The Secret Map

Travel Essays by Simon Slater

Tag: bamboo grove

  • Kansianara

      Back in Japan. A week doesn’t seem enough time. It is. If you do it right. First stop: Nara. The ancient capital of Japan is thankfully underrated. With seemingly more free-roaming deer than tourists, our accommodation was  reminiscent of an old samurai film, a century-old building with a zen garden at the center. The…

  • Big in Japan: A Link to the Future is a series of three short films I made over one week during a trip to the Kansai area of Japan. After making an impromptu biking video last summer, I felt compelled to make a film about one of my friends who featured in it, Kevin, along with…