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Winter fun in the Land of the Rising Sun

Winter fun in the Land of the Rising Sun

With each winter, Japan becomes better known for its supreme snow conditions, which can last from November to as late as April across northern Honshu and Hokkaido.

Japan - The ultimate winter destination

With each winter, Japan becomes a little better known for its supreme snow conditions, which can last from November to as late as April across northern Honshu and Hokkaido.

Family fun in the Land of the Rising Sun

Bright lights in big cities; courteous people and clean streets; bullet trains and cable cars; animation and wild animals; futons on tatami flooring and Japanese kimono; make-your-own pancakes and all-you-can-eat ice cream parlours; fireworks and festivals; Geisha and gizmos; awesome architecture and mammoth department stores; mountains, jungle and tropical beaches, and a whole load more.

Explore Japan's autumnal blaze of glory

Explore Japan's autumnal blaze of glory

We all know about Japan's stunning cherry blossom season in spring but, come autumn, when the maple trees blaze into vivid displays of scarlet, saffron and gold, the gardens of Japan also put on a spectacular show of autumnal colours.

Discover the art of ceramics and pottery in Japan

Japan Journeys has created an exclusive 10-night Japan Ceramics Tour featuring privately guided visits to some of the country's most culturally significant ceramics sights.

Gap year travel in Japan

Last year's rise in university tuition fees coupled with high youth unemployment levels has led to an increase in gap years, according to specialist operator Japan Journeys.

InsideJapan Tours & Virgin Atlantic launch 'Blog to Japan' competition

InsideJapan Tours and Virgin Atlantic are launching a competition for an imaginative and creative blogger, plus blogging companion, to win a 19-night trip to Japan.

InsideJapan Tours redesigns the escorted experience

Destination specialist InsideJapan Tours offers such a wide range of unique small group itineraries that choosing the right tour for the best value can sometimes be confusing.

Japan's Tohoku - a little-known treasure trove

Tohoku in northern Japan is probably better-known for the tsunami that devastated its coastline than for its inland rural beauty.

Japan: Follow in the steps of Emperors on a self-guided walk

Japan: Follow in the steps of Emperors on a self-guided walk

Oxalis Holidays has launched a new self-guided walking adventure on an ancient pilgrimage trail in the Kumano region of Japan.

Mount Fuji rocks

Mount Fuji rocks

Rock up at one of the best music festivals in the world, Fuji Rock, and then regain composure at the top of the eponymous sacred mountain.

Tourism to Japan is recovering

Tourism to Japan is recovering

One-year on from the devastating Tohoku disasters, InsideJapan Tours is delighted to announce its most buoyant February in all of its twelve-year history and an 8% increase in February sales compared with the same month in 2011.

Hotel Okura Tokyo celebrates its 50th anniversary in May 2012

On 20th May 2012, the five-star Hotel Okura Tokyo, flagship property for Japanese hotel company Hotel Okura Co. Ltd, will proudly celebrate its 50th anniversary. To celebrate this landmark event, the hotel has created a series of special events and services.

Japanese culinary coup

Masterchef Winner and Japanophile, Tim Anderson teams up with InsideJapan Tours to create a new food and travel experience.

Sub-zero Japan

Sub-zero Japan

Delicate cherry blossom in the spring, a festival-packed summer, autumn leaves ablaze - and what about the winter?