Category Archives: JAPAN
These are our favourites… taken in Japan and in Turkey. We like the honesty – no styling has ever been involved but there is a level of sensual sophistication that only authentic & simple food can deliver.
At its best in the winter months, Nozawa Onsen is a skier’s paradise in the Nagano region just two hours from Tokyo. The skiing experience is at least as rewarding as anywhere in the world where the tradition is long and alive. Nozawa has managed to retain the charm of a small village. It is […]
We travelled to meet Riki in a small town near Osaka in March 2009. Riki, a nephew of our good Japanese friend, turned 18 at the time and had just joined heya – a sumo stable. Heyas are normally not open to outside visitors so this visit became for us a rare opportunity to get […]