Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Sometimes it is just good to have a wintry winter – lots of snow and cold but crisp blue skies. Japan is a proper winter wonderland deep in powder snow, huge snowy mountain peaks, winter wildlife all topped off with outdoor hot spring baths, great food and […]
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5 reasons to visit Japan in the Autumn
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! 1. Stunning autumn leaves Often overlooked in favour of its blushing spring cousin, the autumn leaf-viewing season in Japan is just as spectacular — turning mountains, gardens and parks into blazing scenes of crimson, russet and gold. It also lasts a lot longer than the short-lived cherry […]
5 reasons to visit Japan in the summer
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Mt. Fuji
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I’m really not a person who likes the heat and before arriving in Japan last week, I was not looking forward to the hot weather. I checked the forecast just before I left the UK and saw they were predicting record temperatures – wonderful! Yet one week […]
Tsurui to Rausu: From cranes in the river to bears in the bath.
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! I recently finished leading the Winter Highlights tour of Hokkaido. This spectacular tour features snow monkeys in Nagano, ice sculptures in Sapporo and maiko-spotting in Kyoto. Those highlights get coverage elsewhere. So I have chosen to write about a tour day in eastern Hokkaido, one of the lesser known parts of Japan, […]
Greetings From a Winter Wonderland!
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After completing my first year with the company, which proved to be an extremely rewarding one with new challenges and experiences, I ended 2011 in the UK for a month – no surprises with the weather there – murky grey days that stingily offered a measly 36 […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After completing my first year with the company, which proved to be an extremely rewarding one with new challenges and experiences, I ended 2011 in the UK for a month – no surprises with the weather there – murky grey days that stingily offered a measly 36 […]