Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Having grown up glued to Grand Designs and studied urban design at university, Claire has long been fascinated by the contemporary architecture of the big cities. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Places & Where To Stay
Luxury hotels in Tokyo: 9 of the best
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! John McMillen, agent business co-ordinator in our Boulder office, had the enviable task of exploring the finest luxury hotels in Tokyo. It’s a hard job but someone’s got to do it. 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 […]
A week in Shikoku: Dancing, daydreaming and drinking games in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! On Claire’s recent trip to Japan, she spent a week taking in the highlights of the little-visited island of Shikoku. Shikoku is the smallest of Japan’s main islands and is often missed off itineraries, but it’s blessed with some of the best scenery and food Japan has […]
Luxury Japanese ryokan: 8 of the best
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Having co-founded InsideJapan Tours back in 2000, Alastair knows a thing or two about the finest places to stay. Here are 8 of his favourite luxury ryokan (traditional Japanese inns); each unique, and happily off the beaten track, they are so much more than just a bed for the […]
Top 5 things to do in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo on a budget
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Travel consultant Anna now resides in Boulder, Colorado, but when she’s back in Japan she wastes no time heading to Shimokitazawa, a quirky corner of Tokyo. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Travel consultant Anna now resides in Boulder, Colorado, but when she’s back in Japan she wastes no time heading to Shimokitazawa, a quirky corner of Tokyo. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!