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InsideJapan Tours Japan has enough headline places, unique experiences, and rural idylls to fill a lifetime of adventures. We're ready when you are.

Let your imagination run wild, and then let us worry about how to make it happen. Take the trip of a lifetime with InsideJapan Tours, the market-leading Japan holidays and travel specialist, offering cultural adventures, unique group tours, tailored travel and cultural experiences that few get the chance to discover. Our team have had years of experience living, working and travelling in Japan, an

d we offer unrivalled advice and support, whatever your budget or personal interests. Our trips grant you the chance to experience both the popular and little-known aspects of Japanese culture, giving you an insight into the diverse character of the country. That's why many of you travel with us again and again, demonstrating Japan's lasting appeal and the wealth of sights and experiences on offer.

Kyoto camera roll 📸
04/09/2026

Kyoto camera roll 📸

02/09/2026

No itinerary. No rushing to the next sight. No need to be doing anything at all.
 
Just sitting, in Furukawa, watching life move quietly around you.
 
Sometimes the best moments in Japan are the ones where nothing really happens, so we always leave a little space in your itinerary to simply ‘be’.

In the Iwase district of Toyama City, one man refused to let his children inherit a struggling business in a declining a...
28/08/2026

In the Iwase district of Toyama City, one man refused to let his children inherit a struggling business in a declining area. As the fifth-generation owner of Masuda Sake Brewery, Ryuichiro Masuda took action – purchasing abandoned buildings and inviting top chefs to open restaurants in them 🍽

The result? Kaiseki, sushi, soba noodles, open-fire cooking, French, and Italian restaurants now all inhabit the once empty spaces. All are Michelin listed, and all serve his sake 🍶

People across Toyama aren’t merely preserving tradition – they’re actively shaping the future 🤝

Read more on our blog https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0xSztK0🔗

Japan through the eyes of the legendary Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026).Though she is no longer with us, you'll find her everyw...
27/08/2026

Japan through the eyes of the legendary Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026).

Though she is no longer with us, you'll find her everywhere across Japan. In museums and on islands. In quiet provincial cities and beside the sea. Pumpkins the size of small cars. Flowers that look like they’ve seen things. Polka dots multiplying until the world starts to feel slightly less certain than it did five minutes ago.

Building Kusama’s work into a Japan trip is the perfect way to pull you beyond the obvious stops.If you can, go to Matsumoto, her home town. Seeing her work there feels more connected to the artist than ticking off another major museum in Tokyo or Osaka.

So, go join the dots she's left across Japan. Stand beneath the flowers. Find the pumpkins. Get lost in the otherworldliness of it all.

In her own words, she was “the modern Alice in Wonderland", and her legendary works of art will forever be testament to her vibrant character.

26/08/2026

Japan expert Charlie gives us his take on the ultimate Japan debate: Tokyo or Kyoto? 

Tokyo for the energy, endless neighbourhoods, food and big-city buzz 🗼

Kyoto for temples, tradition, beautiful streets and a slower pace 🌸

Which would you pick - and why? 👇

🗣️The brief: “I want to stay somewhere that makes me forget what time it is.”📍The location: In Hida Furukawa, tucked awa...
25/08/2026

🗣️The brief: “I want to stay somewhere that makes me forget what time it is.”

📍The location: In Hida Furukawa, tucked away in the Japanese Alps, that means traditional ryokans, tatami floors, quiet mornings and streets where koi drift through the canals alongside you. It’s slower here. Quieter. The kind of place that makes you wonder why you were in such a rush.

A Japanese cultural adventure with us is not about skipping the iconic destinations, it’s about making room for places like this too. Come for the mountains. Stay for a taste of a very different Japan.

Every town with cows in Japan will tell you they have the best beef.Hida might actually have a point (don’t tell the oth...
21/08/2026

Every town with cows in Japan will tell you they have the best beef.

Hida might actually have a point (don’t tell the others we said that).

This is the main event in a kaiseki dinner at Yatsusankan, a traditional ryokan in the Japanese Alps. Course after course of beautifully prepared, seasonal food - and then the Hida beef arrives, cooked simply and outrageously good 🥢

We’ve eaten our fair share of kaiseki in Japan. This was one of those meals that stops you in your tracks. And exactly the sort of place we want you to know about, where most people don't.

So you think you know rice...Then you head out into the fields with a local grower, learn how he plants it, checks the c...
19/08/2026

So you think you know rice...

Then you head out into the fields with a local grower, learn how he plants it, checks the crop and knows when it’s doing well. Back at his café, you start to realise just how much comes from this one grain - vinegar, sake, and plenty more 🍶

Then he lifts the lid on the nabe and you taste his own rice, freshly cooked and straight from the fields you just walked through 🌾

Simple, warm, still rice. But completely different now you know the story behind it. This is the kind of thing we love building into a trip - meeting the people behind the food, seeing where it comes from, then eating it exactly where it belongs 🍚

📍 Ember Cafe, Takayama

The term "bar hopping" may not sound particularly elegant, but it’s actually the expected way to explore Hachinohe’s int...
17/08/2026

The term "bar hopping" may not sound particularly elegant, but it’s actually the expected way to explore Hachinohe’s intricate network of lively alleyways. Unlike many nightlife districts where you settle into one venue, the custom in Hachinohe is to have:

☝️ one drink
✌️ one or two small dishes
👉 move to the next place

The experience is more about getting a feel for each place than finding the "best bar". Let a local guide lead the way through Hachinohe's backstreet bars.

With each round and regional dish already lined up, you'll spend less time choosing and more time talking to the people who keep these places alive.

Will you be adding Hachinohe to your list?

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