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It's never too early to start planning the perfect summer holiday, and when you are on a budget, preparation is king and key. We share some tips and alternatives to help soften the blow to the wallet when travelling to Japan during this season.
Of all the mountains in Wakayama prefecture, Mount Koya has stood proudly as one of Japan’s most sacred sites ever since it was chosen by Japanese monk, Kobo Daishi, to build his Esoteric Buddhist dojo on over 1200 years ago. This great heritage can be experienced and appreciated in a wealth of activities where one can gain a better understanding of Japanese Buddhism.
Bullet Train, the film adaptation of Kotaro Isaka's pulse-pounding novel of the same name, has now arrived and is ready for boarding! While the train races its way from Tokyo to Kyoto we do get a small glimpse at some of the incredible places the film hurtles past at each of the stations it stops at en route from Tokyo to Kyoto but what is there to see and do in the destinations where the film is set?
Ask any Japanese person, and they’ll tell you that Aomori, on the northernmost tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu, is most famous as Japan’s ‘apple prefecture’, but there is so much more than apples to Aomori…
Take a guided stroll around some of Sapporo’s top sites, exploring its architectural heritage, scenery and nature spots, and food and drink on the way.
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