Hand-picked specialists

We're very proud of our team of Japan-obsessed travel consultants many of whom have lived and worked in Japan. You won't find this kind of expertise anywhere else!

Come in for a chat

The internet is a wonderful thing but it can be a little anonymous and sometimes it is nice to know who you are dealing with, especially when planning something as important as a holiday! If you wish to visit us at our office in Bristol (UK), Boulder (USA), Brisbane (Australia) or Nagoya (Japan) we would be delighted to take you to lunch and discuss your plans.

Hand-picked specialists

We're very proud of our team of Japan-obsessed travel consultants many of whom have lived and worked in Japan. You won't find this kind of expertise anywhere else!

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.

Samantha Barrow

Samantha Barrow
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9734
Location (Bristol, UK)

Before joining us at Inside Japan, Samantha spent two years as a coordinator for international relations on the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) programme in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture.

While part of JET, it was Samantha's job to work with local businesses and the tourism association to find ways of attracting inbound travellers - an experience that has set her in good stead for her role as a travel consultant, sending travellers to Japan! Her main focus was the hot spring town of Kinosaki Onsen, so if you ever need to know where to find its best ryokan inns, its tastiest food, or the mineral composition of each onsen bath - you know who to call.

Samantha originally became interested in Japanese history when she attempted to read the Tale of Genji - a one-thousand-year-old novel by Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu. Though her attempt failed, she was inspired by a traditional world of geisha and samurai to visit Japan for herself.

While living in Toyooka, Samantha loved being surrounded by the mountains, rivers, beaches and hot springs of her adopted hometown, which she considers her favourite place in Japan. Samantha also took part in a six-month tea ceremony course in Kobe for retirees (she was a special exception), where she learned the art of pouring tea with Japanese grandpas and grandmas - who became her first friends in Japan and kept her well provided with gifts and dinners.

As well as her time in Japan, Samantha has lived in France - where she worked in a hostel - and Switzerland, where she worked in a luxury hotel while doing a ski season. As an ardent foodie, she plans all her travels around eating - and has been known to arrange whole trips around visiting a certain restaurant or eating a certain delicacy!

What is your favourite Japanese food or drink?

I already have a plan of the things I'll eat when I go back to Japan: okonomiyaki and an ice-cold beer are my favourites! I also love mochi (pounded rice cake), especially when it has a hidden surprise inside. My favourite is ichigo daifuku (mochi with a whole fresh strawberry inside).

Amy Tadehara

Amy Tadehara
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 303 242 5506
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9744
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Alison Muskett

Alison Muskett
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9746
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Halley Trujillo

Halley Trujillo
Senior Sales Team Leader, Training and Development
Email: [email protected]
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Claire Brothers

Claire Brothers
Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9752
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Katrina Cordery

Katrina Cordery
Senior Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3378
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Toby Gallagher

Toby Gallagher
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9745
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Rachel Rykala

Rachel Rykala
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3379
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Niko Bowinski

Niko Bowinski
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 744 0204
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Benjamin Guest

Benjamin Guest
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3278
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Grant Ekelund

Grant Ekelund
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 465 5301
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Alice Volkmar

Alice Volkmar
Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 463 3550
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Tim Grisbrooke

Tim Grisbrooke
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3471
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Kester Wright

Kester Wright
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3470
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Anna Sears

Anna Sears
Senior Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 316 7365
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Dan Campbell

Dan Campbell
Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Samantha Barrow

Samantha Barrow
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9734
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien
Senior Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Call: 0117 244 3372
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Sally Edwards

Sally Edwards
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 642 1121
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Kana Van Sandt

Kana Van Sandt
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 465 6255
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Lachlan Woodland

Lachlan Woodland
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Aaron Boothe

Aaron Boothe
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9749
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Julia Anukam

Julia Anukam
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3389
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Anna Tattersall

Anna Tattersall
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 370 9763
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Holly Brown

Holly Brown
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3380
Location (Bristol, UK)
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John Todd

John Todd
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 07 3703 3838
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Emily Templeman

Emily Templeman
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Leslie Wharton

Leslie Wharton
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 439 7751
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Shakira Johnson

Shakira Johnson
Senior Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 720 439 7753
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Imogen Lacey

Imogen Lacey
Senior Sales Team Leader
Email: [email protected]
Call: 0117 244 3387
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Adeline Kuroki

Adeline Kuroki
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 791 5531
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Bruno Carrillo

Bruno Carrillo
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: AU 07 3703 3838
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Michael Trombold

Michael Trombold
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 791 5535
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Becky Barry

Becky Barry
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 0117 244 3473
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Natalie Collar

Natalie Collar
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 791 5532
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Sora Jang

Sora Jang
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Steven McCready

Steven McCready
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3476
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Abby Owers

Abby Owers
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 244 3264
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Jon Belcher

Jon Belcher
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 642 1120
Location (Boulder, US)
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Naomi Norton

Naomi Norton
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 0117 370 9756
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Sophie Dowdeswell

Sophie Dowdeswell
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 0117 370 9766
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Charlie Orr

Charlie Orr
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 0117 244 3467
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Thomas Lewis

Thomas Lewis
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 07 3703 3838
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Nicole Rhoden

Nicole Rhoden
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 642 1123
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Malcolm House

Malcolm House
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Karin Tompkins

Karin Tompkins
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]japantours.com
Call: US 720 316 9308
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Ricky Sheward

Ricky Sheward
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Tim Supplitt

Tim Supplitt
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 463 3551
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Daniel Zehr

Daniel Zehr
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 702 439 7752
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Kirsten Belinsky

Kirsten Belinsky
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: US 720 316 9029
Location (Boulder, USA)
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Joshua Locke

Joshua Locke
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: 01172443468
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Babur Moghul

Babur Moghul
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Call: UK 0117 992 7063
Location (Bristol, UK)
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Rory Burgin

Rory Burgin
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Lachlan Miller

Lachlan Miller
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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Samantha Ng

Samantha Ng
Travel Consultant
Email: [email protected]
Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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