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Travellers’ Tales
Paul’s adventures in Japan: Discovering Karuizawa & Ise
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Paul is a team leader in our Bristol office. He recently returned from another fantastic trip to Japan, where as well as rediscovering the incredible sights, sounds and tastes of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, he was able to get slightly off the regular tourist trail to discover […]
After the tsunami: Revisiting Onagawa
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Stephen Phelan is a journalist with close ties to Japan – he once lived in Kanazawa, and has volunteered in the tsunami-stricken Tohoku region various times. As the sixth anniversary of the disaster approaches, he revisits the town of Onagawa to catch up with some of the residents […]
Yamadera: A day trip from Sendai (part one)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In my last blog piece about the wonders of Hakodate, the gateway city to Hokkaido, I recommended stopping-off in Sendai on the way there from Tokyo, and promised another blog with my reasons why. Well, I’m a man of my word, so here’s another blog (actually there […]
Shopping in Japan: Nippori Fabric Town
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Nippori Fabric Town
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Claire Brothers is one of our senior travel consultants. She spent five years living in Kyoto, but is now based in our Bristol office – where she spends her free time making dresses out of vintage kimono fabric picked up on her travels. On her most recent […]
A solo pilgrimage: Walking the Kumano Kodo
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Following in the footsteps of samurai and priests, Ali Muskett goes in search of a spiritual side of Japan as she walks the pilgrimage routes of the Kumano Kodo. This article originally appeared in issue #2 of East, the Inside Asia Tours magazine. Subscribe for free or […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Following in the footsteps of samurai and priests, Ali Muskett goes in search of a spiritual side of Japan as she walks the pilgrimage routes of the Kumano Kodo. This article originally appeared in issue #2 of East, the Inside Asia Tours magazine. Subscribe for free or […]