IJT Japan NewsThe director Hayao Miyazaki has been called `the god of anime` and `Japan`s most successful film-maker`. He`s been compared to Walt Disney, has won an Oscar and has even earned the respect of my two nieces. Yet he is not well-known in the UK or US.
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Check out these great T-shirts from Uniqlo. The company will donate approximately 100 million yen (£750,000) from the sales of these T-shirts to the Japanese Red Cross who are helping recovery efforts in Tohoku.
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Here is the latest blog piece from one of the InsideJapan team in our Nagoya office. The very talented Tomoko san gives us the background on wearing the traditional Japanese yukata. You may think that there is more to wearing the yukata, but Tomoko san tells us how it actually is….it is a good way [...]
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With the final of this year’s Tour de France approaching this weekend (Cavendish for the green jersey!), carbon guilt mounting and the last ditch attempt to get fit before summer holidays all in our mind right now, time is ripe for getting on your bike. Being based here in Bristol, first official cycling city of [...]
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Beautiful cherry blossom in spring, dramatic leaves in autumn – why travel to Japan at any other time?! Admittedly the hanami ‘cherry blossom viewing’ parties in April are great fun, and the weather is lovely and warm in November, but for me (this week at least) January is my new favourite month in Japan. Whilst [...]
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The Japanese people were delivered a sporting achievement to fill their hearts with pride and joy in the early hours of Monday morning. After all of the troubles and woes of the past months, it offered a much needed release and allowed expression of sheer elation, as the women’s national team triumphed at the football [...]
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InsideJapan Tours are pretty proud of how much we know about Japan and we think our passion shows through in what we do. We are very lucky to have been able to open up the door of Japanese discovery to other people and we are happy to say that those people return full of admiration [...]
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In Japan plastic, paper, PET bottles, aluminium and glass are collected and recycled by law. It’s easy to recycle while you are travelling through Japan. Public rubbish bins (trash cans) found in train stations or outside convenience stores are separated into containers for different materials. Most are labelled in English so you know what to [...]
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