Like this post? Help us by sharing it! These photos, taken by tour leader William last November, capture just a few moments from our ‘Hidden Japan’ tour which begins and ends in glorious Kyoto before discovering lesser known Japanese treasures and experiences from Honshu and rural Shikoku… As you probably know (because we witter on about it quite […]
Places & Where To Stay
Our top 15 favourite ryokan inns
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Last week I explained why you haven’t been to Japan until you’ve stayed in a ryokan inn. For those who can’t quite be bothered to go back and read it, it’s quite simple: the food, the baths, and a little something the Japanese call omotenashi (which is […]
Superlatives and Contrasts: Tokyo and Ogasawara
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Ogasawara
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tokyo (formerly Edo) was already one of the world’s most populated cities during the eponymous Edo Period. At present, the greater metropolitan area is the most densely populated area on the planet with over 37 million last count. It could also be considered the largest city…ever. The […]
Why you haven’t been to Japan until you’ve stayed in a ryokan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You only need to spend a few minutes reading through our website or talking to one of our staff members before you begin to hear the word ryokan being bandied about. But what does it mean? Essentially, a ryokan is a traditional-style Japanese inn – and you haven’t […]
Top Ten Kanazawa Tips
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Although I’m now living in Kyoto (a heaven for a Zen geek such as myself!), I previously spent five years living in the wonderful city of Kanazawa on Honshu’s Japan Sea coast. What makes Kanazawa so special? Let’s have a look! Here are my top ten Kanazawa […]
Alternative Japan – Osu district in Nagoya
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Our main Japan office is in Nagoya and so I have spent a fair amount of time in the city, Japan’s “third” city – and yes I know that Yokohama is technically second, so Nagoya is further down the list. However, on my most recent visit I […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Our main Japan office is in Nagoya and so I have spent a fair amount of time in the city, Japan’s “third” city – and yes I know that Yokohama is technically second, so Nagoya is further down the list. However, on my most recent visit I […]