Winter Tours 2024-2025 Browse by date Select a date Things to Do in Japan - Top Tours and Activities Japan offers an alluring combination of tradition and modernity. From the sky-scraping towers of Tokyo to the temples of Kyoto, and the rapid shinkansen (bullet train) to leisurely rickshaws...
Kanazawa is the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, located on north coast at the top of Central Japan. Under three hours from both Tokyo and Osaka by train,Kanazawa Stationis a convenient transport hub from where to explore the city and region. TheHokuriku Shinkansenservice runs to Kanazawa f...
This is no doubt going to be one of my most memorable excursions, every time I have visited Japan it’s always been during summer so this time I got a chance to spend a couple of weeks during winter, we get snow where I live but this is the next level and Shinhotaka Ropeway was ...
Nagano is located in the heart of Japan’s largest island, Honshu, and borders the prefectures of Niigata, Toyama, Gifu, Aichi, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, Saitama, and Gunma. Although situated in central Japan, Nagano’s northernmost edges extend into the Hokuriku region, an area of prefectures borde...
I arrived in Matsumoto on a cold night, the chill of winter still enveloping the streets, a breath of rain in the air. The mountain cold was disorienting after having arrived from a distinctly warmer Tokyo, on a bus that seemed to trundle endlessly past dark stretches of countryside. ...
Takayama is a small but popular destination for both Japanese and international travellers. Located in Gifu Prefecture,Takayama Stationlies around 300km / 5 hours to the north-west of Tokyo and 90 to 110km / 2 hours to the south of Toyama and Kanazawa. Sometimes referred to as ‘Hida-Takaya...
The historic village features Gassho-style farmhouses spanning Gifu to Toyama, and whose slanted thatched roofs resemble hands in prayer. The houses look fascinating in winter when they are covered in snow. They are spread across 68 hectares of an isolated valley fringed by the Sho River and ...
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Shaftesbury’s Saxon Benedictine Abbey was founded by King Alfred in 888AD for his daughter Aethelgifu. At its peak, the Abbey was the largest women’s religious community in England. The foundations of the Grade I listed walls remain and a visit to Shaftesbury Abbey Museum will reveal what...
part of Toyota City as early as the 1500s. The mountainous Obara area had little cultivatable land for crops, but had clean water and plenty ofkozotrees, the most popular fiber used in washi production, and it was the perfect means of creating job security during the colder winter months....