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Joshua Jackson has long been one of the cooler gentlemen on television. Since his role as Pacey on beloved teen melodrama Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em> cemented his legacy as a luminary of television, the Canadian actor has kept us entertained with shows like The Affair, Little Fires Everywhere,<\/em> and the titularly similar but unrelated Dr. Death<\/em> and Doctor Odyssey<\/em>\u2014the latter a particularly guilty pleasure that asked the question: what if the incessant medical disasters of Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> occurred aboard luxury cruise ship<\/a>?<\/p>\n While not TV, Jackson’s latest project still has an air of adventure. He’s the face of Banana Republic\u2019s Archive Reissue campaign<\/a>\u2014which was shot in the storied halls of The Explorers Club, a historic professional society for scientists and their benefactors on Manhattan<\/a>\u2019s Upper East Side<\/a>\u2014sat down with us to talk about a ski trip he took to Hokkaido<\/a>, Japan<\/a>. Well-traveled and therefore well-versed in the art of going carry-on<\/a> only, due to his work shooting on location around the world, Jackson shares what he brought with him for the journey\u2014including the one luxury item he swears by.<\/p>\n What trip are you unpacking for us?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am unpacking a ski trip that I took to Niseko<\/a>, Japan a couple of seasons ago now, and it is indicative of the way that I travel in terms of last minute adventures. The hotel was Ichiseko \u2014 Annupuri Garden<\/a> and I was on the mountain every single day. It\u2019s a beautiful location, where you basically just ski and eat this local cuisine of noodles and seafood. It was a fantastic trip. But the best part of it is the onsen<\/a>. After a day skiing it\u2019s perhaps the greatest thing ever.<\/p>\n How was this trip indicative of the way that you travel?<\/strong><\/p>\n I pack pathologically light, firstly just because I don’t want to deal with the pain in the ass of losing baggage, or carrying extra baggage and all the extra weight. But I also think that when you pack light, everywhere you go will have most of what you need, and it forces you to interact with the place that you’re in, to fill in anything that you might need locally. So I try as best I can to just pack the essentials and then figure out everything else once I’m there. However, I recently decided to get a proper piece of grown-up luggage\u2014a Sterling Pacific carry-on<\/a>. I always do carry-on, I even carry my boots on with me, but this time I brought my own skis [and checked them.]<\/p>\nThe trip<\/h2>\n