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Stay at a ninja trick house in Japan with hidden doors and passageways
- Oona McGee
Jan 8, 2021 - Tweet
Immerse yourself in the way of the shadow warrior by staying the night in this 100-year-old building.
- Japan
- (accommodation • hotels • Iga • Iga ninja • Japanese accommodation • minshuku • Ninja • shinobi • travel • trick house • unique rooms)
Stay at an old samurai residence in the heart of a “Little Kyoto” warrior town
- Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2020
Swords, armour and ceremonial items are just some of the samurai secrets awaiting you inside this secluded compound.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Akita • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • history • hotels • Kakunodate • Katana • museums • samurai • SNOJ • swords • travel)
Indulge in this sumo, public bath-themed room during your next stay in Tokyo’s Harajuku district
- Krista Rogers
Mar 24, 2020
“Dosukoi” is the next iteration of themed travel accommodations being offered by the fun and inventive Moshi Moshi Rooms.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Airbnb • Asobi System • Harajuku • hotels • Moshi Moshi Rooms • public bath • public baths • Rokuyon • sento • Sumo • travel)
Hakone onsen ryokan offers crazy cheap “Gimme a flippin’ break from the coronavirus” room deals
- Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2020
Less than $US40 a night gets you two luxury meals and a room with a private rotenburo bath attached.
- Japan
- (accommodation • cheap • COK • crazy • Hakone • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rotenburo • ryokan • tourism • tourists • travel)
Shibuya capsule hotel comes with free beers, unusual beds and unique soundless wake-up system
- Oona McGee
Feb 14, 2020
Cheap accommodation in Tokyo offers one of the best high-tech deals in the city.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotels • COK • hotels • Shibuya • SNOJ • The Millennials • Tokyo • travel)
Lotte City Hotel in Tokyo comes with all-you-can-eat sweets and ice cream
- Oona McGee
Jan 7, 2020
People in Japan are going crazy for this sweets hotel, which serves up Koala’s March pancakes unavailable anywhere else in the world.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Bikkuriman • chocolate • COK • hotels • Kinshicho • koala no march • Koala's March • Lotte • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • travel • weird)
Pokémon hotel rooms spawn in Tokyo and Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2019
Spend the night in a Poké Ball with some of your favourite Japanese pocket monsters.
- Japan
- (accommodation • anime • Apartment Hotel Mimaru • hotels • Kyoto • Pikachu • Pokemon • Snorlax • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • travel • traveling • video games)
Sleep next to the railroad tracks at the closest hotel to a train station platform in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2019
New accommodation recreates the feel of a high-class train cabin inside, with a priceless view outside for just US$20 a night.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Budget Hotels • COK • Fukuoka • hostels • hotels • Japanese trains • SNJO • train stations • trains • travel)
Narita Airport accommodation: New hostel opens in a converted Japanese elementary school
- Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2019
Go back to school at Ready to Flight! Narita.
- Japan
- (accommodation • hostels • hotels • Japanese schools • Narita • Narita Airport • schools • travel)
Mysterious guest house opens in Kyoto, features 11 different bizarre rooms full of oddities
- Koh Ruide
Sep 16, 2019
Includes a room where you can adjust its “scare factor” and one that lets you speak with the deceased.
Japan Travel: 17 Things to do in Oita, Japan’s onsen prefecture
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2019
There’s so much more to Oita than amazing hot springs.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Beppu • COK • food • Hita • hotels • Kyushu • nature • Oita • onsen • ryokan • shrines • SNO • temples • tourism • tourists • travel • USA)
Capsule hotel offers stays for $12 a night, extra perks make it one of the best deals in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2019
Looking for a cheap place to stay in Tokyo? This guest house will tick all your boxes.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotels • COK • hotels • SNOJ • Tokyo • travel)
Capsule hotel in Tokyo offers spa stay, with sauna and infrared foot bath to wash stresses away
- Oona McGee
May 8, 2019
Get away from it all at this oasis in the heart of the city.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Akasaka • capsule hotels • hotels • Tokyo • travel • women only • women only capsule hotel)
Muji Hotel Ginza: New accommodation in Tokyo takes Japanese minimalism to the next level
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2019
We step inside the huge new complex and bring you a walkthrough of every floor before it opens to the public.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Ginza • hotels • Japanese accommodation • minimalist • muji • Muji Diner • Muji Hotel • Mujirushi • Mujirushi Ryohin)
Tokyo accommodation: Capsule hotel offers unique sleep and sauna stay for women
- Oona McGee
Oct 23, 2018
Do-C provides Löyly and a warm pillar for an authentic Finnish sauna experience you won’t find anywhere else in Japan.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotels • COK • hotels • sauna • SNOJ • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
New “social apartment” that comes with attached movie theater will open soon in Saitama
- Koh Ruide
Aug 12, 2018
Fancy having a private 20-seat cinema at your doorstep? You can get exactly that for an affordable monthly rent of $525.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Apartment • cinema • movie theater • Saitama)
Buddhist priest at Japanese temple lodging goes viral for rude responses to tourist’s bad reviews
- Oona McGee
Jul 30, 2018
Many people are siding with the Mt Koya priest, who said he was frustrated by tourists who post “arrogant responses like they’re some travel pioneer”.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Buddhism • Buddhist monk • Koyasan • monks • Mt. Koya • shukubo • temples • twitter • Wakayama)
Japanese travellers give their answers to the Hotel vs. Ryokan Japanese inn debate
- Richard Simmonds
Jul 25, 2018
Q&A website explains the good and the bad of hotels and traditional Japanese inns.
- Japan
- (accommodation • hotels • ryokan • travel)
Terahaku aims to be the Airbnb of Japanese temples
- Master Blaster
May 27, 2018
Experiencing life in a Buddhist temple in Japan is about to get a whole lot easier.
We stay at a downtown Shibuya capsule hotel and indulge in unlimited baths and sauna sessions
- Koh Ruide
Mar 22, 2018
This male-only capsule hotel may just be the perfect stopover for your next budget trip.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotel • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Shibuya • travel)
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