Japan truly is a must-see destination, with more weird and whacky snippets than any other country in the world. Where else can you come across a vending machine where you can purchase underwear or beer?   Japan is famous for their high-speed trains, sumo wrestlers, sushi, cherry blossom festivals, samurai swords, ninjas, castles, temples and their super-speedy internet, anime and manga, and the list goes on. There is no chance that you will be bored whilst in Japan.   There are so many weird and wonderful things to experience in Japan, with countless things to see, including Mt Fuji, the Himeji-jo castle, the Tokyo national […]

Traveling abroad gives the opportunity to appreciate other cultures and obviously have a good time. One of the world’s great cities well worth a visit is the Japanese capital Tokyo. The metropolitan area of Tokyo has a population in excess of 12 million, but that figure mushrooms to around three times that figure for Greater Tokyo, making it one of the largest populated urban areas in the world, which can be bewildering for the stranger.   Another major difference likely to baffle visitors is the language. Japanese is from a completely different linguistic family than English and while the written language looks very picturesque it does not have an alphabet as English speakers know it. These differences, however, should be […]