Zenbu Tours: Discover Japan’s Winter Wonderland
A review of January 2026’s 17 day Zenbu Kyo-za tour of Kyoto, Kanazawa and Noto Peninsula. And what a wondrous winterland it was. While reports
A review of January 2026’s 17 day Zenbu Kyo-za tour of Kyoto, Kanazawa and Noto Peninsula. And what a wondrous winterland it was. While reports
When the world gets back on its feet…. I’m fairly certain all of us who suffer from travel-lust (not just travel writers and tour operators)
Dear All, I have something to confess. It’s been almost 12 months since my last blogpost. I’m ashamed. And ever so sorry. It’s just that…
When it comes to accommodation in Japan the choice in style is quite stunning. Levels of hospitality are almost overwhelming (in a really good way)
We can’t seriously be at the end of June already? I swear we just arrived back from February’s Japan winter tour? Turns out…. no. We
Once again I’ve stolen an old post from my other blog eatspeakjl.blogspot.com to share with you a ryotei (traditional restaurant serving Kaiseki cuisine) I ate
Get off Kyoto’s well-worn tourist track and visit Tofukuji Temple renowned for its Zen moss and rock gardens designed by a famous Japanese garden architect.
I like to visit Ohara as regularly as I can. It’s just north of Kyoto city – about an hour in the bus from Kyoto
Disclaimer – this post was stolen from our other blog (eatspeakjl.blogspot.com) and was written in 2015 – but we just stumbled across it and thought
Okayama is famous for its castle (peeking over the shoulder of the tree on the right in the image below), sweet, sweet summer peaches, the
Every so often we get swept away with the colour in Japan. We cannot tell a lie. In fact it’s an every day occurrence whether
Earlier this year I had the great pleasure of introducing Fermentation Guru Sandor Katz to just a small snippet of some of Kyoto’s wonders. He