Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Many may find it hard to understand why so many people make this gruelling trek up crowded hillsides in the freezing cold through thin air only to wait for a sunrise that may or may not penetrate the dense clouds that stick to Mt. Fuji throughout much […]
May 2011
Volunteering in Ishinomaki
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This Friday I will join a group of volunteers bound for tsunami-devastated Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture. Around hundred of us will take the bus from Shinjuku to spend a week helping with emergency relief activities. It will make a strange contrast to tour leading, but I am glad of the opportunity to be doing something practical, rather […]
A guide to drinking in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Tours (IJT) is lucky to have a talented bunch of staff in Japan with our office staff in Nagoya, our tour leaders across Japan and our private guides. Ayako Kiyono san is one of IJT’s professional guides in the Kyoto area who has a great knowledge […]
Japan Honeymoon
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! It’s the big moment in many couples lives – The Honeymoon. It has to be perfect and it will be remembered for ever….for better or for worse! Japan is a fantastic destination for a Honeymoon; Romantic mountain top traditional guest houses, hot spring baths, beautiful scenery, sub-tropical […]
Breakfast at Tsukiji fish market
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! On Tuesday, nine members of our Essential Honshu group got up for a 6am subway ride to Tsukiji fish market – the biggest in the world. The sights outside the market can be as interesting inside. Wandering amongst the closely-packed stores, we saw wasabi plants, beanpole-shaped burdock root and some rolling-pin-shaped daikon, then in […]
Trip of a lifetime surpasses all expectations
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Tours have worked with many thousands of people over the years, doing our little to bit to help them to discover this amazing country as well as their own cultural experiences. Barrie and Marilyn Ellison from Derby recently travelled to Japan (April 22- May 2) to […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Tours have worked with many thousands of people over the years, doing our little to bit to help them to discover this amazing country as well as their own cultural experiences. Barrie and Marilyn Ellison from Derby recently travelled to Japan (April 22- May 2) to […]