Welcome to Japan Travel Centre’s Guide to Japan. This guide and its sub-pages will aim to give you fruitful knowledge and understanding of Japan (Nihon) from the eyes of those who have tiptoed, lived, breathed, and even resurrected oneself in the land of the rising sun. Whether you are heading to Japan on holiday, working holiday or for migration purposes, this guide will surely offer something in the way of useful information and even inspiration.

 

Naturally, we have to give you some of the basic rule of knowledge information about Nihon. However, we most certainly endeavour to offer more outside the traditional travel guide box and aim to uncover the world of Nihon; the wonderful, the funky, the unknown, and the damn-right plain stupid. There is no dignity in telling you natto (fermented soya beans) taste like steak, when it plainly does not. These electronic pages will stimulate the imagination, whilst at the same time being resourceful, informative and provocative for all those with an interest in the Nihon.

New Year (oshougatsu)is the most important holiday in Japan. Business usually shut down from 1st to 3rd January and families typically gather to spend the days together and enjoy ‘Osechi ryori’.
Osechi ryori’ is a specially prepared Japanese New Year's food packed in layers of lacquer boxes, called jubako. In olden days, people were forbidden to use their oven except... Read More