Tsurui to Rausu: From cranes in the river to bears in the bath.

Posted on 22 February, 2012 by tomointokyo

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, yet one full of incredible encounters.   Our lodgings [...]

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Greetings From a Winter Wonderland!

Posted on 13 February, 2012 by sdparker1972

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 minutes of sunlight each! Similarly, yet in stark [...]

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