Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Traveling to Japan provides the opportunity to try new foods and enjoy a unique cultural experience. Although using chopsticks is not a requirement, it is helpful because it offers the chance to try foods at unique venues. Identify the Problem Traveling to Japan does not mean that […]
First-Timer’s Japan
How Not to Be Lost in Translation: A Cultural Crash Course for Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Visiting Japan for the first time sometimes feels as if you’ve been teleported to a strange and different world. There is always a nagging concern that you might inadvertently insult the Japanese by not knowing proper etiquette, your P’s from your Q’s, perhaps bowing incorrectly or forgetting […]
Making Your Yen Stretch Further: 5 Tips to Balancing Your Budget Abroad
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Japanese Yen
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! A holiday in Japan can be the trip of a lifetime, but staying on budget in a foreign country poses a challenge. Use these tips to keep expenses low when using the yen. Cash or charge? While it’s a good idea to carry your card around […]
How to make it big in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When you join one of the InsideJapan Tours, you will probably be wondering what your tour leader will be like – will they be knowledgeable, will they be interesting, will you like them, will they have a secret life and rock star alter-ego?!?!?! Perhaps you won’t be […]
Five reasons to visit the north of Japan
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Tohoku's Beauty
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Just fifteen minutes ago, before sitting down to write this, I was plunging into an outdoor hot-spring on the roof of my ryokan (Japanese Inn) watching the sun set over Sado Island, a lesser known destination off Japan’s north-west coast. With steam pouring into the cool air around […]
Asama Onsen: Have bath, drink milk.
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hotto Puraza Asama, a 20 minute bus ride from Matsumoto station, has all you need for a relaxing afternoon soak: outdoor and indoor baths, a jet-bath and a sauna. Oh, and a vending machine stocked with milk. For some reason, onsen and milk go together like sport and Lucozade. The cow juice is a rare treat – but it makes you miss Weetabix […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hotto Puraza Asama, a 20 minute bus ride from Matsumoto station, has all you need for a relaxing afternoon soak: outdoor and indoor baths, a jet-bath and a sauna. Oh, and a vending machine stocked with milk. For some reason, onsen and milk go together like sport and Lucozade. The cow juice is a rare treat – but it makes you miss Weetabix […]