Like this post? Help us by sharing it! A favourite pastime in Japan in summer is to get together with friends and while away the balmy nights around a habachi barbecue with some ice cold beers. In February however, what with the frequent snowfall and early sunsets, those long evenings can seem a distant memory. Beer […]
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Tokyo’s Top Ten Wackiest Restaurants
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Strange fads, outrageous fashions, incomprehensible crazes… Japan has achieved worldwide fame for being “weird.” Say this to some people and they will roll their eyes and assure you that Japan is not as strange as you think. And many ways they are right: the famously crazy fashion […]
Top 10 Okinawan Foods You Must Try
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Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Continuing our top 10 lists of japan, InsideJapan’s Violet has been living in Okinawa for the last couple of months and is getting into her subtropical island specialities. Here are the top 10 Okinawan foods you must try… GOYA If there’s one thing that Okinawans define themselves […]
Alternative guide to Japanese food – What they don’t tell you
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader Richard gets to eat a lot of food travelling around Japan. Japan is rightly famous for its delicious food and drink with a lot more on offer than sushi. There is something for everyone…and then there are other ‘interesting’ dishes. Here are a few of […]
Top 10 Unusual Foods in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ardent foodies and brave travelers have a wealth of opportunities to try unusual foods in Japan. From fermented soybeans to tiny fish, Japan offers a wealth of foods that Westerners just can’t find at home. Here are InsideJapan’s top 10 Unusual Foods in Japan: Natto are fermented […]
20 Best Sake You Can Get in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Any visitor to Japan should be sure to sample to the country’s most famous beverage, sake. There are a number of brands and styles available. Some are sweet, some more dry. Some sakes are best consumed heated, as you most often see in America. Others have subtle […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Any visitor to Japan should be sure to sample to the country’s most famous beverage, sake. There are a number of brands and styles available. Some are sweet, some more dry. Some sakes are best consumed heated, as you most often see in America. Others have subtle […]