Like this post? Help us by sharing it! While I was on my last Japan trip I had the opportunity to visit a tea farm in Shizuoka prefecture, along the Kurigatake mountain route. I stopped at Higashiyama-Ippuku-dokoro to find out more about Japanese green tea production, work in the tea fields, the ecosystem of the […]
Food & Drink
Japanese Chocolate
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With less than 1% of Japan being Christian, the Japanese people generally, do not tend celebrate Easter, they do however love chocolate – so we thought we’d take this opportunity to take a look at a few of the countries most popular chocy treats! Although not a […]
Japanese Fast Food
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The Famous Yoshinoya
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! A great food and travel programme aired last night on the BBC called, “Hairy Bikers Asian Adventure”. The programme delved into the food of traditional Japan looking at sushi, Buddhist Shyojin style food and good ole Okonomiyaki. Great to hear the bikers mention that Japan had exceeded […]
Japanese Food Favourites
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japanese food, or ‘Washoku’ is the latest addition to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list. Japan is of course a food nation with local specialties everywhere you travel. As anyone who has ever been to Japan will know, Japan is a food lovers must. One recent customer, […]
Top 10 Okinawan Foods You Must Try
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Benimo-flavoured KitKat
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 […]
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 […]