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The Rugby Fan's Travel Guide to Japan
Are you travelling to Japan for the rugby this autumn? Find out what to see and do, where to stay and eat, from this comprehensive guide to all 12 Japanese host cities. With up-to-date information about sights, accommodation, travel options and fun things to do in all 12 cities and nearby, this book will help you plan and enjoy your trip.
Find unique experiences:
Watch a master swordsmith forging a katana in his workshop in Arao
Try a bullet train simulator at the Railway Museum in Saitama
Take part in a tea ceremony at traditional Japanese garden Hama-Rikyū
Watch sumo wrestlers compete in the ring at the Grand Tournament in Tokyo
See endangered baby turtles released into the sea at the Nakatajima Sand Dunes
Sleep on a futon mattress on the tatami floor of a traditional ryokan
Lean over the railing (wearing a safety harness) of Japan’s tallest building, the 300 metre tall Abeno Harukas tower
Drink coffee brewed by a robot at Tokyo’s Henn na Café in Shibuya
Watch mechanised karakuri dolls move atop ornate festival floats at the Arimatsu Festival
Sample three different types of draft beer at the free Asahi Brewery Tour
This guidebook will tell you how to:
choose accommodation
book and use discount travel passes
connect to free wifi
order the local specialities
enjoy a Japanese hot spring bath
visit local festivals and events
About the author:
Bori is a writer living in London. She has been to Japan four times so far, spending several months in total travelling this amazing country on buses, bullet trains, planes and bicycles, from the neon lit urban canyons of Tokyo to the tropical islands south of Kyūshū, off the beaten path. She would love to share all she’s learnt on her trips with you, dear reader, and help you plan your own adventures.
10% of all profits from the sale of this book are donated to Tokyo-based charity Little Ones working to alleviate child poverty by supporting single parents.
Find unique experiences:
Watch a master swordsmith forging a katana in his workshop in Arao
Try a bullet train simulator at the Railway Museum in Saitama
Take part in a tea ceremony at traditional Japanese garden Hama-Rikyū
Watch sumo wrestlers compete in the ring at the Grand Tournament in Tokyo
See endangered baby turtles released into the sea at the Nakatajima Sand Dunes
Sleep on a futon mattress on the tatami floor of a traditional ryokan
Lean over the railing (wearing a safety harness) of Japan’s tallest building, the 300 metre tall Abeno Harukas tower
Drink coffee brewed by a robot at Tokyo’s Henn na Café in Shibuya
Watch mechanised karakuri dolls move atop ornate festival floats at the Arimatsu Festival
Sample three different types of draft beer at the free Asahi Brewery Tour
This guidebook will tell you how to:
choose accommodation
book and use discount travel passes
connect to free wifi
order the local specialities
enjoy a Japanese hot spring bath
visit local festivals and events
About the author:
Bori is a writer living in London. She has been to Japan four times so far, spending several months in total travelling this amazing country on buses, bullet trains, planes and bicycles, from the neon lit urban canyons of Tokyo to the tropical islands south of Kyūshū, off the beaten path. She would love to share all she’s learnt on her trips with you, dear reader, and help you plan your own adventures.
10% of all profits from the sale of this book are donated to Tokyo-based charity Little Ones working to alleviate child poverty by supporting single parents.
387 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2019
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About the author
Bori Kiss
2 books8 followersBori Kiss is a writer, journalist and translator. Her latest title is The Rugby Fan's Travel Guide to Japan, a guide to all 12 Japanese host cities for the rugby this autumn.
She is the scriptwriter for the award-winning eco short 'Life Under The Flightpath’, creator of the award-winning blog 'Susie Clueless' and the author of a trail-blazing guide to using the internet (published in the ‘90s).
Born in Budapest, Hungary, she is the founder of online travel magazine Travelo and co-founder of news website Index.
Recently she has been writing for film and culture magazines, interviewing the Avengers cast, Robert De Niro and M. Night Shyamalan among others. Besides her career in journalism she has also worked as a translator, translating biographies and autobiographies of musicians like Eric Clapton and Leonard Cohen into Hungarian.
She lives in South West London with her family and rescue dog.
She is the scriptwriter for the award-winning eco short 'Life Under The Flightpath’, creator of the award-winning blog 'Susie Clueless' and the author of a trail-blazing guide to using the internet (published in the ‘90s).
Born in Budapest, Hungary, she is the founder of online travel magazine Travelo and co-founder of news website Index.
Recently she has been writing for film and culture magazines, interviewing the Avengers cast, Robert De Niro and M. Night Shyamalan among others. Besides her career in journalism she has also worked as a translator, translating biographies and autobiographies of musicians like Eric Clapton and Leonard Cohen into Hungarian.
She lives in South West London with her family and rescue dog.
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