Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After tying the knot, photographer Dan and his wife Sophie travelled to Japan for the ultimate, unforgettable honeymoon. Here are just a few of his amazing snaps from the trip. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
March 2018
Tickled pink: Cherry blossom alternatives
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Nothing stirs the Japanese soul quite like the cherry blossom. It heralds the arrival of spring and encapsulates the transience of life itself. But while the world and her husband descend on Tokyo and Kyoto to catch the blooms in early April, we recommend seeking out some […]
What is a haiku? How to write a haiku on holiday
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The phrase ‘less is more’ has never been better applied than to the Japanese art of the haiku; why write stanza after lengthy flowery stanza when you could spread a handful of well-chosen words over three lines? Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Four misconceptions about samurai
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When you come to Japan, you’re bound to come across references to samurai, who performed a key role in Japanese society from the late Heian Period (let’s say the 1100s) until 1873 – when Imperial Japan formally abolished them. That said, families with proud samurai lineage continued […]
7 reasons to visit Hokkaido
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Of the four main islands that make up Japan, Hokkaido is a little different. Actually, it’s very different. This is partly to do with its geography — all windswept plateaus and freezing Siberian storms — but it’s partly because Hokkaido wasn’t even part of Japan until the […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Of the four main islands that make up Japan, Hokkaido is a little different. Actually, it’s very different. This is partly to do with its geography — all windswept plateaus and freezing Siberian storms — but it’s partly because Hokkaido wasn’t even part of Japan until the […]