gokodama – Japan travel blog

previously known as “Japan op reis”, this blog is now written in English

Tips

• Sign up for a free course in moderne Japanese architecture
• Renting a pocket wifi in Japan
• Walking in Japan – download walking guides for Tokyo, Kyoto and more
• Kanji read a bit of Japanese
• My 7 tips for your first trip to Japan

Recent tweets

• Top 10: The best of Tokyo's concrete architecture https://t.co/nelyo1hIwo
• Preparing the deadliest sushi known to man. 🐡 pic.twitter.com/sdWMMnMAW8
• The Hotel Okura re-opens on Thursday, with the old lobby recreated, and 18 floors of the new tower given over to office space. Bar on the 41st floor has a view of the new National Stadium. Some of the guest rooms have open balconies. https://t.co/AnhZwfYMiB pic.twitter.com/nBsJcDJkKT

Activities

• Night Factory Cruise: a trip through the harbours of Yokohama
• Samurai films are wrong, a lesson in Aikido
• Tasting sake in the sake and rice museum in Niigata
• Catch your own squid at the market in Hakodate
• Walking in Japan – download walking guides for Tokyo, Kyoto and more