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 […]
First-Timer’s Japan
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 […]
10 Reasons why Japan is so great – No.10 New Experiences
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Sumo wrestler in the street
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I am going to finish the 10 reasons why Japan is so great with another broad but a valid reason. Japan is bursting with new experiences for even the most intrepid of travellers. When you go for dinner, walk to the shop, get on the train and […]
10 Reasons why Japan is so great. No. 9 – Respect
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Once again, this overlaps with other categories such as culture and the people, but it is one aspect of Japan that is obvious in every day life and deserves a big mention. At the risk of sounding too much like an old man here, I think that […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Once again, this overlaps with other categories such as culture and the people, but it is one aspect of Japan that is obvious in every day life and deserves a big mention. At the risk of sounding too much like an old man here, I think that […]