Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Vending machines, useful but mundane? In Japan, tour leader Steve Parker insists they’re a tourist attraction in their own right. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
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Insider’s guide to staying at a ryokan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Staying at a ryokan should be up there on your Japan wish-list alongside spotting a geisha, seeing Mount Fuji and jumping aboard the shinkansen (bullet train). The experience of staying at these traditional inns is uniquely Japanese, so it might be worth a few pointers to get […]
Japan Insider Guide videos: Vending machines
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Vending machines; a convenient find when there isn’t a regular shop. Overpriced sweets, fizzy drinks that explode after hitting the opening and crisps that get stuck on the shelf. Useful, if a little frustrating. Not so in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Dormy Inn: Review
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Dormy Inn Otaru
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Alastair Donnelly is the co-director at Inside Japan Tours, and he’s stayed in more than a few hotels in his time! Here, he reviews the Dormy Inn, one of our most popular and trusted budget hotel chains. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Choosing a Japanese name for my son
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader Brian recently had the challenge of picking a name for his son. It’s a task that’s tricky at the best of times, but when it comes to picking a Japanese name, it’s no ordinary challenge… Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader Brian recently had the challenge of picking a name for his son. It’s a task that’s tricky at the best of times, but when it comes to picking a Japanese name, it’s no ordinary challenge… Like this post? Help us by sharing it!