TRAVELING TUESDAYS: INTERVIEW WITH THE GUY OF FLIGHTS AND FRUSTRATION

This week we would like to introduce The Guy of Flights and Frustration. His first true experience of travel was inter-railing around Europe for a month whilst in University. Then once he started working, he went on a 17-month placement to live and work in Saudi Arabia. Since then he has become an international business traveller for more than […]

THE SWEET TASTE OF SPRING IN JAPAN

The sakura have begun to bloom, and there is hardly a more attractive time of year to visit Japan than now. Clouds of pink petals are covering the nation as friends and family gather for a week of hanami, or flower viewing parties. It’s this time of year that sakura-flavored goods start filling the shelves. That’s right, Japan’s love […]

LET’S HAVE A HANAMI!

Japan’s most iconic season is about to begin as it has been predicted that the cherry blossoms (sakura 桜) will begin to bloom across the country this week. Found throughout Japan, sakura generally bloom from late March to early May, starting in Kyushu and steadily progressing northward sweeping across the nation until it reaches Hokkaido where the season comes to […]