Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Everyone thinks they know what sumo wrestling is. A sand covered ring. Loin cloths. Men slamming into each other. But there’s a lot more to Japan’s national sport than that… 1. Sumo is a religious ritual Compared with most sports in the world today, sumo originated […]
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Historic Mountain Trails – A Picture Blog
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! InsideJapan Tours’ intrepid tour leader, Steve Parker, is a keen mountain walker and with Japan being made up of mountains (70% of the country is mountainous), it’s the perfect place for him. Having taken people around Japan for quite a few years now, he designed a tour […]
Football in Tokyo
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Football in Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! For a long time, Japan has been famous for miniaturising -and often improving- pre-existing ideas. The Walkman, the Haiku, the Capsule Hotel, and even the Tamagochi can be seen as a few examples of this trend. While the game of Futsal traces its roots back to early […]
Hiking the Japanese Alps
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! We caught up with keen walker and tour leader, Steve Parker who took an amazing and adventurous tour in the Japanese Alps. I spent a considerable amount of time during July and August hiking some of Japan’s stunning 3000m peaks looking for adventure and achievement to add to […]
Sumo Wrestling History
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Sumo Akebono
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Sumo Wrestling History While Sumo, Japan’s national sport dates back 2000 years, it didn’t begin to flourish as a spectator sport until the early 1600s. Sumo is a full contact sport, where 2 wrestlers, known as Rikshiki compete to force one another out of the ring. While […]
I Want To Ride My Bicycle
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With the final of this year’s Tour de France approaching this weekend (Cavendish for the green jersey!), carbon guilt mounting and the last ditch attempt to get fit before summer holidays all in our mind right now, time is ripe for getting on your bike. Being based […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! With the final of this year’s Tour de France approaching this weekend (Cavendish for the green jersey!), carbon guilt mounting and the last ditch attempt to get fit before summer holidays all in our mind right now, time is ripe for getting on your bike. Being based […]