Tag: Japan
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Expo 2025 World Cuisines — Everywhere In Japan!
Today, world cuisines of 70 countries appeared at Kura Sushi chain restaurants all over Japan as part of a 2025 World Expo campaign. For practical reasons, each restaurant only features one world cuisine in addition to the standard menu. You’d currently have to eat at 70 restaurants to taste all the dishes… Still, that’s great…
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Male Geisha Met In Tokyo
The flurry of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) discussions following the start of the 2025 Trump presidency reminded me of my most surprising encounter in 20 years in Japan: a male geisha! Respect to him for overcoming stringent Japanese traditions, respect to his community for making it happen, and respect to Tricolage travel agency for…
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Atomic Bomb Survivor Met In Nagasaki
Nowhere else in the world, and only for a few more years due to ageing… Meet an atomic bomb survivor in Japan like I recently did thanks to Nagasaki International Tourism & Convention Association! Discussing with this 90 y.o. Japanese was my most special moment of 2024 ✨ It also gave a special feeling to…
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Vegan Food In Japan
Vegan food in Japan is difficult to find for international travellers who do not speak Japanese unless they stay in hubs such as Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. However, high-quality vegan food is easy to find and prepare for bilingual residents. Vegan Dishes Somen Thin Noodles Somen thin noodles served cold and dipped in sauce are…
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Transformative Tourism 💫 Japan Is Ideal
🏰🛠️🧠 Transformative tourism is about self-discovery and personal growth. It is for you if you feel stuck/uninspired, lack self-awareness & purpose, feel culturally & socially isolated, need personal resilience & adaptability, seek authentic & meaningful experiences… or if you look for a job/career to better the world by solving these problems for others. My 10+…
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Martial Arts Tourism 🥋 Japan Focus
Martial arts tourism is transformative tourism. It may transform your mind in minutes whether you watch or practice. Even just visiting a dojo exposes to forms of respect like bowing to the sensei (= instructor) or founder’s photo. Japanese martial arts are lifelong technical & spiritual journeys with roots in Shintoism and Zen Buddhism, as…
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Professional Photographer In Japan – For You, Your Couple, Your Family
Why should you hire a professional photographer while travelling solo, as a couple, or with your family in Japan? To capture your joy & surprise, frame you with selected landmarks under a specific angle, document your adventures with little-known sights appearing only at that time, during that season, with that weather… and immortalise you with…
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Nogaku – Noh Drama & Kyogen Comic Theatre
Nogaku (aka Nohgaku) is a type of Japanese theatre. Its two components, Noh drama and Kyogen comic theatre, are performed in the same space, including a walkway and stage. Traditional intermission between Noh acts, Kyogen makes the audience laugh in sharp contrast of the formal, symbolic, and solemn aspects of Noh. Nogaku typically features tales…
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Takasago — With Wonders By Gods & Artisans
Advising businesses in Takasago city (Hyogo prefecture) yesterday & today, I caught the opportunity to visit the Shinto shrine related to the famous Takasago Noh play and another shrine that holds an unusual annual festival featuring “futon” Japanese mattresses. It reminded me of guiding a French group in Takasago city as part of a spiritual…
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Matoi-no-kai – A Rising Music Community
Matoi-no-kai’s founder and his team charmed me during the Ziqqurat concert this afternoon at Saitama Arts Theatre. Their captivating performance audaciously blended traditional Japanese music, reflections about civilization, and elements of the Book of Genesis common to the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament. And despite a busy sweltering summer (“only” 36℃ outside today), this…