Charles Sabas

Videographer

Charles grew up near Paris, France and moved to Japan in 2014 after a two week trip where he fell in love with the country, the people and its traditions. His interest for Japan started after watching the Ozu Yasujiro movie "Tokyo Story", and he has since developped a passion for Japanese old movies. Charles is a "travel for food" type of person, and enjoys bonding with the locals at an izakaya around a delicious meal and with some refreshing beer.

Most recent posts

Koyo 2026: Karuizawa Report

Following our autumn color report in Nikko, I headed to the upmarket resort town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, located an hour away from Tokyo by Hokuriku Shinkansen.I generally found the colors to be not quite...
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Travel Highlights 2025

2025 was probably the busiest year since I joined, and with so many filming trips, a few moments really stood out. Here are my personal highlights:#7: Endurance test at Bitchu-Matsuyama CastleAs we usually...
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Travel Highlights 2024

2024 feels like it went by with a blink of an eye. With tourism back at full speed, this meant we were back on the road with many opportunities exciting video projects to film. Here is a list of some of my travel...
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Koyo 2024: Nikko Report

Today I travelled to Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, two hours by train from Tokyo. The area’s altitude differential of around 2000 meters (from the highest point of Okunikko to the town down at the bottom) allows for...
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Travel Highlights 2023

2023 was a year of big transitions. On a professional level, the return of foreign travelers meant we got busy again with exciting projects, and on a personal level it was the year I became a father for the first...
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Travel Highlights 2020

2020 is finally coming to an end, and what a crazy year it was. Although the coronavirus pandemic hit everybody by surprise and caused us to reduce our travels and video shoots drastically, this year still had its...
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Koyo 2019: Mount Fuji Report

As we head into November, autumn colors are looking particularly breathtaking in northern Japan around Hachimantai and Hakkoda, and are slowly approaching peak in the higher elevations of the Kanto region as I saw in...
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Koyo 2019: Nikko Report

Two weeks after Joe reported in the higher elevations of Nikko in Tochigi Prefecture, I decided to head to some of the area’s popular autumn spots to see how the autumn colors were progressing.Due to a very strong...
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Koyo 2019: Nasu Report

Our autumn color season reporting continues, as the fall colors started appearing on higher elevations in the island of Honshu. Today I headed to Tochigi Prefecture in the Kanto Region to check out the state of the...
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Summer food trip to Kamakura

Hungry travellers welcome back to another edition of this Japan Food Trips series, where we enjoy delicious whilst taking in the beauty of popular sightseeing spots. With this year’s rainy season being particularly...
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Sakura 2019: Kyoto Report

Five days after Raina’s report in Kyoto, the cherry blossom season in the old capital has entered its final stage with petals having fallen from a majority of the popular mainstream Somei Yoshino variety. However...
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Sakura 2019: Tokyo Report

The cherry blossom season 2019 is now in its final stage in Tokyo, as Schauwecker reported six days ago. In some areas, cherry trees of the popular and mainstream Somei Yoshino variety have lost most of their...
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Sakura 2019: Tokyo Report

The cherry blossom season has been at its peak this week in Tokyo and is moving towards its later stages. Three days after Joe reported in the capital, the trees have started losing their petals but are still at...
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Sakura 2019: Tokyo Report

Since Joe reported in Tokyo three days ago, it seems like the state of the cherry blossoms has not made much progress, with most of the cherry trees blooming at around 75 percent. This is due to low temperatures in...
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Sakura 2019: Tokyo Report

With spring drawing near, it’s my pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 cherry blossom reporting season here at japan-guide.com. Over the next few months our staff will be reporting on how the season is developing and...
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Ramen trip in Yokohama

For this food report, I wanted to explore the port town of Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city and located less than an hour away from Tokyo...
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Koyo 2018: Tokyo Report

Today I headed to some of the popular Tokyo spots for autumn colors and see how the situation has changed within the last days. I found that colors were generally starting to change and I expect them to be at peak color within the next few weeks...
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