Shikoku Return
Zenbu Tours is back from November’s inaugural Shikoku and the Art Islands tour and it took our breath away! Come take a look. Perhaps you’d like to join us in 2024?
Zenbu Tours is back from November’s inaugural Shikoku and the Art Islands tour and it took our breath away! Come take a look. Perhaps you’d like to join us in 2024?
In Japan I regularly find myself swooning over accommodations with ‘it’ – there’s often an indescribable attraction or connection with the place. It could be
Recently I had the pleasure of writing a story about gorgeous Nara for Escape – you can read it HERE. If you haven’t already visited
Learn to cook Japanese home style dishes with Japanophile food and travel writer Jane Lawson at the Cooks Cooking School in Bowral – March 21 & 22 2018
A couple of months ago I wrote a story about the little paradise of Rarotonga for Escape.com.au. We had a stupendously relaxing time on the tropical
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
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