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 […]
Culture & History
Four misconceptions about samurai
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When you come to Japan, you’re bound to come across references to samurai, who performed a key role in Japanese society from the late Heian Period (let’s say the 1100s) until 1873 – when Imperial Japan formally abolished them. That said, families with proud samurai lineage continued […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]