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.
As Japan has been welcoming more international visitors than ever, the country is looking for ways to tackle overtourism while increasing its revenue stream. Visa fees, […]
Japanese cuisine is widely known across the globe. Sushi, ramen, and gyoza are terms most of us are well-acquainted with. Yet Japan’s culinary culture is much […]
As reported by Travel Tomorrow in January 2025, one of Japan’s main tourist attractions will be applying a new hotel tax for tourists starting from March […]
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Tokyo is set to gain a new destination inspired by California’s Napa Valley wine region, thanks to a new collaboration between Japanese hospitality firm Not a […]
As the nuikatsu or ‘living with stuffed toys’ trend grows in popularity on social media, a Japanese hotel is now offering its guests the possibility to […]
As the number of tourists visiting Japan has been rising over recent year, the country has now created a dedicated government body in order to address […]
Supplies of matcha, the trendy green beverage from Japan, are drying up, according to some sellers in Uji, the world’s matcha capital who have issued warnings […]
Japan’s authorities are planning to tighten tourism regulations in response to a growing problem: overtourism. The move follows a surge in international visitors in early 2025. […]
A reissued 1999 manga foretelling catastrophe in Japan this summer has sent regional tourism into freefall, scaling back their services and travellers across Asia cancelling trips. […]
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