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Tsukiji's wholesale market moved to Toyosu; the outer market remains, with shops and restaurants. Toyosu hosts tuna auctions and has restaurants.
Learn sake types, serving temperatures, tasting, food pairing and where to try it, from honjozo and ginjo to brewery tours across Japan.
Japanese shopping etiquette covers queueing, changing rooms, payment, tax-free shopping and limited bargaining, with tax-free rules changing in November 2026.
A guide to Japanese train etiquette, covering queues, priority seats, phone use, luggage rules and shinkansen customs for smoother journeys.
A guide to Japanese food vocabulary, covering menu categories, common ingredients, dietary restriction terms and useful ordering phrases.
A guide to Japan's twelve original castle keeps, notable reconstructions, architecture and the best times to visit, including cherry blossom season.
A guide to Osaka's signature dishes, food districts and street-food etiquette, from takoyaki and kushikatsu to Dotonbori, Shinsekai and Namba.
Crafts, local food and drink, discount stores, craft centres and museum shops, plus the changing tax-free rules for visitors to Japan.
Understand public space, dining, temple and gift-giving customs in Japan. Small gestures of respect and consideration for others go a long way.
A guide to notable onsen destinations, including Kusatsu, Hakone, Beppu, Arima and Noboribetsu, plus etiquette, tattoo rules and bathing advice.
A guide to Okinawan cuisine, covering goya champuru, soki soba, sea grapes, awamori, rafute and taco rice, plus market and street advice.
A ten-day route through Tokyo, Kyoto, Kamakura and Aichi, covering anime districts, Ghibli sites and advance ticket details.
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