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Experience Traditional Washi Paper Making in Japan

Washi is the light, strong traditional Japanese paper made by hand from the inner-bark fibers of three plants. The name washi literally means “Japanese paper”. Today most paper in Japan is made in large automated mills, but a few hundred families in rural villages continue to make washi in the traditional way. A washi paper-making workshop experience, in the countryside, taught by a family with […]

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10 Unique Japanese Culinary Experiences in Japan

Japan is well known for its unique food culture and incredible selection of restaurants. In the 2021 Michelin Guide rankings, Tokyo is once again leading as the city with the most Michelin-starred restaurants, with over 212 listed in the Michelin directory in Tokyo alone and an incredible 413 different Michelin star ranked restaurants in Japan.  […]

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10 Most Popular Sports in Japan

The sporting world is focused on Tokyo right now with the Tokyo Olympics 2020 finally taking place  (albeit over a year late and under continued difficult circumstances). Japan has a history of hosting great sports events before with the 1964 Olympics, the 1972 and 1998 winter olympics, the 2002 Soccer world cup and the 2019 […]

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Thinking About Climbing Mt Fuji?

Besides Mt Everest, Mt Fuji is probably the most well known and certainly the most easily recognisable mountain in the world. Unlike many mountains that form a peak in a range of mountains, Mt Fuji stands alone, a near perfect conical shape that appears to look almost the same from all sides. This is in […]

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Final Countdown to the Tokyo Olympics

The road has been long and winding leading to the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. 1 year late, massively over budget and going ahead despite ongoing worries about low vaccination rates, the games have lost the support of most of the Japanese public who think the timing is still not right. But as the clock ticks down, […]

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The Kumano Kodo Ancient Hiking Trails

The below is an excerpt from one of our recent online travel webinars where we were joined by a guest speaker from Japan who happened to be a tourism expert in the Kii Peninsula. Kumano Kodo is an ancient network of pilgrimage trails located in Kii Mountain Range, south to Osaka in Kansai area. The […]

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Differences between Western & Japanese Gardens

In this excerpt from our “Gardens & Galleries of Japan” Travel Webinar, our travel guide and Japanese gardening expert Saori tries to outline the differences in style and philosophy behind typical western  and Japanese style gardens. In general Japanese garden tries to reflect the natural landscapes in the countryside, but the western garden cares less […]

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Tokyo Ramen Tours

In late 2020, we hosted a “Taste of Japan” travel webinar with a few special guests including Frank from Tokyo Ramen Tours. Interestingly enough, Ramen is a relatively new dish in Japan, being just over 100 years old. The big four type of ramen include soy sauce ramen, salt ramen,  tonkotsu (pork bones) ramen and […]

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