Inside a Modern Designer Capsule Hotel – 9hours, Kyoto

In the centre of Kyoto is the most amazing capsule hotel you’ll find in Japan. With an interior that looks like something out of Star Trek, positioned right next to the famous geisha district of Gion, this Japanese capsule hotel is a sleeping h...

Japrish – Hilarious and Bewildering English in Japan

It’s been far too long since a Japrish post has been published here. Since I’ve been living in Japan I’ve been snapping away and saving up some awesome Japrish photos. Japrish is basically my own version of Engrish. It’s all f...

Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho) – The Best English Tour in Kyoto for Free!

The most spacious, open and decadent site in Kyoto – and you can take an English tour of it for free. Kyoto Gosho was the Imperial Palace of Japan before the capital was moved to Tokyo in 1869. This article won’t talk much about it’...

Fushimi Inari Kyoto – Japan Photo of the Month (February 2012)

I’m starting to lose count of how many times I’ve visited Kyoto. In early February a few friends and I went to Kyoto for the weekend. One of the places we went to was the amazing Fushimi Inari. I’ll be doing a detailed post about th...

JapanTravelMate.com Redesign Announcement

Last weekend the new redesign of JapanTravelMate.com was launched. Since 2009 when the site was launched, traffic has grown steadily and a decent number of people are following all the new posts via Twitter, Facebook, RSS and email. This is what the ...
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