by Jessica | Last updated Jun 19, 2026 | Japan Itinerary
Travelling anywhere for the first time as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community can come with its complications. But we’re happy to tell you that the hardest thing about travelling as a queer person in Japan is deciding where to go. The country is super safe no matter...
by Angelie | Last updated Jun 23, 2026 | Japan Experience Guides
Most people outside Japan grow up with a fairly cartoonish idea of what samurai and ninja actually were. Samurai become noble swordsmen in slow motion films, all silence and honour. Ninja become black clad shadows who can apparently vanish into smoke. I had the same...
by Rowan | Last updated Jun 18, 2026 | Japan Experience Guides
If you’re thinking about booking a knife-making experience during your Japan trip, we get it. It has all the ingredients of a memorable travel experience: craft, history, a hands-on activity, and a souvenir to take home. However, search “knife-making” on a booking...
by Angelie | Last updated Jun 17, 2026 | Japan Experience Guides, Japan Cultural Experiences
When you picture Japan, the geisha is probably one of the first things that come to mind. If the embarrassing videos of oblivious tourists hounding them along the streets of Kyoto are anything to go by, an encounter is clearly high on the list of things travellers...
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