Like this post? Help us by sharing it! New year, new you? Thanks to its excellent accessibility from a number of cities such as Tokyo, Kanazawa, and Nagano, the 70km (44 mile) long Shin-Etsu Trail is one of our favourite undiscovered hiking trails and the perfect place to blow away those December cobwebs. Like this […]
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Rugby in Japan: Meeting Demi Sakata
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Hugh Godwin, the rugby union correspondent for i news catches up with rugby legend Demi Sakata: the first Japanese player to be inducted into the Rugby Board Hall of Fame. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
New Year rituals and traditions in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With very few Christians in Japan, Christmas doesn’t go off in a bang of carol singing, festive films and enormous feasts (unless you count KFC…). New Year’s however has its own range of rituals, traditions, food and music and is an important date in Japan’s holiday-strewn calendar. […]
Top 10 things to do in Kobe
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! “The home of Kobe beef?” 9 times out of 10, when you ask someone if they’ve heard of Kobe, the famous marbled meat comes to mind, but (while apparently delicious) this port city has a whole lot more going for it. Despite being overshadowed by big brother […]
48 hours in Kagoshima
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few first-time Japan visitors make it down to the island of Kyushu, but with a subtropical climate, natural hot spring and beaches to boot, it’s well worth a visit. Travel consultant Laura explores the picturesque seaside city of Kagoshima. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few first-time Japan visitors make it down to the island of Kyushu, but with a subtropical climate, natural hot spring and beaches to boot, it’s well worth a visit. Travel consultant Laura explores the picturesque seaside city of Kagoshima. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!