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Looking for some ideas or advice about your trip to Japan? Then you’ve come to the right place!

Hi, I’m Tanja and I’m originally from the UK. After eight years working in tourism in London, I packed up my life in the UK to move some 6000 miles east to Japan. If you want to know more about my personal journey, you can read my story if you like.

I moved to Japan in 2015 and spent two years working as a freelance writer and English teacher on the island of Shikoku, before making the move to Tokyo in 2017.

My freelance writing work:

As well as this blog, I have written for JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization, ANA Airlines, Gaijinpot, Savvy Tokyo and Kansai Scene magazine. You can read more of my articles on these sites:

JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization)

ANA Airlines

Gaijinpot

Savvy Tokyo

Kansai Scene

Izanau

Samurai Trip

What’s with the name Ryokougirl?

Ryokou (旅行) means trip/travel in Japanese. I write mainly about travel and I live in Japan so naturally thought to use the Japanese word. Girl, well, because I’m female…

Contact Me!

Drop me a line at tanja@ryokougirl.com

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  • If you love Japan and want to share your knowledge on all things Japanese, leave me a comment or share your travel tips here. Or just stop by and say hi!
  • If you are a fellow ex-pat living in Japan, let’s share stories of embarrassing cultural faux pas we have made since being here!

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3 Comments

  1. Tomoko Wada Reply
    August 22, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    Hi! We are Japan Culture & Travel Web Magazine “Tadaima Japan”.
    http://tadaimajp.com/
    Your website was very interesting.We were impressed by your point of view of Japan.

    We’re holding an event “Making Sushi Experience at Asakusa” on Wednesday, Aug.24.
    If you are interested in it, we’d like to invite you to this event. No charge, of course!
    We would like you to experience to make sushi by yourself!
    The professional sushi shef will teach you.
    If you have friends who have interested in Sushi lesson, bring them!

    ——————————————————–
    “Maiking Sushi Experience at Asakusa”

    Date&TIme: Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016 11:00-13:30
    (Meeting up at 10:30AM at the police box in front of Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa)

    Place: Sushi-Dining Tsuruoka (Asakusa)

    Fee: Free

    Lesson includes:
      ・ Sushi making(Nigiri-zushi, Temaki-zushi, how to slice sashimi fish, etc.)
      ・ Tasting party
      ・ Sushi recipe
      ・ English translation
    ——————————————————–

    See the detailed information below.

    https://www.facebook.com/events/1587978714839153/

    I’d appreciate it if you would reply me.

    Tomoko Wada(Tadaima Japan Editorial Team)

    • ryokougirl Reply
      August 22, 2016 at 10:14 pm

      Hello Tomoko, thank you so much for reading my blog and your kind message! Sushi making sounds really fun but I am in Shikoku right now so I won’t be able to make it unfortunately. I am planning to move to Tokyo next summer so please keep in touch for future events!

  2. Tomoko Wada Reply
    August 23, 2016 at 9:56 am

    Thank you for your reply.
    That’s too bad! But we’ll welcome you at our future another event in Tokyo!

    Take care!

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