(Picture source: http://www.nagomivisit.com/)   Homestay is quite a common way for foreigners (especially students) to get an authentic look at day to day life in Japan. People might not always have…

According to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over one million Japanese people currently reside abroad. The various cultures and the ways of living might be unfamiliar and hard to get…

When somebody ask you where is your favourite place in Japan, what would you say?  Tokyo?  Kyoto?  Or some other areas you have been or seen before??  As for myself,…

These are the image which other countries have for Japan. Japan has been one of the countries which have been enjoying her high favourability by foreigners. The recent BBC annual…

Ishigaki island of Okinawa is one of the well-loved domestic travel destination in Japan, and very famous for its beautiful beach with fish and coral reef, but that’s is not all the…

Now, GW holiday is over here in Japan, and people are gradually recovering from holiday mode.  I assume some of you are about to start thinking of holiday this time…

Travel as free as bird…  That is the beauty of solo trip although travelling with family and friends are also good.  There must be a lot of reasons why people…

Kohama Island   I introduced a report of Taketomi, Hateruma and Kuroshima island before, as a series of  “Yaeyama Islands Trip”. This time, I will introduce “Kohama Island” as the…

Kuroshima Island   I introduced a report of Taketomi and  Hateruma island before, as a series of  “Yaeyama Islands Trip”. As third island where the writer landed, I will introduce…

A beach at Hateruma island.   I introduced a report of beautiful Taketomi island as a series of  “Yaeyama Islands Trip”. This time, I will introduce “Hateruma Island” that the writer…

  Yaeyama Islands are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, which form the southern part of the volcanic Ryukyu Islands. The isles are the remotest part of Japan from the main…