Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Usually served at traditional ryokan inns or specialised restaurants, kaiseki is Japan’s answer to haute cuisine. A kaiseki meal consists of a set menu of many little dishes served in a prescribed order, showing off many different cooking techniques, flavours and textures, each presented more beautifully than […]
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Art in the most unexpected places: Manhole covers in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japan is full of surprises – this is the country of J-Pop, sumo wrestling and geisha after all. Perhaps one of the loveliest and most surprising things about Japan though is the way that public places are cared for. Those clean streets are one of Japan’s finest attributes, […]
East magazine photography competition: Best of Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In issue #4 of our travel magazine, East we asked readers to wield a camera in the heart of the action, or relive energetic moments in their travel snaps for our “movement” themed photography competition. An enthusiastic bunch, we were inundated with shots; from the hustle and bustle of Shibuya to […]
Top 5 hot spring experiences in Misasa Onsen
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Richard Pearce is one of Inside Japan’s most experienced tour leaders. Last week, he introduced us to his adopted home, the lovely hot spring town of Misasa Onsen. This week, he looks at his five favourite Misasa hot spring experiences… Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
2017: What’s hot in Japan for the year of the rooster
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2017: What's hot?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]