How to get from Tokyo to Nagano (and Iiyama): a beginners guide

International travel for the uninitiated can be a bit scary at the best of times.  Throw in a couple of connecting flights, some trains and a bus, and it is enough to send even the  most seasoned traveler catatonic!  However, fear not: travel in Japan is easy.  Signposts are in English, the Japanese staff are …

Three really cool things to do in Tokyo on your way home from the snow

Skiing and snowboarding in Japan is the hottest winter sports ticket in the world at the moment, and why wouldn’t it be: it consistently records the lightest and driest snow on earth, and it falls in quantities that’ll make your head spin – every time! If like many Aussies, you punctuate or even book-end you …

Tokyo Disney: a must visit as part of your Japanese snow holiday

For avid skiers and snowboarders, a trip to Tokyo is often nothing more than a convenient, yet interesting stop-over point while en-route to the Japanese snow fields. But for the young at heart, a visit to Tokyo presents a great opportunity to visit many of its other attractions, including the most famous theme park of all, …