There are many, many ways to see Japan, but I think I've just experienced my favourite: on foot. In late September/early October 2023, I undertook a six-day trip with Walk Japan, on the Self-Guided Basho Wayfarer walk around Sendai. And it was brilliant! In this episode, I give an overview of …
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Legoland Japan: A great reason to visit Nagoya with kids
My son is simultaneously one of the most Lego-obsessed and also the most spoilt kids in the world, because in his nine years he's been able to visit Legoland theme parks in three different countries (soon to be four. Oh my!!!). I desperately hope that this will be the introduction to his …
The life-changing magic of taking my son to Japan
Since 2010 I've been working on a really important project: I've been educating (or really, brainwashing) my son, since his birth in 2010, to fall in love with Japan. Japan is a country that's really important to me, after living and working there for a couple of years in my twenties, and …