Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Catherine recently headed to Japan to explore the city of Kobe and its environs. As part of her trip, she made time to see Himeji Castle – Japan’s biggest and most famous feudal castle. Read on to find out how she fared… Like this post? Help us […]
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24 hours in Kobe: Mountains, sea and sake
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Kobe is known around the world for two things: succulent beef and the earthquake of 1995. But how much do you actually know about the city? Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
A seasonal guide to Misasa Onsen
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A seasonal guide to Misasa Onsen
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In the centre of beautiful Tottori Prefecture, considered to be the most rural of all Japanese prefectures, Misasa Onsen is a charming hot spring town loved by locals and visitors alike. Misasa Onsen dates back more than 850 years. Local legend says that a samurai warrior (Samanosuke Okubo) […]
A photo walk through Tokyo Station
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Mike Reddy is a tour leader for InsideJapan – but when he’s not leading our customers around Japan, he’s a photographer extraordinaire seeking out new ways of seeing his hometown: Tokyo. Here, he takes us on a photographic journey through Tokyo Station. Like this post? Help us […]
Kanazawa: little Japan, big wow!
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Kanazawa's Kenrokuen Garden
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Claire is a travel consultant in our Bristol office, and spent five years living in Kyoto. She recently headed back to Japan to explore some destinations she’d never visited – including Kanazawa, near the Japan Sea Coast. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Sendai another day: A day trip from Sendai (part two)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In my last blog I talked about the first of my top two reasons to spend a couple of nights in Sendai; a fascinating city on the Tohoku coast, often overlooked by foreign visitors to Japan. In this piece I’ll be focusing on my second recommended day-trip […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In my last blog I talked about the first of my top two reasons to spend a couple of nights in Sendai; a fascinating city on the Tohoku coast, often overlooked by foreign visitors to Japan. In this piece I’ll be focusing on my second recommended day-trip […]