Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When The Telegraph journalist, Gemma Knight-Gilani, saw our Hidden Zen trip, she was so excited by the itinerary, it became part of her honeymoon. Fresh from her trip, she shared her top five cultural experiences in Toyama – an often skipped-over region that holds some of the […]
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Interview with a geiko (geisha): overtourism in Kyoto
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! As Kyoto, and specifically its geisha district, Gion, becomes more and more popular with foreign visitors, it’s important to understand the impact on geisha themselves. So, our Japan-based Head of Operations, Tyler, went to find out. He sat down with Tomitsuyu, an experienced geiko (to use the […]
My Favourite Small Group Tour — HYPERJAPAN’s J-Pop & Go!
We caught up with Fergal, one of our tour leader experts, who ran three of his fave tours — HyperJapan, JPop and Go — in 2023.
Can you eat vegan in Japan?
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Can you eat vegan in Japan? As veganism becomes increasingly common in the Western world, we find more customers asking us how easy it is to eat vegan in Japan. And that makes sense: for lots of us, food is a huge part of experiencing different cultures […]
Contemporary art in Japan: a roundup of weird, wonderful exhibits and installations
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This year, teamLab – the world-famous Japanese art collective – is celebrating 20 years of bringing together art, science, technology and nature with its mesmerising, immersive installations. So, in the name of all things contemporary, arty, and sometimes ultra-futuristic, we’ve decided to mark the occasion by taking […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This year, teamLab – the world-famous Japanese art collective – is celebrating 20 years of bringing together art, science, technology and nature with its mesmerising, immersive installations. So, in the name of all things contemporary, arty, and sometimes ultra-futuristic, we’ve decided to mark the occasion by taking […]