Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hello everyone. Here is part two of… The Big List of Stuff to Do for Free in Kyoto! 6. Take a Free Walk The best way to discover Kyoto is on foot. This is the only way to spot the tiny, beautiful details that set this city […]
July 2009
Hirado – Gem of Nagasaki
Come to the home of crybaby sumo, a Chinese hero “on the rocks”, and some of the most beautiful scenery in Kyushu.
Kyoto for Free! (part one)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Call me cheap, but I’m currently planning a long awaited holiday to New York and have been googling free things to do in the Big Apple. Which got me thinking… we all know Japan has a widespread reputation for being expensive. But in reality there is so […]
Japan to host the worlds biggest rugby tournament
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Yesterday the IRB confirmed that Japan is to host the worlds biggest rugby tournament in 2019. This is fantastic news and will be a major step forward for a sport which has sometimes been regarded as elitist, upper class and a wee bit cliquey. When Japan narrowly […]
A Japanese Business Lunch in London
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! On a recent trip to London I decided to go along to Tsuru, a fairly new Japanese restaurant, just behind the Tate Modern on the South Bank. I had been recommended this place by a friend who had also lived in Japan, so was looking forward to […]
Asakusa
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Asakusa Asakusa is the best place in Japan. In fact, it could be the best place in the world. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to be stuffed full of pickled plums. As well as the obvious appeal of Sensouji Temple and the souvenir shops of Nakamise-dori, Asakusa […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Asakusa Asakusa is the best place in Japan. In fact, it could be the best place in the world. Anyone who thinks otherwise needs to be stuffed full of pickled plums. As well as the obvious appeal of Sensouji Temple and the souvenir shops of Nakamise-dori, Asakusa […]