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Our Artisan Pacific Travel Olympics Experience is our tour-based package for the 2020 Summer Games.  It includes hotel, transportation, guides, tours, a celebratory dinner, and other events. No [...]

Overview The Summer Olympics returns to Tokyo next year, and the time to plan for your trip is now.  There are 33 sports and 339 events planned across four weeks, from July 22 (two days before [...]

Cost Overruns Drive Potential Changes to Olympic Venues, Olympic Flame May Be Lit By Flying Car Construction for the Olympics is hitting it’s stride in a classic Japanese manner – [...]

The gardens of Japan are known world-wide for their beauty, fluidity, and character. Pathways offer unique, almost frame-like vistas as you walk through. Many of the country’s most culturally [...]

Thinking ahead to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, has me thinking back to the Rio Olympics. I was mesmerized by the incredible spectacle at the Rio Olympics – from
 running to swimming to [...]

Last newsletter, we talked about traditional religions of Japan, and gave a basic overview of Shintoism and Buddhism. This week, we’re going to delve a bit more deeply into Shintoism: [...]

Religion is an important aspect of Japanese culture. Both Shintoism and Buddhism have had a significant impact on life and traditions in Japan. For some, the traditions themselves are more [...]

While you are visiting Japan you will definitely want to spend some time drinking sake. There’s nothing in the world like good, authentic sake, near its source. For some reason, like Guinness in [...]

In 2020, the Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime, and the chance to see the games in a clean, modern city, with fantastic culture, history, food, and [...]

Tips and Hints You Need So you’re going to visit Japan for the first time. It’s exciting! And also just a little terrifying. It’s half a world away, and everything is very different from what [...]