Konichi-wa! Have teddy bear, will travel

Tour operator Sonoe Azuma holds a stuffed toy during a visit to a station in Tokyo. - Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/ AFP

UNABLE to get to that must-see tourist site but can’t bear for your teddy to miss out? Then Japan has just the thing for you: a travel agency that takes stuffed toys on package tours and even provides the holiday snaps to prove it.

Tokyo-based Unagi (Japanese for “eel”) Travel has a range of offers to suit every cuddly companion’s purse.