Japan opens
Posted on 7th Nov 2022
Japan opened it’s borders to independent travelers from 11 October 2022. However, evidence of having had three approved vaccinations, or…
Japan travel advice
Posted on 12th Jul 2022
Japan Travel Advice 12 July 2022 About a month ago, on 10 June, the Japanese government announced the opening of…
Virus success?
Posted on 18th Oct 2021
News from Japan Today on 18 October 2021: https://japantoday.com/category/national/vaccines-masks-japan-puzzling-over-sudden-virus-success?
All fired up
Posted on 17th Mar 2021
O-mizutori, the 1200-year old, sacred water drawing ceremony observed annually in mid-March, has just been held at the Nigatsudo Hall,…
The desire to wander in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
Posted on 13th Apr 2020
Japan found – Shikoku and beyond
Posted on 27th Aug 2019
In Chapter 2, IYA VALLEY In Praise of Shadows, in Alex Kerr’s book Lost Japan (Lonely Planet, 1996), Alex says…