Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Pokémon is one of the most iconic examples of otaku culture. Whether you remember trying to trade Pokémon with friends in the playground or looking for the faintest light to illuminate your screen on a long drive, odds are you’ve played Pokémon at some point, or at […]
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Guide to Japanese vending machines
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!
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!
Introducing the yen: What’s in a coin?
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader David has lived in Japan for ten years. These days, he’s based in Tokyo – except when he’s leading our fantastic tours across Japan. Here he investigates a topic no traveller to Japan can avoid: cash. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Dormy Inn: Review
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!
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!