Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
The Japanese phenomenon of Pokémon is known for its transformative qualities, having started out in 1996 as a video game and grown into a multimedia franchise […]
Japan Airlines will begin testing humanoid robots for ground handling tasks at Haneda Airport from May 2026. The trial will run for around two years and […]
The price of Japan’s popular Japan Rail Pass, widely used by international tourists for unlimited train travel across the country, will increase from 1 October, according […]
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has completed a trio of luxury villas in Japan using rammed earth construction, marking the studio’s first built project in the country […]
After 19 months of renovation works, the Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel has reopened its doors to the public. Paris-based design studio Jouin Manku approached the project […]
Cherry blossom season is formally underway in Japan after government spotters confirmed enough trees in enough bloom to meet the official measure in three of the […]
Japanese authorities have introduced a ban on using power banks on flights, affecting all routes into and departing Japan, including transit passengers. The measure follows a […]
Hoshino Resorts is preparing to open its latest and most unusual property behind the red-brick walls of a Meiji-era prison dating back to 1908: HOSHINOYA Nara […]
A new luxury sightseeing train connecting Osaka to a UNESCO-listed sacred mountain will launch this spring, carrying passengers along historic pilgrimage routes towards Buddhist temple complexes […]
Following a prolonged period of surging popularity with tourists, visitor arrivals to Japan have fallen for the first time in four years, according to new figures […]
Japan opened the world’s first outdoor Pokémon theme park on 5 February, marking both the park’s debut and a milestone year for the franchise with grand […]
Japan’s growing struggle with overtourism has reached a symbolic and controversial milestone, as authorities near Mount Fuji have cancelled a well-known cherry blossom festival after years of mounting […]
A pub in Tokyo’s Shibuya district has made headlines for introducing an upper age limit, restricting entry to customers under 40. The Dogenzaka branch of Tori […]
Japan’s cherry blossom season typically draws large crowds and higher prices, particularly in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. In 2026, however, travellers planning to visit during the sakura period may find […]