Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The highlights of a group tour always seem to vary. Everybody has their own favourite thing or place. These are occasionally predictable but more often surprising. Drain covers? Really? In this post I have selected a few personal highlights from a recent Hidden Japan tour. I start on day 3 […]
October 2012
Five reasons to visit the north of Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Just fifteen minutes ago, before sitting down to write this, I was plunging into an outdoor hot-spring on the roof of my ryokan (Japanese Inn) watching the sun set over Sado Island, a lesser known destination off Japan’s north-west coast. With steam pouring into the cool air around […]
Bond. James Bond – The mysterious Gunkanjima
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Gunkan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! There are many recognised mysteries of the world such as Stonehenge, the Mayan civilisation, the Easter Island statues, the Loch Ness Monster, crop circles and more. One of the lesser-known mysteries though is a small island off Nagasaki called Gunkanjima or ‘Battleship Island’. The island also provides […]
Standing on the top of Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! One of our recent Tokaido Trailers, Jenny Gillman, wanted to tell us about her trip to the Tokyo Skytree. Jenny was keen to go and see inside Tokyo’s newest addition to the Metropolis skyline for herself. Here is what she had to say about the 634 metre tower […]