Last year more than half a million Australian tourists visited Japan, an 11 per cent increase on the year before and a new annual record.

Japan is also very much in the news at the moment with the installation of a new emperor to sit on the Chrysanthemum throne.

Kirsten Wallis from Journeys Worldwide tries to convince Mark to visit the land of the rising sun and to enjoy a dip in an onsen.

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