Like this post? Help us by sharing it! It’s a rainy Monday afternoon in Tokyo, but signs of spring have been appearing lately. This weekend the sun was shining, the first buds of sakura began to bloom, and just down the street from my apartment families were in the park drinking beer and playing with […]
March 2011
Earthquake Experience (Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Takayama)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I am currently leading a Japan Unmasked tour. We are just over halfway through the trip in Takayama in the Japan Alps. We were in Hiroshima when the major quake struck. Walking around the Peace Park, none of our group noticed the slightest tremor. We did not even hear about the […]
Fax to the Future
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Retro
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! There is no doubt that Japan can be a futuristic wonderland: networked toilets that can analyse your offerings and report anomalies to your doctor, electric charge generators used to instantly age wine and karaoke damage limitation devices that can automatically add harmonies to your crooning and, as […]
Tsunami
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Tours would like to extend its condolences to those that have been affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. All of us at InsideJapan maintain a deep affection for Japan and are saddened by the loss of life and destruction brought about by this […]
Goodbye Green tea
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A Proper Tea Ceremony
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Both Japan and China are fascinating places to visit. Culturally the two countries have alot in common. But after a recent visit to China, I also noticed they suffer from similar faults. Here I propose some solutions. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!