Asia Undiscovered is a travel publication covering mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea and the wider Southeast Asian region. Every guide is long-form, written in one sitting by one person, and built around places we have actually spent time in.

The coverage leans toward south China, Japan, and the food capitals of Southeast Asia because that is where our best trips have been. The site expands outward when new ground is worth covering properly. Forty-plus long guides so far, each one meant to be the one you read before your trip, not one of fifty you click through and close.

What to expect from a guide

Three or four thousand words, fifteen to twenty images, named restaurants and shops with local-currency prices, metro and bus exits where useful, and a handful of honest opinions (what to skip, where the tourist markup is steep, what is actually worth the queue). A short history where the history earns its place, and a two or three day itinerary at the end so you can put the pieces together.

How the images work

Photos come from three places: Wikimedia Commons (credited in each caption where the licence requires attribution), Pexels, and Pixabay. Where photos are our own from a trip, they sit without a credit. Every image is captioned with a short note about what it shows and, where useful, when it was taken.

Affiliate links

Some outbound links on the site (typically to hotel booking platforms or tour operators) are affiliate links. If you click through and book something, we receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Disclosed for transparency; it does not shape what gets recommended.

Get in touch

Corrections, updated prices, questions about a specific guide, or a heads-up that something has changed on the ground — all welcome via the contact page. Asia changes fast and we would rather know when a detail is out of date.