執筆者 Darina Oomi | 9月 22, 2020 | カテゴリーなし
‘Traditional & Tropical Japan’ Travel Talk Thursday, October 01, 2020 @ 11.00 & 19.00 Dublin/London [GMT+1] Duration: 1-Hour Our team at Unique Japan Tours were delighted to conduct their 3rd Webinar of the season, with special guest speakers from...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 8月 7, 2020 | カテゴリーなし
‘Ancient Trails of Japan’ Travel Talk Wednesday, August 12, 2020 @ 10:00 Dublin/London [GMT+1] [Alternative Time zones] Brisbane, Perth, Singapore: 17:00 / Sydney: 19:00 / Wellington NZ 21:00 / Dubai 13:00 We are delighted to announce our 2nd Webinar of...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 7月 24, 2015 | カテゴリーなし
The Kumano Kodo are a series of pilgrimage trails, located in the Kansai region of Japan, south of Kyoto and Nara. Kumano is the name of the area, and “kodo” means the “old ways”, so the name literally translates as the old ways of Kumano. The trails were, and still...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 7月 17, 2015 | カテゴリーなし
In our last blog post we talked about the Gokaido, the five routes built in the Edo period of Japan, which connected the capital of Edo, modern Tokyo, with the outer provinces of the country. We also talked about the Tokaido, one of the two routes connecting the old...
執筆者 Darina Oomi | 7月 15, 2015 | カテゴリーなし
In 1601, soon after he came into power, the Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu started to build five routes connecting the capital of Edo (modern day Tokyo), with the other provinces. These routes were essential for the success of the Sankin-Kotai system, where lords would have...
