Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I’ve written a few times for this blog about running whilst in Japan; Osaka at dawn and the Tokyo Imperial Palace circuit. It seems fitting then that I write about this morning’s little four miler, a beautiful jaunt through the tiny lanes of Nakanoshima. If you don’t […]
Sports & Adventure
11 things you probably never knew about sumo wrestling
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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The local (Shiba) dogs are friendly too
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
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 […]
Running in Tokyo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Whenever I travel I always take my running shoes. Pounding the hotel treadmill is all well and good for fitness, but getting out and hitting the streets is really what I like. Not just good for the heart and lungs, running gives you an alternative way to […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Whenever I travel I always take my running shoes. Pounding the hotel treadmill is all well and good for fitness, but getting out and hitting the streets is really what I like. Not just good for the heart and lungs, running gives you an alternative way to […]