Following on from the success of this year's Rugby World Cup, we take a look at some of the hotels and attractions set to open in 2020—the year of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games—as well as the latest train and aviation news!

Europe's largest airline in Japan travel will be making its seasonal Sapporo route a permanent, year-round service from 15 December 2019!

Tom returns to Tokyo, Japan's futuristic and funky capital for the final installment of his Tohoku adventure. After a bout of retail therapy in Shibuya, Tom scrambled to get his hands on anything and everything colourful in Harajuku, the pop-culture capital of the world; a whacky outfit for a trip to the equally whacky Kawaii Monster Cafe? Tom then paid a visit to leafy Meiji-jingu Shrine, before enjoying a late-night drink in one of Shinjuku's many cosy izakaya. Read on to find out more!

Tom is in Aomori for his fifth and final day in the Tohoku region before he does a full 180 and heads back to Tokyo. Well-regarded as one of Japan's most spectacular festivals, it was only right that Tom got involved in the festivities of the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri before snacking on some delicious sushi at the Furukawa Fish Market and slurping bowl after bowl of wanko soba in a timed challenge! Read on to find out what else Tom got up to in Aomori!

Tom is in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture for day four of his adventure across the beautiful Tohoku region. Running on island time was very much the theme of Tom's time in Ishinomaki as he made feline friends on a cat island, marvelled at some colourful local art along the Michinoku Coastal Trail and ate plenty of delicious food on a homestay. Read on to find out more!