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In late September and early October, Unique Japan Tours joined a familiarization trip organised by the Japan National Tourist Organisation. The purpose of these trips is to introduce new, unique places in Japan to promote trips there. The familiarization trip
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JNTO FamTrip 2015: Shodoshima
By Unique Japan Tours on 20/10/2015 in Japan, Beauty, History, Himeji, Knowledge, Travel, Tours, Autumn, Castle, Culture, Testimonial, Food, Tea House, Awa Odori, Tokushima, Gardens, Olive, Somen, Shodoshima, Round Up
In late September and early October, Unique Japan Tours joined a familiarization trip organised by the Japan National Tourist Organisation. The purpose of these trips is to introduce new, unique places in Japan to promote trips there. The familiarization trip
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JNTO FamTrip 2015: Iya Valley & Tokushima
By Unique Japan Tours on 16/10/2015 in Beauty, Himeji, Knowledge, Travel, Tours, Autumn, Castle, Culture, Tea House, Awa Odori, Tokushima, Gardens, Kurashiki, Okayama, Old Town, Cherry blossom, Dancing
In late September and early October, Unique Japan Tours joined a familiarization trip organised by the Japan National Tourist Organisation. The purpose of these trips is to introduce new, unique places in Japan to promote trips there. The familiarization trip
…JNTO FamTrip 2015: Okayama & Kurashiki
By Unique Japan Tours on 13/10/2015 in Beauty, Himeji, Knowledge, Travel, Tours, Autumn, Castle, Culture, Tea House, Awa Odori, Gardens, Kurashiki, Okayama, Old Town, Cherry blossom
In late September and early October, Unique Japan Tours joined a familiarization trip organised by the Japan National Tourist Organisation. The purpose of these trips is to introduce new, unique places in Japan to promote trips there. The familiarization trip …
JNTO Familiarization Trip 2015
By Unique Japan Tours on 07/10/2015 in Japan, Beauty, History, Himeji, Knowledge, Travel, Tours, Autumn, Castle, Culture, Testimonial, Food, Tea House, Awa Odori, Tokushima, Gardens, Round Up, Kurashiki, Okayama
In late September and early October, Unique Japan Tours joined a familiarization trip organised by the Japan National Tourist Organisation. The purpose of these trips is to introduce new, unique places in Japan to promote trips there. The familiarization trip
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Towns of Japan: Kawayu Onsen
By Unique Japan Tours on 21/08/2015 in Summer, Japan, Traditions, Beauty, History, Knowledge, Travel, Samurai, Tours, Culture, Hiking, People, Winter, Onsen
The Kumano Kodo is a religious experience in itself, a multi-day mountain hike (though you can also go by bus), following in the footsteps of royalty, visiting some of the most magnificent temples and shrines on the islands of Japan.
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Japanese Pilgrimage Route: The Kumano Kodo
By Unique Japan Tours on 24/07/2015 in Osaka, Japan, Traditions, Beauty, History, Knowledge, Travel, Samurai, Tours, Culture, Hiking, Shrine, Religion, Nara, Kyoto, Buddhism, Shinto, Ritual
The Kumano Kodo are a series of pilgrimage trails, located in the Kansai region of Japan, south of Kyoto and Nara. Kumano is the name of the area, and “kodo” means the “old ways”, so the name literally translates as
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Autumn Foods in Japan
By Unique Japan Tours on 28/04/2015 in Japan, Traditions, Knowledge, Travel, Autumn, Food, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Service
Autumn is one of our favourite seasons to eat in Japan. Sanma, the long, sleek fish (pacific saury in English), grilled with salt. The crisp skin cracks under the pressure from your chop stick, and you come away with …

New Japan Discovered Autumn Date
By Unique Japan Tours on 26/04/2015 in UJT News, Japan, Beauty, Knowledge, Travel, Tours, Autumn, Castle, Culture, Takayama, Kyoto, Matsumoto
Unique Japan Tours have just launched a New Autumn date for their most popular Small Group Tour to Japan (Japan Discovered), starting on October 28th. This will be the perfect time to see some of the best Japan …

Autumn in Japan
By Unique Japan Tours on 23/04/2015 in UJT News, Summer, Festivals, Japan, Tokyo, Beauty, Knowledge, Travel, Tours, Culture, Takayama, Edo, Gifts
After the heat of the summer months, autumn offers a welcome respite to the Japanese. There are a few popular axioms, shokuyoku no aki, dokusho no aki and finally supotsu no aki. They basically mean autumn is for
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