Tom Bulloch and Roberta Howery travelled to Japan with us in May and fell in love with the country and its people. Here, Tom explains what made their trip so fantastic and give a few top tips and recommendations for other first-time travellers to Japan. (more…)

Steve Parker is one of our longest-serving and most experienced tour leaders. Though he has a passion for the outdoors (in particular the mountains, where he loves leading our Historic Mountain Trails group tours), Steve also finds plenty to be fascinated by in his hometown: a Tokyo suburb by the name of Koenji. (more…)

Richard Farmer is our very own travel-consultant-turned-tour-leader, blogger extraordinaire and expert in Zen Buddhism. When he's not turning his hand to those pursuits, however, what does he get up to? We caught up with Richard after a day of culinary adventures in the Kansai region. (more…)

We're all looking forward to watching Joanna Lumley walk the Nakasendo Way this evening, but what should she expect? Travel consultant Kester recently fulfilled his ambition to walk a section of the old feudal highway, so read on to find out how he fared. (more…)

As an Inside Japan tour leader, David leads our customers up and down the length of the country all year - but for him, there's no time like winter to appreciate the little-known wonders of Japan. Read on to find out why Winter Highlights is David's favourite tour... (more…)