Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With a major samurai exhibition coming to the British Museum this year, and a new Shōgun series is on the way, The Telegraph writer John Gimlette went looking for the real thing in Japan. He travelled on our Samurai Footsteps itinerary – and found the samurai legacy […]
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Hiking in winter in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Think of winter in Japan and you’ll likely imagine snow-dusted mountain peaks, dancing red-crowned cranes, freezing icebreaker cruises, or easing into a steaming hot onsen to warm up at the end of a frosty day – but hiking? Maybe not. We sent Lily, one of our […]
7 reasons you should head off the tourist trail to Onomichi
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! As an Insider Tour Leader, I’m lucky enough to get to roam around Japan and introduce people to all sorts of incredible destinations – but I always find that the small, intimate places I visit are the ones I end up loving the most. If, like […]
The Olympics that didn’t happen: Tokyo 1940
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tokyo was gearing up for the Olympics. Planned as a cornerstone of national pride, the Games were designed to showcase Japan to the world and cement its place as a modern, global leader. Posters were designed, travel companies began offering package holidays for the games, and the […]
The Wild Heart of Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Japan is a land forged by fire and ice, as well as what happens when the two of them meet – mainly lots of water! Formed by volcanic activity at the merger of four tectonic plates, Japan is the product of massive forces – forces that […]
Skiing in Japan: Our guide to the best resorts
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’ve not skied until you’ve been skiing in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’ve not skied until you’ve been skiing in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!