Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you have only 24-hours to spend in a city, you could do much worse than Kanazawa. In fact, it has quickly become one of my favorite cities to visit. Why, you ask? Simply put, it has a little bit of everything! Like this post? Help us […]
First-Timer’s Japan
Top three places to see neon lights in Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! First-timers to Tokyo expecting towering skyscrapers, cutting-edge technology and neon lights will not be disappointed. The dazzling vertical shop signs alongside striking adverts vying for attention have become attractions in their own right. So where are the best places to find them? Like this post? Help us […]
Introducing Purikura (Japanese photo booths) in three steps
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Many associate coin-operated photo booths with one of two experiences: having your passport photograph taken – an activity heavy with rules and regulations including having a “neutral expression”. Or black and white overzealous, and unflattering, photographs of a hemmed in group of friends. In Japan, they do […]
24 hours in Takamatsu
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Mark Fujishige left his native Hawaii in favour of his favourite place in Japan, Tottori. Although he misses clambering up the sand dunes there and soaking in the waters of Misasa Onsen, he’s now based in Gifu Prefecture and leads tours all over Japan. Like this post? Help us […]
24 hours in Nagano
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Brian Beatty, one of our Tour Leaders at InsideJapan, takes us on a 24 hour trip to Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. Before I get started, let me tell you a little bit about Nagano. In Japanese, Nagano is 長野, which literally means long field, a bit misleading […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Brian Beatty, one of our Tour Leaders at InsideJapan, takes us on a 24 hour trip to Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. Before I get started, let me tell you a little bit about Nagano. In Japanese, Nagano is 長野, which literally means long field, a bit misleading […]