Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Mount Tateyama: Heaven or Hell? Hagino Baker puts on her walking boots to learn about this much-fabled and mysterious part of Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Travellers’ Tales
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 […]
Cycling in Japan: Awaji Island
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Earlier this year, InsideJapan directors Alastair Donnelly and Simon King donned their Lycra to spend a few days exploring the little-discovered cycling hotspot of Awaji. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
8 places to find Britain in Japan
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! UK traveller, Catherine Butler found herself in a parallel world at these 8 surprising examples of Britain in Japan. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Onsen with tattoos: Tattoo-friendly ryokans in Hakone
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tattoos are increasingly popular in Japan, but connections between body art and the yakuza still exist, and at many onsen (hot spring baths) they are still prohibited. Travel consultant and tattoo enthusiast, Scott travelled to Hakone, home of hot spring baths, in search of ryokans where him and his tattoos would be […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tattoos are increasingly popular in Japan, but connections between body art and the yakuza still exist, and at many onsen (hot spring baths) they are still prohibited. Travel consultant and tattoo enthusiast, Scott travelled to Hakone, home of hot spring baths, in search of ryokans where him and his tattoos would be […]