Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Andrew Robbins is the founder of the Onomato Project, a website devoted to the wonderful world of onomatopoeic and mimetic words in Japanese. Here, he introduces us to a few of his favourite seasonal terms.. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
February 2016
Greetings, earthling!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Lots of people ask us for useful phrases in Japanese to make their travels easier – and we highly recommend that you do learn a few words here and there to impress your Japanese hosts. As our Senior Operations Assistant, Akiko, quite rightly says: “It makes us […]
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Welcome to Yadoruya
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Yadoruya is not your typical bicycle shop. The first thing visitors see are many new bicycles on display, so in that sense I suppose it isn’t too novel, but the next thing one might notice is the well-stocked bar – then perhaps the hammocks in the lounge […]
A gamer’s guide to Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! At Inside Japan Tours, we often send our tour leaders out to research new tours and experiences for our customers. Here, Long Islander Mike Reddy describes a recent training day, during which eight of our intrepid tour leaders gathered to road test Brett’s new video game tour […]
A sobering visit to Kagoshima’s Kamikaze Museum
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Stepping down into the restored lodging hut used by kamikaze pilots during the Second World War, I felt a brief sense of relief from the oppressive heat outside. In that very same moment, however, my breath was again snatched away. Like this post? Help us by sharing […]