Plan your day out– category –

For that ‘special travel experience’, there’s nothing better than to wander around for an hour or two with no particular purpose in mind.  You’ll discover all sorts of little places not mentioned in the standard tourist guides, and ...

Why not combine a visit to Tokyo's historic cityscape with a ‘trip down memory lane’ in search of the origins of haiku, one of the most celebrated genres in all Japanese literature! Basho Matsuo, a poet much loved by the Japanese, also h...