News & Tips
News & Tips
Festival dates, what is open when, and the practical things nobody tells you until you are already standing there. Written by the guides who run the tours.
Reading a sake label without pretending
Junmai, ginjo, daiginjo, and the polishing ratio: the four things on a bottle that actually tell you how it will taste.
How much does a private guide in Japan actually cost?
Nobody publishes this, so here it is: what a licensed guide costs per day, what is extra, and why the quoted figure is never…
The Fox Procession: what actually happens on 31 December in Oji
Two hundred people in fox masks walk to a shrine at midnight, and almost no visitor to Tokyo knows about it. Here is the…