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 broke its tourism record in 2024, welcoming an estimated 36 million visitors, three million of whom were US citizens, according to one official’s estimate. As […]
Asia’s love of karaoke is now manifesting itself with an airport singalong booth to entertain passengers before they board their flight. Kyushu-Saga International Airport in southwest […]
Japan is increasingly battling with overtourism. The Japan National Tourism Organisation has recently revealed that 33.38 million people visited Japan between January and November 2024, breaking […]
Kyoto has proposed an increase in its tourist accommodation taxes in a bid to allay local concerns about the negative impacts of overtourism in the popular […]
With the number of Australian tourists visiting Japan surging, officials in the island empire have made a plea to their Pacific neighbours to be more adventurous […]
The Japanese company Asahi Shuzo, that brews the renowned Dassai sake, is planning on making a beverage in space. Only one small 100 milliliter bottle would […]
Flyers to Tokyo with Japan Airlines, and Tokyo residents tired of the crowding caused by overtourism, can now benefit from a new service that delivers air […]
Tales of overtourism in Japan are not vastly exaggerated, a recent survey of foreign visitors to the East Asian archipelago suggests, and guests in the country […]
Steve Hayes, a 65-year-old American tourist, has been arrested by Japanese police officers on Wednesday. The man is being accused of defacing the Meiji Jingu shrine […]
Japanese alcoholic drinks are having a moment. Its sake and whisky in particular are world-famous and can be found in many bars across the globe. Yet […]
As Halloween approaches once more, thrill-seekers looking for spooky activities in Japan have driven up online searches for “ghost train rides” by 180%, travel company JR […]
Japan has welcomed record numbers of tourists in 2024 and spending figures to September are already more than in the whole of 2023. Japanese visitor numbers […]
One of the oldest accommodation providers in Japan will once more open its doors to overnight guests early in 2026 but, unlike the building’s former residents, […]
On 2 October, the long-awaited Nintendo Museum in Japan officially opened its doors for its first visitors. Located in Nintendo’s historic Uji Ogura factory, approximately one […]