IJT Japan NewsI started work at InsideJapan one year and five days ago (how time has flown!), and I remember in my and Natasha’s induction week, we were told that we would be moving offices very soon. Due to events this year, we didn’t move quite as soon as we had imagined, but I am delighted to [...]
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In an attempt to raise a little bit more money for the Japan Relief fund, a number of us at IJT signed up to take on the challenge of a Half Marathon. The Bristol Crew has one more week to get their legs ready, but mine happened to be today, in the form of the [...]
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With wedding fever well and truly upon us last week, here in the UK office we started wondering about how Japanese weddings work. Maddy interviewed Tomoko from our Japan office, who got married in November 2009. She kindly provided us with the following fascinating information, and let us show you her beautiful photos. Arigatou Tomoko! [...]
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All of our group tours go far beyond scratching the surface of Japan’s beautiful culture but the Japan Unmasked tour is truly magical. The three photos below show only a few of the adventures we had along the way…. hot springs, snow monkeys, fish markets, bike rides through the countryside, boat rides, karaoke, great food, [...]
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Whilst the headlines have been screaming of imminent and impending doom, all the reports we have been receiving have been of life in the capital returning rapidly to normal, of the Japanese just “getting on with it”. Could this possibly be true? I went to Japan to find out! As I touched down at Narita [...]
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It has been almost a month since the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) took the precaution of advising against travelling to Tokyo, but restrictions have finally been lifted. InsideJapan Tours are grateful to the UK government for being the first to react, but have been frustrated for weeks in the knowledge that Tokyo has been safe [...]
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Working in travel is a job with many benefits. Our job here at InsideJapan Tours basically boils down to providing amazing experiences for people and making people happy, which is why I wanted to work in travel in the first place. However, every now and again I have the opportunity myself to travel to new [...]
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I recently took a well earned two weeks break to visit my family who live in Kobe and I took the opportunty to visit my Japanese colleagues – Ayako-san, Miho-san, Tetsuko-san and Tomoko-san at our Japan Office in Nagoya. I had spoken to them frequently by email and Skype but we had never met before, [...]
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