The weather in Oslo this weekend was exceptionally well, and many of the locals went out on Sunday trips to enjoy the warm sunlight. The below photos shows the Oslofjord, where hundreds of people were walking on the snowcovered ice. It is still a few weeks until the ice melts, but the conditions are perfect […]
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Northern Lapland Autumn Tour
We have a lot of guests coming to see the Northern Lights in Finland during the winter, but autumn is also a very nice time to come visit beautiful Lapland. For one, it isn’t as cold as midwinter. The daylight hours are also longer, so one can enjoy the day to the fullest. The chances […]
Koguchi-san in Helsinki – on survey tour
Our boss Reidar has given us a short update from Finland, where he and Koguchi-san from London went to survey for a possible Japan Week in 2015: It was two nice spring days in Helsinki. The snow is still in the streets, and the water is still frozen. … but spring is in the air […]
Weekly Theme Update: Animal
Greetings, dear readers! This week’s theme is “Animal”. First up is this seagull, resting his wings on the Silja Line between Stockholm and Helsinki. One of the tourist attractions in Helsinki on the Japanese market is the café which was used as location in the 2006 movie “Kamome Shokudo“. Still, tourist from Japan come to […]
Tiger of Denmark
Today, we bring a short newsletter from our staff in Copenhagen, Mr. Morikawa: Tiger is the Danish low-price retail chain and its stores are located everywhere in Denmark. The people’s love of Nordic style seems persistent and incessant in Japan as Scandinavian designs are seen trendy, sophisticated and ageless. Following the big success in Japan […]