Erwin Miyasaka

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Since returning from Japan earlier this year, Brock has been flying the flag high for little-visited Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island. Four highlights of Hokkaido Even if you are on a second or third trip to Japan, the country’s northernmost island of Hokkaido still probably isn’t top of […] The post Where to go in Hokkaido? Four top tips appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Pokémon is one of the most iconic examples of otaku culture. Whether you remember trying to trade Pokémon with friends in the playground or looking for the faintest light to illuminate your screen on a long drive, odds are you’ve played Pokémon at some point, or at […] The post Welcome to the Pokémon Center DX Tokyo appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Back in 2015, Courtney and Michael Adamo did what many dream of; they sold their belongings to travel the world. But this was no gap year – the Adamo’s also had four children at the time (a fifth has come along since), making this journey to five […] The post Family travel: Courtney and Michael Adamo in Japan appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When tour leader, Brian moved to Japan from the US, he knew he’d need to take another driving test. But moving to the other side of the road was the least of his problems. Getting my driver’s license was no easy task. Luckily, I already had my […] The post Getting a Japanese driver’s license as an American appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In the first issue of East, we held a competition to win a holiday to Japan, now the lucky winners have made a video of their epic family adventure. Today is the International Day of Families – watching the Furners have fun is the next best thing […] Visit the article quoted by Erwin Myasaka. The post Video: Family travel in Japan appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Vending machines, useful but mundane? In Japan, tour leader Steve Parker insists they’re a tourist attraction in their own right. Vending machines in Japan Japan has a reputation as a convenience consumer society; there is perhaps no better example of this than the country’s vending machines or […] The post Guide to Japanese vending machines appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Having sent travellers to Japan for nearly 20 years, we have arranged trips of all shapes and sizes. But even we were surprised to hear about Dave Cornthwaite’s 1052 mile adventure around Japan on a scooter. A kick scooter that is. I caught up with the author […] The post Japan by scooter: Interview with Dave Cornthwaite appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

People like Hell. Most religions seem to have one, and depicting it is a classic way of instructing the masses about the wages of sin. Reproducing these images is popular with modern folk for different reasons. My students seem to find it easy to identify with pictures of victims suffering horrible torment at the hands of demonic creatures. One book I have been looking at recently is Hell in Japanese Art by Ryouji Kajitani et.al. This is a really good book if you like Japanese Hell. They reproduce a bunch of Japanese paintings and scrolls of Hell and judgement. As a book to pull images from it is mixed. They have good, high-quality reproductions, provide provenance (or at least dates) and reproduce and translate the texts. They don’t really explain the evolution of these images, and the binding sometimes gets in the way if you want to scan something for use in class. Still, there is lots of good stuff here. Lots of torment One of the things I noticed right off is that a lot of thi...

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Our tour leaders have been busy this spring taking travellers across the length and breadth of Japan. From traditional temples and shrines, to cherry blossom flavoured coffee and Hokusai nail art, they’ve been keeping us updated from the road with plenty of photographs. For more wanderlust-inducing photographs, […] The post On the road again: Japan in spring appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente

Stephen Turnbull, noted author of ninja books from a military history perspective, riddles his former work with shuriken in the remarkable new NINJA: UNMASKING THE MYTH. Ver fuente

Like this post? Help us by sharing it! My wife and I lived in Japan for three years before moving to Australia, and I travel back most years so like to think I know it pretty well. With toddler in tow it wasn’t quite the worry-free visits of our pre-parenting days, but we had an […] The post Tokyo with a toddler: Four top tips appeared first on InsideJapan Blog . Ver fuente