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Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Kabukiza Theatre, the beating heart of kabuki in Tokyo's glamorous Ginza district. With its sweeping curved roof and ornate facade rising above one of the world's most expensiv...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: the Yoshida Trail, the most popular route up Mount Fuji. Japan's highest mountain has four main climbing routes, and the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side is the one more tha...

Brought to you by a licensed tour conductor writer. This time, we explore Kibitsuhiko Jinja (吉備津彦神社), the Ichinomiya — the highest-ranked shrine — of the former Bizen Province, enshrined in Kita Ward, Okayama City. This ancient san...

Written by a licensed tour conductor, this travel guide takes you deep into the history and significance of Shuri Castle (Shurijo) in Naha, Okinawa. Severely damaged by fire in 2019, the castle has been undergoing painstaking reconstruct...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Kinojo (鬼ノ城, Kino-jo), a ghostly ancient mountain fortress rising above the plains of Soja City, Okayama Prefecture, where the legend of Momotaro — Japan's beloved Peach Boy...

This travel report is brought to you by a licensed Tour Conductor — a Japan-based professional who accompanies groups on tour, manages itineraries, and assists travellers through every stage of their journey. Today's destination is the r...

Travel insights from a tour conductor — today's destination: Katakurakan (片倉館), a designated National Important Cultural Property standing on the shores of Lake Suwa in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture. Inside a Western-style building tha...

Travel insights from a tour conductor. This guide covers Toyosu Market — the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market located in the Toyosu district of Koto Ward. How has the fish market tradition born in Nihonbashi during the Edo per...

Travel insights from a tour conductor - today's destination: Nihonbashi Muromachi 3-chome in Chuo, Tokyo — a compact neighborhood where the remnants of the Edo period merchant city are layered directly beneath one of the most polished mo...

As a licensed tour conductor who has accompanied countless families on weekend excursions across the Kanto region, I can say with confidence that Shimizu Park's Field Athletics in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, is one of the most genuinely...