IJT Japan NewsHere is a selection of some of the Haiku that my Spring Elegance tour group came up with in a semi-inebriated state during our last dinner together. Drink Japanese sake, Eat tempura, sashimi, You are Japanese. We were very dry, Our yen pieces at the ready, Vending machines – great! If you want [...]
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I am sure that by now, you have realised what a talented bunch we are at IJT….if not, please don’t judge me on my picture on the website staff profiles! Anyway, IJT UK’s newest member Rie Fujimoto recently returned to Japan for the first time after moving to the UK and wanted to share her [...]
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People on my trips often comment on how few dogs they see in Japan – by that I think they mean what they might consider as “real” dogs; Red Setters with dribbling jowls bounding across parkland to fetch a ball, Labradors rolling around in the grass, perhaps even the ugly and menacing presence of the [...]
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I am going to finish the 10 reasons why Japan is so great with another broad but a valid reason. Japan is bursting with new experiences for even the most intrepid of travellers. When you go for dinner, walk to the shop, get on the train and from when you wake to when you go [...]
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Once again, this overlaps with other categories such as culture and the people, but it is one aspect of Japan that is obvious in every day life and deserves a big mention. At the risk of sounding too much like an old man here, I think that the respect shown by Japanese, young and old, [...]
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Having already mentioned the fact that culture and tradition are so prevalent in everyday life everywhere in Japan this is pretty similar but worth a mention on its own I think. Japan is a working synchronisation of old and new which is witnessed everywhere, but especially so in some of the big cities. I don’t [...]
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When people think of Japan, they usually think of the excitement of Tokyo or the mix of temples and city of Kyoto, but many people don’t think about the rest of the often stunning countryside that you will find in the Japan archipelago. Japan is 70 percent mountainous which means that, in a country that [...]
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As I have said before, this list is in no particular order, but food has got to be high on anyone’s list of reasons why Japan is so great. Tokyo and the Kansai region including Kyoto, Osaka and Nara have ensured that Japan has got the most Michelin rated restaurants in the world and the [...]
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Doesn’t sound particularly exciting, but this factor does stand out when you are travelling in Japan. Tokyo is home to approximately 30 million people and is one of the biggest cities in the word, but there are no ‘dodgy areas’ to accidently walk into. In fact, I would say that you can happily walk about [...]
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This is pretty broad again, but has to be mentioned among the reasons as to why Japan is so great – The people. I won’t go on about the Japanese stoicism and other clichés, but will try and explain a bit about my experience with Japanese people and what makes them so damn nice. This [...]
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