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Differences between Western & Japanese Gardens

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In this excerpt from our “Gardens & Galleries of Japan” Travel Webinar, our travel guide and Japanese gardening expert Saori tries to outline the differences in style and philosophy behind typical western  and Japanese style gardens. In general Japanese garden tries to reflect the natural landscapes in the countryside, but the western garden cares less about trying to look natural.

To learn more about this gardens & galleries small group tour, see our entire travel webinar here or check out our latest pricing and travel dates for this small group tour here.

8 Facts About Vending Machines in Japan

Incredible Volume of Vending Machines With over 5,520,000 vending machines in Japan, there is about 1 vending machine for every 23 people in the country. Their initial popularity can be explained by a number of factors, such as their long-running national love of all things robotic and their love of convenience at any cost. But […]Read more...

Osaka VS Hiroshima – Which Okonomiyaki Style do you like?

Roughly speaking, Osaka-style okonomiyaki mixes the ingredients with the dough, while Hiroshima-style places the ingredients on the crepe-like dough. In Hiroshima style, you put ingredients on a round crape. It features to use bean sprout and noodle. In Osaka style, noodles and bean sprout are not used and the ingredients are mixed well with though. […]Read more...

Escape to Aomori

Aomori City is the northernmost prefectural capital city on Honshu, Japan's main island. An important port city, situated on Mutsu Bay, Aomori is bordered by the Hakkoda mountain range. The city centre is home to craft shops, department stores, and trendy clothing stores on the side streets. It is also home to an old-fashioned market with an array of stalls selling a variety of fish and mountains of Aomori Prefecture's most famous product: delicious oversized apples.Read more...

Kakunodate

Join our 4th Japan travel talk of the season. Learn from the experts where to find the best winter resorts in the world. Hokkaido is renowned all over the world for having the best powder snow.Read more...
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