Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Merry Christmas everyone! Or “Meri Kurisumasu”, as they have it over in Japan. It’s estimated that less than one percent of Japan’s population in Christian, and so it should come as no surprise that Christmas in Japan is not an official national holiday in Japan. New Year […]
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20 Reasons to Visit Japan in 2020 Part One: Summer
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japan 2020: It’s Gonna Be Big To kick off our new ’20 reasons to visit Japan in 2020’ mini-series, we’ve gathered our travel experts and shaken them down for their finest travel tip-offs. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Art in Japan: 6 Setouchi Triennale tips
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Only swinging around every three years, art lovers eagerly count down the days until the next Setouchi Triennale. Not least of all travel consultant Michael Trombold; after being lucky enough to visit Japan’s famous art islands recently, he shares his top festival tips. Like this post? Help […]
Exploring Tokyo’s teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Senior Travel Consultant Ali‘s recent trip to Tokyo’s teamLab Borderless Digital Art Museum saw her wander through rooms of suspended lanterns, follow skittish characters across the walls and sit amidst vistas of rainbow flowers. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
New Year rituals and traditions in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With very few Christians in Japan, Christmas doesn’t go off in a bang of carol singing, festive films and enormous feasts (unless you count KFC…). New Year’s however has its own range of rituals, traditions, food and music and is an important date in Japan’s holiday-strewn calendar. […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With very few Christians in Japan, Christmas doesn’t go off in a bang of carol singing, festive films and enormous feasts (unless you count KFC…). New Year’s however has its own range of rituals, traditions, food and music and is an important date in Japan’s holiday-strewn calendar. […]