Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The tunnel that cuts through the mountain to the coastal area of Ishinomaki is around 500 metres long; a short distance yet one that divides two different worlds. On the west side, is the city, largely charmless in its proliferation of concrete buildings and prefabricated houses, roadside […]
September 2011
6 months on – Part 2: “Jambo”! Kenyan dancing and some very cute kids
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I don’t get on well with early mornings. But with jet-lag still erratically winding my body clock, I find little trouble raising my head from the pillow at 5:45am despite a rather inconsistent nights sleep. The kindergarten in Ishinomaki is small. But then I don’t have many […]
Trip Feedback through Haiku Poetry
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! As with all of the InsideJapan Tour leaders, Steve Parker brings his own skills, knowledge and expertise to a group tour of Japan. A trip across Japan with Steve never fails to be inspiring, but our man has been bringing out the poetic side of travellers….after a […]
The cats that got the Shinjuku cream
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Shinjuku's finest cat cafe
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! On my last trip to Japan I wanted to do something really, well, Japanese… Something a bit different, something very modern and something I could only find in Japan. So tour leader Liam volunteered to show me Shinjuku’s finest cat cafe. Like this post? Help us by […]