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Japan opens

Japan opened it’s borders to independent travelers from 11 October 2022. However, evidence of having had three approved vaccinations, or…

Japan travel advice

Japan Travel Advice 12 July 2022 About a month ago, on 10 June, the Japanese government announced the opening of…

Virus success?

News from Japan Today on 18 October 2021: https://japantoday.com/category/national/vaccines-masks-japan-puzzling-over-sudden-virus-success?

All fired up

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

Japan found – Shikoku and beyond

In Chapter 2, IYA VALLEY In Praise of Shadows, in Alex Kerr’s book Lost Japan (Lonely Planet, 1996), Alex says…