan precisely the place she wants to write, talk and wax lyrical about for a living.

The global pandemic has brought a lot of struggles for the authentic little accommodations that we really enjoy when we're travelling but it's also taught us a lot of lessons about how we feel in terms of travel. We sat down with the owner of the Bandai Lakeside Guesthouse to talk about the interest that has built around this remote wilderness escape.