Like this post? Help us by sharing it! If you’re heading out to Japan this month, chances are there’s only one thing on your mind. The Rugby World Cup kicks off in Tokyo on September 20th, and the excitement is palpable. Will the Brave Blossoms triumph on home soil? Will the All Blacks hold onto […]
Culture & History
Finding traditional architecture in Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! What comes to mind when you think of Tokyo? Enormous skyscrapers? Neon lights? While traditional districts in the capital may be few and far between, tour leader Christian Closs found a hidden world of traditional architectural treasures at the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum. Like this post? […]
Celebrating Japanese woodblock prints at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We couldn’t be prouder to sponsor Masters of Japanese Prints, an extraordinary series of woodblock print exhibitions in our hometown at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. Senior Curator Kate Newnham takes us on a journey to discover the stories behind the pictures. Like this post? Help us […]
Luxury Japan: See the cherry blossom in style
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader Richard Farmer shares 10 highlights from a deluxe Small Group Tour this spring, including travelling in style; eating, drinking and sleeping soundly at the finest establishments; and seeing the landscape bloom with pastel pink cherry blossom. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Japan abdication 2019: Everything you need to know
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With a flurry of excitement around the emperor abdication, tour leader Mark Hobold explains what is it that makes the new Reiwa era is so momentous. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With a flurry of excitement around the emperor abdication, tour leader Mark Hobold explains what is it that makes the new Reiwa era is so momentous. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!