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!
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Top 8: Travel photography tips
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With access to fascinating subjects off the beaten track and 25 year’s experience under his well-travelled belt, no-one knows photography in Japan better than Everett Kennedy Brown. He shares 8 of his top tips for the perfect travel snaps. 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 – […]
The GREEN Program: Learning through travel with Melissa Lee
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tailormade Groups Manager Samantha Hall caught up with Melissa Lee, Founder and CEO of The GREEN Program – an award-winning, short-term, experiential education program focused on sustainable development – to find out what Fukushima is really like and how she’s set on making the world a classroom. […]
Five places to escape the crowds in Kyoto
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When it comes to discovering quiet corners and hidden gems in Japan, no-one knows more than our tour leaders. InsideJapan tour leader Thomas Siebert takes us to five of his favourite places to get off the beaten track in Kyoto. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When it comes to discovering quiet corners and hidden gems in Japan, no-one knows more than our tour leaders. InsideJapan tour leader Thomas Siebert takes us to five of his favourite places to get off the beaten track in Kyoto. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!