Dream trip travel deals, our 2021 Japan Hot List, and the #Japanuary movement
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New year, new challenges
 

We can all probably agree that 2020 is better off put behind us...

Still, while travel to Japan remains restricted, Japan continues its annual transformation into a snow-blanketed winter wonderland. With vaccines now starting to roll out, and plenty of exciting news to add to our 2021 #Japanuary resolutions, we reckon it's about time we allowed ourselves to dream again.

Let’s explore what’s going on in Japan right now, check out our intel on planning your Japan visit for later, and read our exciting Postcards from Japan on December’s

theme - FURUSATO, or, your ‘spiritual home’.

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Top Japanese wellness hacks 
Check out our list for #Japanuary, and tips on topping up your Zen
New Year done the Japanese way

Forget Christmas, Japanese New Year is the real deal! What's going on in Japan?

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Discover the storied past of historic Hiraizumi, jewel of Japan's 'savage north'

 
Take a look at adventure tours with a full refund policy from The Dragon Trip!
Time to get  planning
Explore different tours with themes ranging from manga to gardens with Japan Journeys!

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That incredible feeling... 
...when you leave a place, knowing that the place hasn't fully left you. The location, or thing, that makes your heart ache with joy everytime you think about it, and the ease that washes through your soul as you return to your FURUSATO ć€é‡Œ - 'your spiritual home'!
 
December presented us with yet another unprecedented situation, sent to test our festive spirits, but despite last minute cancellations and dodgy WiFi connections, we found different ways to celebrate with our nearest and dearest - the people we call 'home'.
 
But a new year rolls in and with it resolutions, escapades, and dreams of the spiritual homes waiting out there to be found.
Japan feels like a spiritual home for so many of us so we asked our friends about their FURUSATO and the places they call Japanese Home.
 
Here are a couple of things we discovered together:
1) Traces of black history are all over, from the streets of Harajuku to Kyoto's temples!🎎
2) There are mummies in Japan and most of them are hiding in northern Tohoku! 🔍
3) Seafood is something to look out for in winter! Red snow crab, yellowtail, oysters...đŸ€€

 

Read on below for more

A PhD in Tokyo and uncovering Afro-Japanese interactions
with East Londoner turned Tokyoite, Warren Stanislaus
 
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Tohoku's sacred mountains, Buddhist waterfall training, and befriending the locals
with the Tohoku expert, Sara Milliot
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with the YouTube power couple, Nick and Ryo
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That’s it from us for this month!
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