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When visiting somewhere new it’s always handy to have a friend waiting to greet you; someone to lighten the load and guide you on local etiquette, secret restaurants and cultural attractions away from the tourist trail.
Unless you’re lucky enough to be the winner of the “world’s most friends in far-flung places” award (in which case, well done), it’s likely that this isn’t always possible. Don’t know anyone in Japan? All is not lost.
Insider Guide videos
Brett Plotz, one of our Insiders in Tokyo, has put together a series of Insider Guide videos to help you on your way – kicking off with an Insider’s Guide to… The Izakaya (Japan’s answer to the gastropub).
Put down that guidebook, sit back and take it all in…
Fancy catching up with Brett in Japan? Join him on our Classic Japan small group tour to bask in a hot spring bath at the foot of Mount Fuji, drink sake with an apprentice geisha in Kyoto and, of course, tuck into a meal or two at an Izakaya.
