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Our team at Inside Japan Tours
The sun never sets on the InsideJapan Tours team (well, maybe on Sundays) as we have offices in Bristol (UK), Boulder, (USA), Brisbane (Australia) and Nagoya (Japan). On this page you can meet the people behind our Japan tours and holidays.
We have a wide range of backgrounds and interests, but you can be sure that the one thing that ties us all together is a love of Japan, Japanese culture and a passionate desire to share that with other people.
From the accounts department, through the travel consultant teams to the tour leaders and guides on the ground, you can rest assured that everything we do is to make sure you have the best possible experience of Japan.
- Kester Wright
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3470
- Location (Bristol, UK)
Kester is captivated by the geographical diversity of Japan – from frozen peaks to tropical islands with everything in between – and it is the way the language and culture changes throughout these extremes that draws him back again and again.
Hailing from Andover in the English countryside, Kester studied Japanese at university and spent a year as a student in Kobe as part of his degree. After finishing his studies, he returned to Japan and spent a year travelling the country and working in a variety of different capacities and locations, ranging from lifeguarding in subtropical Okinawa to working as a search and rescue helper at Nozawa Onsen ski resort. In fact, Kester became rather a celebrity at Nozawa Onsen, where the local residents became used to hearing his voice announcing the daily weather forecast over the tannoy!
Today, Kester is based in our Bristol office, where he uses his wide range of expertise to create exciting itineraries for our clients. As a keen hiker and skier, with plenty of experience doing both in Japan, he is the perfect person to put together an active itinerary and give advice on adventure sports.
Kester's favourite place in Japan is the hot spring town of Kinosaki Onsen, in the west of Japan's main island. In winter he recommends strolling through the town in a traditional yukata (provided by all the local inns), stopping at the many hot spring baths and enjoying the sight of the snowy hills around you. Finish the day off with some freshly caught Sea of Japan crab at your ryokan!
Do you have a top tip or recommendation for first-time visitors to Japan?
Take a leap of faith! Many of the best places to eat and drink are hidden away through tiny doors or in basements and can be quite intimidating to start with, but once you're in they're the most welcoming and excellent places you can go.
- Amy Tadehara
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 303 242 5506
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Mark Johnson
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9744
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Alison Muskett
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9746
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Halley Trujillo
- Senior Sales Team Leader, Training and Development
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Claire Brothers
- Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9752
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Katrina Cordery
- Senior Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3378
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Toby Gallagher
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9745
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rachel Rykala
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3379
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Benjamin Guest
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3278
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Grant Ekelund
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 465 5301
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Tim Grisbrooke
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3471
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Kester Wright
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3470
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Anna Sears
- Senior Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 316 7365
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Samantha Barrow
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9734
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Paul O'Brien
- Senior Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3372
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Lachlan Woodland
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Jenny Atkinson
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Aaron Boothe
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9749
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Julia Anukam
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3389
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Anna Tattersall
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9763
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Holly Brown
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3380
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- John Todd
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Shakira Johnson
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 720 439 7753
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Imogen Lacey
- Senior Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3387
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Bruno Carrillo
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: AU 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Michael Trombold
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5535
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Becky Barry
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3473
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Natalie Collar
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5532
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Sora Jang
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Naomi Norton
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 370 9756
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Sophie Dowdeswell
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 370 9766
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Charlie Orr
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3467
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Thomas Lewis
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Malcolm House
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Karin Tompkins
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 316 9308
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Ricky Sheward
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Tim Supplitt
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 463 3551
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Kirsten Belinsky
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 316 9029
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Joshua Locke
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 01172443468
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Babur Moghul
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 992 7063
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Rory Burgin
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Lachlan Miller
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Samantha Ng
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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