The Bowl You Carry Home: Tax-Free Shopping in Japan From 1 November 2026
From 1 November 2026, tax-free shopping in Japan becomes a refund: you pay the full price and the tax comes back after…
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Almost Ashore: A Japanese Garden Wedding at Tantoku in Kawagoe
For more than a century, a dry garden in Kawagoe has held a treasure ship just about to reach the shore. An…
A Tea Ceremony Wedding in Japan: Two Grooms, Old Kawagoe and a Map on the Wall
Two grooms from Northern Ireland booked a wedding in Japan while its borders were still closed. A year on, they married in…