August 2013

Top 5 Japanese Combini Snacks

Posted on by Guest Blogger Vivienne Boyack

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! One of the best things about Japan is the delicious food on offer, from kaiseki cuisine to fast food. However, Japanese convenience stores have some really good food too! Here are my top 5 convenience store buys which I’ve been enjoying on my recent trip: 1. Onigiri […]

5 reasons to visit Japan in the summer

Posted on by Guest Blogger Vivienne Boyack
Mt. Fuji

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I’m really not a person who likes the heat and before arriving in Japan last week, I was not looking forward to the hot weather. I checked the forecast just before I left the UK and saw they were predicting record temperatures – wonderful! Yet one week […]

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Sumo Wrestling History

Posted on by Guest Blogger James Mundy

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Sumo Akebono

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Sumo Wrestling History While Sumo, Japan’s national sport dates back 2000 years, it didn’t begin to flourish as a spectator sport until the early 1600s.  Sumo is a full contact sport, where 2 wrestlers, known as Rikshiki compete to force one another out of the ring. While […]

A Beginner’s Guide to Japan

Posted on by Previous Contributor Rachel Schraer

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We were lucky enough to have the lovely Rachel Schraer join us for a 2 month intern programme with Bristol University. Rachel is a talented writer who also pens her own blog (during her time here, a piece she wrote on Bristol went viral), so we asked […]