Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After 17 years in the Japan travel business, you might have thought we’d seen everything there is to see. And it’s true – we have explored every inch of Japan, toured every prefecture, eaten in thousands of restaurants and slept at countless hotels. Yet in a country […]
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A fool climbs Mount Fuji
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ben Walker has lived in Japan for over 15 years: ten years in rural Yamaguchi Prefecture and five years in the exciting southwestern city of Fukuoka (famous for its yatai food stalls and delicious Hakata ramen). These days he leads our tours in Japan, exploring destinations all […]
Ali in Wonderland: A visit to the Kawaii Monster Café
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Ali is a senior travel consultant in our Bristol office, where she is a veteran at putting together fantastic trips for our customers. On a recent trip back to Japan, she decided to check out one of the weirder offerings on Tokyo’s café circuit… Like this post? […]
Don Quijote: A retail treasure hunt
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Brett is one of our tour leaders. He lives in Yokohama, Japan’s second-biggest city, and spends his free time frequenting Tokyo’s retro video game arcades, seeking out new restaurants, and eating tonkotsu ramen whenever possible. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Itasha car culture in Akihabara
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Itasha culture in Akihabara
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Our Office Administrator, Matt Goldsmith, is a committed manga, anime and car enthusiast – so who better to give an introduction to the subculture of itasha!? Welcome to a world you never knew existed… Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
A gamer’s guide to Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! At Inside Japan Tours, we often send our tour leaders out to research new tours and experiences for our customers. Here, Long Islander Mike Reddy describes a recent training day, during which eight of our intrepid tour leaders gathered to road test Brett’s new video game tour […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! At Inside Japan Tours, we often send our tour leaders out to research new tours and experiences for our customers. Here, Long Islander Mike Reddy describes a recent training day, during which eight of our intrepid tour leaders gathered to road test Brett’s new video game tour […]