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.

- Kirsten Belinsky
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected].com
- Call: US 720 316 9029
- Location (Boulder, USA)
After swapping her home in Los Altos, California to spend a summer volunteering in Panama during high school, the seeds were sown for Kirsten's busy life criss-crossing the globe, picking up friends, experiences and memories along the way.
Big on languages, she loved chatting to locals in Spanish during her trip, but it was when hosting a Japanese student during her final year that she really found her calling. Inspired by Japanese language and culture, she went on to study Japanese at Brown University, and after visiting her host student in Shizuoka, fell for just about everything ("from the food to the landscapes to the people"). Returning full-time was inevitable, and after graduating, Kirsten packed her bags to work as a teacher for two years in Hamada, Shimane prefecture.
After this stint, it wasn't long before she was on the move again, heading to London to do a Master's in Tourism, Environment and Development. The metropolis didn't have Hamada's mountains and seaside views, but roast dinners, full English breakfasts and pub quizzes had a charm all of their own! Her final semester was spent travelling (of course) to study in India, Argentina and South Africa.
When she's not busy boarding planes, 9 times out of 10 you'll find Kirsten outdoors. She played soccer and polo at university, spent countless summers working as a soccer camp counsellor, and competed in two triathlons in London. But in Japan she really upped the ante, learning to ski and snowboard, joining an ultimate frisbee team, teaching futsal and cycling 300km through the countryside. Phew! Anyone else exhausted? If you were thinking of emulating the mammoth cycle ride, she recommends rounding off the day with a well-deserved pint of beer and a bowl of karaage (fried chicken). We might just skip to that bit.

- 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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- Niko 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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- 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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- Dan Campbell
- Sales Team Leader
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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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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- Sally Edwards
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 642 1121
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Kana Van Sandt
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 465 6255
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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- Lachlan Woodland
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
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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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- Emily Templeman
- Travel Consultant
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- Location (Bristol, UK)
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- Leslie Wharton
- Senior Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 439 7751
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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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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- Adeline Kuroki
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Call: US 720 791 5531
- Location (Boulder, USA)
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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
- 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
- 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
- Email: [email protected]
- 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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- 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
- 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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- 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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- 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
- Email: [email protected]
- 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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