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.
Japan’s famous bullet trains are getting an upgrade in autumn 2026, with the introduction of a new “Supreme Class” offering lockable, private suites and reclining chairs […]
In the latest example of destinations asking visitors to participate in sustainable tourism, Okinawa in Japan has launched a citizen-science programme inviting divers to gather data […]
Japan’s luxury sleeper train Seven Stars in Kyushu will be expanding its offer throughout 2026. Three new itineraries will be added to the time schedule, allowing […]
Shibuya ward in Tokyo has introduced on-the-spot fines for littering as it responds to growing pressure from rising visitor numbers and increasing waste in public spaces. […]
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 […]