A yaki-niku feast

Japan is a fabulous place to eat. No two ways about it. You are never more than a stone’s throw from a fabulous restaurant and tonight was no exception. The tour I am leading (Cherry Blossom in Imperial Japan) has been going fabulously well with gorgeous weather and a lovely group of people. But it [...]

Kitsch, cute, cool, bizarre? Or just plain naf?

Japan seems to have a glut of cruising boats themed around ancient sailing vessels. Today I was on a boat at Kashikojima on the Ise Peninsula called the Espana Cruise, sailing out into the beautiful island-studded Ago Bay. Yet despite a commendable level of effort and attention to detail in the building of this modern [...]

Get beneath the surface – the IJT blog is here!

It has been some time in coming but finally InsideJapan Tours have a blog. And we intend to use it! So much about Japan continues to inspire me. It seems like an age ago (it is just coming up for 9 years) that I finished teaching in Japan and returned to the UK with my [...]

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