On the face of it, Japan has something of an odd relationship with pizza. You can find pizza slices in...[ Click to read more ]
While sumo and baseball are the undoubted kings of Japanese sport, there is mounting evidence to say that, amongst the...[ Click to read more ]
Just 50 km southwest of Tokyo city center there lies an exquisite island of such natural beauty you wouldn't be...[ Click to read more ]
TJCS presents the 2016 Hanami in Kairaku Koen Tsu City, Mie Prefecture Date: Saturday, April 2nd ***Rain out: Sunday, April 3rd Start:...[ Click to read more ]
Just doing the math is mind-boggling. A family business for over 1,300 years. Yes, there have been some heirs adopted...[ Click to read more ]
Stretching across the coastline of the Seto Inland Sea, Akashi, located in southern Hyogo Prefecture is a small port city...[ Click to read more ]
Culture breaks down political barriers Putting aside various political differences, the Japanese people of late have been besotted by Korean...[ Click to read more ]
You have come all this way, why not learn the local language? Here are a few basic phrases to get...[ Click to read more ]
In his great comedic play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare calls music the food of love. Now, I'm not in the...[ Click to read more ]
As we have perhaps made abundantly clear in these pages over the years, Japan is very much a nation of...[ Click to read more ]