Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The director Hayao Miyazaki has been called `the god of anime` and `Japan`s most successful film-maker`. He`s been compared to Walt Disney, has won an Oscar and has even earned the respect of my two nieces. Yet he is not well-known in the UK or US. Like this post? Help us by sharing […]
July 2011
Save Japan with super kawaii T-Shirts from Uniqlo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Check out these great T-shirts from Uniqlo. The company will donate approximately 100 million yen (£750,000) from the sales of these T-shirts to the Japanese Red Cross who are helping recovery efforts in Tohoku. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Summer Festivals + Yukata = Romance?!
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Traditional Japanese yukata
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Here is the latest blog piece from one of the InsideJapan team in our Nagoya office. The very talented Tomoko san gives us the background on wearing the traditional Japanese yukata. You may think that there is more to wearing the yukata, but Tomoko san tells us […]
I Want To Ride My Bicycle
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With the final of this year’s Tour de France approaching this weekend (Cavendish for the green jersey!), carbon guilt mounting and the last ditch attempt to get fit before summer holidays all in our mind right now, time is ripe for getting on your bike. Being based […]
January Is The New April
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Picture taken in January (or very close to around then...)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Beautiful cherry blossom in spring, dramatic leaves in autumn – why travel to Japan at any other time?! Admittedly the hanami ‘cherry blossom viewing’ parties in April are great fun, and the weather is lovely and warm in November, but for me (this week at least) January […]
At Last – A Reason to Rejoice
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The Japanese people were delivered a sporting achievement to fill their hearts with pride and joy in the early hours of Monday morning. After all of the troubles and woes of the past months, it offered a much needed release and allowed expression of sheer elation, as […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The Japanese people were delivered a sporting achievement to fill their hearts with pride and joy in the early hours of Monday morning. After all of the troubles and woes of the past months, it offered a much needed release and allowed expression of sheer elation, as […]