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We’ll be at the Sydney Travel and Holiday Show on 24 and 25 March, 2012. The Sydney Travel and Holiday Show is at the Royal Hall of
Industries, Fox Studios, Moore Park, and entry is free. Let us know if you will be attending. We’ll be happy to make an appointment to talk about Japan!
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We have chosen the winners for our 2011 photo competition.
First prize is of a geisha walking through the rain in Gion in Kyoto. This was taken by Anna-Catherine from Switzerland on the Shoguns and Samurai tour in May of 2008.
The first runner-up prize was also won by Anne-Catherine, for her photo of moss beside a path.
Kathryn from Australia was also a runner-up with her photo of a Japanese forest in the mountains of the Kii Peninsula, hiking the Kumano Kodo trail.
Three great photos from our trips! The 2012 photo competition is now running. If you have been on any of our trips and would like to enter, visit our competition page to views the rules. Good luck!
We have just launched new, shorter versions of our popular ‘self-guided walking’ trips.
We now offer 3, 4, 5 and 6-day versions of the Nakasendo, Kumano Kodo, and Nara & Asuka routes.
These shorter versions are for those who are organising their own travel to places such as Tokyo and Kyoto, but also wish to get ‘off-the-beaten-track’ during their stay and walk, but wish to have us to provide support for that part only. (more…)
Our June 2011 newsletter is out. Read it here!
We have uploaded photos from the May Shoguns and Samurai tour, taken by guide Yumiko Sugai.
We have today put up a dedicated earthquake page. This page has a map showing the affected area, messages from our guides, accommodations and customers who have been on our April and May tours, as well as links to pages with information about the situation in Japan.
View our earthquake page here.
The British government today revised its advice to people heading for Japan. It’s now OK to visit Tokyo:
http://ow.ly/4uVyI
UPDATE: We are now contacting all clients booked on our spring tours.
If you have not heard from us, please do get in touch: info at oxal.is
Our April and May tours are still running as scheduled. All of the tours travel through areas unaffected by last Friday’s tragedy, and will operate as normal. We are in constant contact with our local hosts and transportation providers, and they are all operating normally and asking for us to spread the word that they are open for business and you will be sure of a very warm welcome!
The rural Japanese inns and other establishments need our support. At the moment trains within metropolitan Tokyo are reduced to 60% of normal operating levels in order to save power, but there is little other impact.
We look forward to seeing you in Japan next month!
You can donate to the relief effort and help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan using the following links:
Following the devastating earthquake in the north of Japan, we understand many clients with tours booked will be anxious.
At the moment, the affected areas do not include any areas our clients are visiting in the next few months. There is some damage in Tokyo but it is quickly returning to normal and all transportation networks are working as normal.
We plan to RUN ALL APRIL AND MAY TOURS AS SCHEDULED.
These tours are unaffected by the earthquake, and all accommodations are open and operating normally.
Please contact us with any questions and we will do our best to help.
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