Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Okinawa’s beaches and laid back lifestyle are the things of postcards, but what’s it like to visit in spring? Tour leader Robert Kodama leaves the cherry blossom frenzy of the mainland to find out. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
First-Timer’s Japan
Travellers’ Tales: A writer’s love affair with Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After becoming interested in Japan as a child, award-winning short story and travel writer Amanda Huggins fell hook, line and sinker for the country as an adult. But what is it about Japan that captured her imagination? Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Five places to escape the crowds in Osaka
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader, and Osaka resident, Robert Kodama knows the best places to escape the crowds in this down to earth city, most famous for its culinary delights. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Accessible travel: Cherry blossom season in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Just how accessible is Japan? We caught up with Peter and Suzy, who took our Wheelchair Accessible Golden Route trip during cherry blossom season, for their experience of accessible hotels, transport, guides and sightseeing in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Getting to know a maiko (trainee geisha)
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Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Why would a teenager leave their homes and families to embark on gruelling training, work long hours and follow rules on how they should dress? Tour leader Ben Walker meets a trainee geisha in Kyoto to find out. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Insider’s guide to… Making an origami paper crane
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Encounters with origami in the West often begin with the humble paper aeroplane; destined to nose dive on a slow day at school. In Japan though, paper folding is a popular way to pass the time from a young age. While designs can be incredibly intricate – […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Encounters with origami in the West often begin with the humble paper aeroplane; destined to nose dive on a slow day at school. In Japan though, paper folding is a popular way to pass the time from a young age. While designs can be incredibly intricate – […]