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Ancient temple with National Treasures is a hidden gem on the Nara Yamato Four-Temple Pilgrimage
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2024 - Tweet
Murouji has a fascinating history, with stunning sights that’ll linger in your heart long after you visit.
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All-you-can-drink deal for US$4 in Shinjuku is one of the best finds in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2024
Enjoy an adult drink bar on the cheap, where you pour the drinks how and when you want them.
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Japanese city encouraging visitors and locals to cosplay as ninja for annual Ninja Festa
- Casey Baseel
May 2, 2024
Home of the Iga ninja clan staging annual celebration of its shinobi heritage.
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History’s largest force of Samurai Colonel Sanders deploying to KFC Japan branches
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2024
KFC celebrates 40 years of celebrating Children’s Day.
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One of Japan’s oldest castles now lets travelers spend night on the grounds, drink in its keep
- Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2024
Marugane Castle’s Castle Experience is a package fit, and priced, for a samurai lord.
Suntory x Super Mario collaboration creates a clever way to transform into Mario【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2024
New Mario Transformation Set has got everyone drinking.
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Starbucks Japan releases new mugs and gifts for Mother’s Day
- Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2024
Heartwarming designs capture the love between mother and child in a beautiful way.
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Historical figures get manga makeovers from artists of Spy x Family, My Hero Academia and more
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2024
History of the World manga series features design of Napolean and Leonardo da Vinci by creators of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Promised Neverland.
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French Fries Bread in Tokyo’s Shibuya becomes a hit on social media
- Oona McGee
Apr 22, 2024
Taking carb-on-carb meals to new extremes.
- Japan
- (bread • cool • cool food • food • french fries • new restaurant • restaurants • review • Shibuya • SNJO • social media • taste test • Tokyo • weird food)
Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
- Oona McGee
Apr 20, 2024
Anime scenes come to life with a collection of weapons and accessories.
- Japan
- (action figures • anime • cool • figures • figurines • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kushana • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • Tolmekian)
Kyoto’s 100 Demons yokai monster parade returns!
- Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2024
Spirits from traditional folklore will once again take over Taishogun Shotengai for the night.
All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
- SoraNews24
Apr 19, 2024
Sky Plaza Ibasho opens in Shinjuku.
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Beautiful Sailor Moon manhole cover coasters being given out for free by Tokyo tourist center
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2024
Sailor Moon’s real-world home neighborhood wants to help visiting fans feel extra welcome.
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- (anime • coaters • COK • cool • manga • manhole covers • Minato Ward • Minato Ward Tourism Information Center • Sailor Moon • SNO • tourism • travel)
The oldest tunnel in Japan is believed to be haunted, and strange things happen when we go there
- Oona McGee
Apr 18, 2024
Spirits from the past live on at this abandoned site in the mountains.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • countryside • Fukui • haunted places • history • Japanese countryside • Japanese train stations • Kotone Tunnel • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • steam locomotive • train station • train stations • trains • travel)
“Half-naked men only in loincloths” drum battle returns to Hida festival for first time in five years
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2024
Festival of motion and stillness reinstates hours-long drum procession/shoving match.
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- (cool • crazy • culture • drums • festivals • Furukawa Festival • Gifu Prefecture • Hida • Hida-Furukawa • Matsuri • taiko • video)
We go looking for the free kaoyu hot spring facebath of onsen town Kusatsu【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 14, 2024
Lots of Japanese hot spring towns have footbaths, but how does a facebath work?
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- (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • hot springs • Kusatsu • onsen • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)
There’s a park inside Japan where you can also see Japan inside the park
- Casey Baseel
Apr 12, 2024
Koyaike Park has a surprise when viewed from above.
- Japan
- (cool • Koyaike Park • nature • parks)
Cup Noodles Everything Bagel surprises ramen lovers around the world
- Oona McGee
Apr 10, 2024
New limited-edition flavour puts a weird spin on breakfast.
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Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park
- Oona McGee
Apr 8, 2024
Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • Edo • history • Japanese swords • Katana • Kyoto • museums • Ninja • samurai • sword fights • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel)
Beautiful park, gigantic wholesale market, and smooth-as-silk coffee on Omori bus loop【Tokyo Loop Buses】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 7, 2024
Mr. Sato gets off the beaten path and finds a new part of Tokyo to fall in love with.
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- (buses • cafes • COK • cool • Haneda Airport • Mr. Sato • omori • parks • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Loop Buses • tourism • travel)
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