Like this post? Help us by sharing it! The Japanese don’t do public transport by halves – everything is reliably efficient and immaculately clean, and staff are kind to a fault. Why then, would you upgrade on the bullet train, the epitome of perfect public transport? Tour leader Mark Fujishige goes all out with a trip […]
Transport & Travelling
48 hours in Kagoshima
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few first-time Japan visitors make it down to the island of Kyushu, but with a subtropical climate, natural hot spring and beaches to boot, it’s well worth a visit. Travel consultant Laura explores the picturesque seaside city of Kagoshima. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Accessible travel: Japan for wheelchair users
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Few know what to expect on their first trip to Japan, but travelling in a wheelchair requires a little more forward planning. Lorna and her husband Mike share their experiences of accessible transport, accommodation and sightseeing in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Yakuzen: Healthy train travel in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! As far as Japanese public transport goes, nothing competes with the shinkansen (bullet train), but tour leader Mark Fujishige has found no end of novel ways to take to the tracks. As one of the world’s healthiest nations, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by the Yakuzen Resha […]
Driving in Japan on the Noto Peninsula
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! You’d like to see rural, rugged, remote Japan with beautiful scenery and centuries old tradition? Allow me to present a little-known area of Japan, The Noto Peninsula. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Getting a Japanese driver’s license as an American
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When tour leader, Brian moved to Japan from the US, he knew he’d need to take another driving test. But moving to the other side of the road was the least of his problems. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When tour leader, Brian moved to Japan from the US, he knew he’d need to take another driving test. But moving to the other side of the road was the least of his problems. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!