Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Following on from World Heritage Japan: Part One, in this post we’ll cover the 12 sites to have received UNESCO World Heritage Status since the year 2000 – ranging from silver mines and modernist architecture to the wild and rugged landscapes of northern Hokkaido. Like this post? […]
July 2015
World Heritage Japan: Part One
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! What do the Great Pyramids, the Serengeti, a Japanese silver mine and the Fray Bentos meat-packing plant have in common? No, this isn’t the set-up for a terrible joke — they’re all World Heritage Sites. That’s right — according to UNESCO, these are places of universal value […]
Celebrating Super Mario’s 30th Anniversary
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Creatively designed Mario coffee!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This year marks the 30th anniversary of the venerable Super Mario Bros. series and, in addition to making millions the world over suddenly feel very old, Japan celebrated by doing what they do best – creating themed food! In partnership with Tower Records, Nintendo took over three […]
11 great experiences from my trip to Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! This week in the InsideJapan UK office we have had Anna Rogers from Katharine Lady Berkeley School visiting for her year 11 work experience, learning the ins and outs of working in the travel industry. Anna is 15 and studying for her Japanese GCSE, and she recently […]
Contemporary Architecture in Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few places in the world have such a wealth of cutting-edge architecture as Tokyo. Partly due to necessity, being at once one of the planet’s most seismically active zones and densely populated regions, mandating technological innovation and thoughtful use of space. And also partly because of a […]
Top 10 things to do in Osaka
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you recently tuned in to watch Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food on More4, you will no doubt have been beguiled by the mouthwatering offerings on offer in Japan’s street food capital: Osaka. Known to many as “Japan’s Kitchen”, Osaka is the home of okonomiyaki pancakes, the Cup […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you recently tuned in to watch Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food on More4, you will no doubt have been beguiled by the mouthwatering offerings on offer in Japan’s street food capital: Osaka. Known to many as “Japan’s Kitchen”, Osaka is the home of okonomiyaki pancakes, the Cup […]