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 Ng
- Travel Consultant
- Email: [email protected]
- Location (Brisbane, Australia)
When Samantha sat down to watch her very first episode of Pokémon, she had no idea it would spark an interest that would see her leaving her home in Adelaide to start a new life in Japan.
Pokémon was just the start and she was soon getting her teeth into a plethora of anime titles, including Initial D, One Piece and Hunter x Hunter. At university, she travelled beyond the screen to study Japanese in Kanagawa. This exchange didn't quite cut it though, and she returned to spend six years teaching at a school on a mountain in Kobe. Although it was her job to teach English conversation classes and cultural exchange activities, every day was a school day for her too, as she learnt all about traditional and modern Japanese culture from her students.
Impressive illuminations are popular across Japan but the annual Kobe Luminarie is one of the most spectacular and became one of Samantha's calendar highlights. That and sakura flavoured goodies. How to make a flower flavoured dessert? Just ask Japan. Cakes, chocolate, iced coffees... You name it. In spring the sweet taste of the cherry blossom (sakura) is immortalised in just about everything.
As a huge Harry Potter fan, Samantha was well placed to channel her inner Hermione at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in the neighbouring city of Osaka; a place where fans find themselves standing in front of Hogwarts and weaving through Hogsmeade Village just outside one of Japan's most buzzing cities.
Next best thing to Harry Potter? Being a potter! Samantha followed a passion for illustration and pottery to Prague where she learnt to throw clay with the experts - if you need a vase, she's your go-to girl. Unsurprisingly then, the 'art island' of Naoshima, with outdoor installations including Yayoi Kusama's famous spotted pumpkin, was her favourite place of all in Japan.
- 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
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- 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
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- 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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- 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
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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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