Japan Travel Stories

The Used Car Ferry - Sea of Japan Although Rowena Lambert initially questioned her decision to take a boat from Fushiki to Vladivostok based on the strange process involved and the sketchy travellers on board, she was glad she did.	Three Minutes to the Inn - Nasu Shiobara, Japan Alan L. Haynes describes his lighthearted tale of travel misadventures in rural Japan.

Asian Opposites: Japan to Cambodia - Japan, Thailand and Cambodia Dean Moriarty heads to Cambodia and arrives at what looks like an Asian version of Las Vegas.	A Morning at Peace - Nagasaki, Japan Nagasaki has so
Sakura-no-Yu - Mizusawa, Iwate, Japan Juha Uitto enters an onsen, where he hot mineral water that smelled like sulphur would melting the knots in strained muscles.	The Other Side of the Pacific - Japan John England grew accustomed to being patted on the head by Japanese people as a child touring the country.
Working for the Wasabi - Fukuoka, Japan On her final evening	West of the Sun - Kyoto, Japan Philip Blazdell had forgotten how beautiful life can be...especially west of the sun.
Sitting On Trains - Japan Only in Japan would Carlie Daley's passport and wallet with all its contents intact find its way back into her hands within 24 hours of losing it.	It Happened One Night (Again) - Japanese Alps Seperated from his lover, Philip Blazdell wanders the streets of Japan, half a world away.

When Boys Became Giants: The Japanese Alps, May 2005 - Japanese Alps, Japan Dawn is a few hours away and Philip Blazdell is sneaking around the hotel with a forty-foot LAN cable, a stolen laptop, a six-pack of Japanese beer and a box of sushi.	Japanese Toilet Technology - Japan When Jessica Hampton got to Japan, she was so dazzled by the cleanliness around her that that immediately did the previously unthinkable in a gesture of trust and international good-will: she used a s
An Orison of Colour - Tokyo, Japan Phlip Blazdell wonders how anyone could ever fall in love in such a place where nothing looks real and shadows are merely story-book tales and vague longings.	Hiking Kuju - Aso-Kuju National Park, Kyushu, Japan Escaping the crowds in Japan is a wonderful experience but so is returning to the people.
Seven hours in Osaka: Blowfish, Bicycles, and Bizarre Sporting Celebrations - Osaka, Japan Jason Gaskell en	Seven Foot Square - Tokyo, Japan Philip Blazdell wonders what it would be like to penetrate the Japanese mind and rummage around in the lingerie-drawer of their thoughts.
Round The World by Bike: The Records from my Travel-Worn Satchel - Japan Alastair Humphreys takes on Japan, the land of (cliche warning!) many contrasts.	Fragile - Japan By the time Philip Blazdell reaches the front of the queue, he will probably be a grand-father and his passport will have expired.

Crime and Punishment - Tokyo, Japan Jeff Eagar learned two	Tokyo Disneyland - Tokyo, Japan Natasha Noy heads to Tokyo and visits the Japanese theme-park obsession: Disney Sea.