Of the more than 10 million visitors to Japan, destinations like Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima. and Okinawa obviously rank among the better-known names. But there are small cities and towns spread among the beautiful islands of this singular country off the beaten tourist track, which show its less familiar, slower paced, in many ways more traditional side. The charming small city (pop. 54,000) ofHagi, up the Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest Honshu, is a superb example.,,  keep reading