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.

- Sophie Dowdeswell
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 370 9766
- Location (Bristol, UK)
While the Japanese language can seem like an intimidating mountain to climb, after being introduced to the complex swish of kanji calligraphy during World Languages Day, Sophie became fascinated with Japan.
After attempting to master these indecipherable symbols in her spare time, she packed her bags for a stint at a homestay in Yamanashi Prefecture. Despite speaking very little Japanese, with a bit of enthusiasm (and a hand gesture or two) her hosts helped her fall in love with Japan further, teaching her origami and how to make takoyaki (octopus balls - more delicious than they sound).
Taking part in a traditional tea ceremony and ikebana (flower arranging) inspired her to study at Gakushuin University in Tokyo - specialising in kimono and the Meiji era - and work in Kawasaki City to promote international exchange.
While she loved Tokyo's art galleries and the super cool district of Shimokitazawa, it was the shrines, countryside and rural villages she found most magical; one of her fondest memories is of climbing a mountain in Kawaguchi-ko to the Chuoreito Pagoda and visiting the villages at the bottom.
Though gallery hopping and learning about modern and traditional art is one of her favourite past-times, she does have a penchant for something ubiquitous in just about every souvenir shop, ever: snow globes. It's no surprise then that Sapporo on Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido is her favourite place of all. In February, the streets fill with enormous snow sculptures - the closest thing to walking through a real-life snow globe. Sophie's collection currently sits at an impressive 40; perhaps it's time to open a niche gallery of her own...

- 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
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- 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
- 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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- Lily Bascombe
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3383
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Amy Bowinski
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 744 0204
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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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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- Alice Volkmar
- Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 463 3550
- 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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- Simona Sampaolo
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 313 7850
- 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
- Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 316 7365
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Dan Campbell
- Sales Team Leader
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Lucy Pendlebury
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9753
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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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]com
- Call: 0117 244 3372
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Matt Evans
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3462
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Sally Edwards
- Senior Travel Consultant
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- Call: US 720 642 1121
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Kana Van Sandt
- Sales Support Administrator
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- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Lachlan Woodland
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Aaron Boothe
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9749
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Julia Anukam
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3389
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Anna Tattersall
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 370 9763
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Holly Brown
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3380
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Laura Barnes
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3260
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- John Todd
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Leslie Wharton
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 439 7751
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Shakira Johnson
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 720 439 7753
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Imogen Lacey
- Sales Team Leader
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- Call: 0117 244 3387
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Adeline Kuroki
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5531
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Bruno Carrillo
- Travel Consultant
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- Call: AU 07 3703 3838
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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- Michael Trombold
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5535
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Becky Barry
- Travel Consultant
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- Call: 0117 244 3473
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Natalie Collar
- 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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- Steven McCready
- Travel Consultant
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- Call: UK 0117 244 3476
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Abby Owers
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 244 3264
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Daniel Brain
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 244 3468
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Jon Belcher
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 642 1120
- Location (Boulder, US)
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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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- Nicole Rhoden
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 642 1123
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Malcolm House
- Travel Consultant
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- 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
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- 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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- Desmon Hickson
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 900 2999
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Daniel Zehr
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 702 439 7752
- 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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- Babur Moghul
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: UK 0117 992 7063
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Josh Simpson
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: 0117 992 7062
- Location (Bristol, UK)
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