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Business lunches on the goJul 22, 2010 • 3 min read
You’re bored of boardroom sandwich platters, instant coffee, and water from crushable plastic cups. So forego the usual lunchtime doldrums on your next…
Japan Travel Stories
- foodA perfect day in Tokyo
Jul 15, 2010 • 3 min read
Lacking the geometric precision of gridded streets, the dense sprawl of Tokyo can be mind-blowing to the uninitiated. But the key to breaking down this…
- beachesTop 10 hot springs in Japan
Jul 13, 2010 • 4 min read
Hot water percolates up out of the ground from one end of Japan to the other. The Japanese word for a hot spring is onsen, and there are more than 3000 of…
- artKyoto's living art of the geisha
Jul 12, 2010 • 2 min read
Catching a glimpse of a geisha scurrying to an appointment in the narrow streets of Kyoto's Gion entertainment district is a moment of pure magic. With…
- Don't miss...cycling around Kyoto
Mar 24, 2010 • 2 min read
In this extract from the Lonely Planet guide Discover Japan, Taga Kazuo, founder of Kyoto Cycling Tour Project and author, tell you the sights to hit on a…