NATURAL FORESTS, World Heritage sites, a unique food culture and great shopping. These are just some of the reasons to visit Okinawa, a Japanese prefecture comprising 160 islands in the East... Continue Reading
Wearing only a thin, light robe, they wander to a spot on the beach. They lay down and close their eyes. Suddenly someone appears beside them with a shovel. In mere minutes they are buried, neck... Continue Reading
It’s almost a tourist right of passage in Japan: buy a drink from a vending machine, take a sip and realise that what you thought was a cold can of soft drink is actually a scalding hot can... Continue Reading
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) has announce a new multichannel marketing campaign featuring Olympic gold medallist and world champion Sally Pearson to promote Japan to Australian... Continue Reading
Stories relating to the atom bomb blast that effectively ended the Second World War are everywhere in Nagasaki. Yukiko’s is of her old school. Shiroyama Elementary was just 500 metres... Continue Reading
It’s a far cry from the its place as one of the world’s free market powerhouses, but for two centuries the only point at which trade with Japan existed was on a small island just off... Continue Reading
