Japan by Rail

Ramsey Zarifeh was born in Kent but has spent most of his working life outside the UK. In 1993 he took a year off to teach English in Germany before going up to Cambridge University, where he graduated in English. He then spent two years in Japan, teaching on the JET program. After a short spell at Reuters in London he returned to Japan to research this guide. Whilst there he was also a contributor to "Up All Night" on BBC Radio 5 Live and a correspondent for BBC Radio 2's "Steve Wright In the Afternoon." He currently lives in Switzerland where he is a journalist at swissinfo - Swiss Radio International.""