Like this post? Help us by sharing it! While we don’t want to do the whole ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ thing, we’ve been sending travellers to Japan for nearly 20 years (crikey, time flies!), and it’s the friends we’ve made along the way that give us access to lots of […]
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Art and textiles inspired by Japan: Penny Leaver Green
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’d be hard pushed to find someone who’s been to Japan and hasn’t been inspired in some way, but for artists working with textiles it has become something of a mecca. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Hiroshima in pictures: A photography tour in Japan
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Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, Margaret Huxtable
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With staggering landscapes and ancient cultural practices alongside polished metropolitan centres, photography enthusiasts certainly aren’t short of inspiration in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Are geisha prostitutes? Geisha history and the prostitution myth
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Having led small group tours all over Japan Charlea has been asked a fair few questions, but “are geisha prostitutes?” come up again and again. She takes us back to the very beginning to understand the fascinating history and myths that surround the performers. Like this post? Help […]
All-female Takarazuka: Japanese musical theatre with a twist
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Many people are familiar with Japan’s traditional male-only Kabuki theatre – an ancient art form that continues to this day. Fewer people know that there is a modern counter-part performed entirely by women; Amy was lucky enough to see the all-female Takarazuka Revue perform this year. Like […]
Falling in love with Japan: A video series
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Old friends kneel on tatami mat floors and catch up over a cup of matcha, salarymen pause to slurp ramen as the world rushes around them, worshippers reflect quietly at an ancient temple… There are small moments of magic everywhere in Japan. Like this post? Help us […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Old friends kneel on tatami mat floors and catch up over a cup of matcha, salarymen pause to slurp ramen as the world rushes around them, worshippers reflect quietly at an ancient temple… There are small moments of magic everywhere in Japan. Like this post? Help us […]