Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Pokémon is one of the most iconic examples of otaku culture. Whether you remember trying to trade Pokémon with friends in the playground or looking for the faintest light to illuminate your screen on a long drive, odds are you’ve played Pokémon at some point, or at […]
Culture & History
What is a haiku? How to write a haiku on holiday
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The phrase ‘less is more’ has never been better applied than to the Japanese art of the haiku; why write stanza after lengthy flowery stanza when you could spread a handful of well-chosen words over three lines? Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
10 of the best activities in Japan
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 […]
Kimono Romance in Kyoto
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour Leader Ben Walker was recently tasked with the responsibility (and honour) of introducing bestselling romance novelist Erica James to Japan’s most romantic city, Kyoto. Here’s how he got on. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
The Scottish Potters Association visit Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With its rich history of world-class pottery and ceramics, Japan seemed the perfect choice for the Scottish Potters Association. As well as meeting top experts, they threw themselves into all things Japanese – riding on the bullet train, staying in a ryokan and even trying their hands […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With its rich history of world-class pottery and ceramics, Japan seemed the perfect choice for the Scottish Potters Association. As well as meeting top experts, they threw themselves into all things Japanese – riding on the bullet train, staying in a ryokan and even trying their hands […]