Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan tour leader Brian is based in Tokyo, but finds time as often as possible to visit one of his favourite places in Japan – the coastal town of Kamakura. Kamakura is an easy day trip from Tokyo and offers a winning combination of historical sites, pretty […]
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Beautiful Tohoku: 5 years on
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This month we’ve looked back at every aspect of the Japan’s great 2011 disaster – the earthquake, tsunami, the nuclear meltdown, and the subsequent recovery efforts. It’s been an emotional journey, and looking back at this difficult period in Japan’s recent history has been hugely saddening at […]
World Heritage in Hiroshima & Miyajima
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hugh Cann is a tour leader for Inside Japan Tours. Here, he explains why you should make his adopted home town of Hiroshima a part of your itinerary. Inside Japan Tours provides a veritable treasure trove of exciting experiences for every kind of interest and need for […]
Appreciating the countryside in rural Yamaguchi
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You know, some places get all the love. Tokyo. Kyoto. Osaka. Mount Fuji. Hiroshima. Okinawa. World famous, sure, and rightly so. Full of absolute magic – and people. But what about those places NOT in the guidebooks? Should they be skipped, passed by on the way to […]
10 places you didn’t know you could visit in Japan
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Mount Sakurajima, viewed from the city of Kagoshima
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When you visit Japan, you’ll notice a trend where tourist destinations are often promoted by comparing them to more famous locales. For instance. “Come to Okinawa, it’s the Hawaii of Japan!”, or “visit Kagoshima, the Naples of the Orient” – and so forth. While it is rather […]
5 reasons to visit Iriomote: Japan’s jungle island
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! IJT’s Rachel recently swapped drizzly Bristol for the beautiful, sunny climes of Iriomote Island, part of the Okinawa Archipelago. Here are her top 5 reasons to give it a go! Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! IJT’s Rachel recently swapped drizzly Bristol for the beautiful, sunny climes of Iriomote Island, part of the Okinawa Archipelago. Here are her top 5 reasons to give it a go! Like this post? Help us by sharing it!