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 west coast of Japan’s main island suffered a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Monday, 1 January 2024. At only 10km deep, the quake and several aftershocks […]
Ine is a remote small town located on Ine Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. Ine is famous for its funaya, picturesque wooden boathouses constructed to house […]
Earlier today (2 January 2024), a Japan Airlines plane caught fire after colliding with a smaller Coast Guard aircraft upon landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. All […]
Countries growing bigger, it’s not something most of us are confronted with on a daily basis – a few exceptions aside, such as Iceland, which grows […]
In the fight against overtourism, popular Japan is planning to enhance its transport networks and introduce measures to spread the footfall of its current tourism boom. […]
Cruise, General Motors (GM), and Honda have announced a collaboration to introduce a driverless ride service in Tokyo by 2026. The joint venture, set to be […]
Japan’s tourism sector has witnessed a significant rebound, with visitor numbers reaching an impressive 96.1% of pre-pandemic levels, according to a Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) […]
Recent news featuring various airlines around the world checking passengers’ weights before boarding for fuel efficiency and optimisation purposes, might have some readers wondering: what happens […]
Mount Fuji, Japan is the latest destination facing the effects of overtourism, according to Euronews and statements from local authorities. The sacred mountain overlooking the Pacific […]
A 17-year-old Canadian tourist was caught defacing a wooden pillar at a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Nara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The […]
Japan Airlines has launched a clothing rental service called Any Wear, Anywhere with the aim of encouraging passengers to travel with less luggage, thus reducing the […]
Quite a few restaurants around the world have implemented some sort of phone ban or restriction. The reason is usually to encourage customers to detach from […]