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Visit the mythical cave that hid the Sun Goddess in Japanese mythology

• Oona McGee
  Sep 17, 2022
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An unsual tourist site shrouded in intrigue and mystery.

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• Japan
• (Amaterasu • COK • countryside • goddess • inaka • Mie • Mie Prefecture • mythology • myths • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

What’s inside these 7-Eleven lucky bags?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2022

Only available when a new branch opens, the contents are sure to please lovers of Japanese convenience stores!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • countryside • Daiichiro Tashiro • food • fukubukuro • inaka • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Kumamoto • Lucky Bags • Minamiaso • new opening • SNJO)

When a Japanese convenience store opens in the countryside…

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2022

7-Eleven comes to a rural town, and we’re one of the first to walk through its doors.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • country life • countryside • inaka • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Kumamoto • Minamiaso • SNJO)

The best soba restaurant on Yakushima island, according to locals

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2022

It’s a trek to get to this rural location, but it’s worth it. 

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • food • inaka • Japanese food • Noodles • restaurants • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • taste test • travel • Yakushima)

The unstaffed vegetable stand in Japan where you pick your produce yourself

• Oona McGee
  Jun 9, 2022

Mr Sato teaches us how to make a purchase at this unusual roadside stall.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • cooking • countryside • farm life • farmers • farms • Japanese farm • Japanese farmers • SNJO • travel • unmanned • unmanned shops • unmanned store • unstaffed store • vegetable stand • vegetables • weird)

This unstaffed Japanese train station is like a Ghibli anime come to life

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2022

Little-known gem has one of the most beautiful views in Japan.

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• Japan
• (Arimagawa Station • beauty • COK • countryside • Ghibli • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • nature • Niigata • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • seaside • SNJO • train stations • trains • travel)

Travel off the beaten path to a secret spot in Japan where bamboo grows wild on an old train line

• Oona McGee
  May 4, 2022

Like the bamboo grove in Kyoto, but with less tourists and more beauty. 

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• Japan
• (bamboo • COK • cool • countryside • Japanese scenery • Mountains • off the beaten path • photography • railway tracks • railways • SNJO • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

The Japanese train station where staff bow to departing passengers

• Oona McGee
  Feb 10, 2022

The heartwarming beauty of country life captured in a charming new video.

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• Japan
• (country • countryside • heartwarming • Japan Rail • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Kagoshima • Kyushu • train stations • trains • transportation • videos)

Collapsed shed at our cheap countryside house reveals unusual Japanese gems from the past

• Oona McGee
  Dec 8, 2021

Dilapidated outbuilding at the SoraHouse contains some surprise items that could tell a story or two.

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• Japan
• (cheap • COK • country life • countryside • crazy • homes • Housing • Japanese houses • Living in Japan • property • retro • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse)

44 bubble machines on the roof of a Japanese country house is our idea of renovating【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 6, 2021

We start our improvements to the SoraHouse with what’s really important: weird fun.

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• Japan
• (bubbles • cheap • COK • country life • countryside • crazy • Daiso • Living in Japan • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse • video)

We throw a bubble party at our cheap countryside house in Japan【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 2, 2021

A soap bubble guru is born at the SoraHouse.

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• Japan
• (bubbles • cheap • COK • country life • countryside • crazy • Daiso • fun • games • houses • Living in Japan • property • renovation • rural • slow life • SNJO • SoraHouse • video)

We ride a motorbike to Japan’s “Moon”

• Master Blaster
  Sep 22, 2021

Not “The Moon,” but still cool.

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• Japan
• (autumn • COK • countryside • funny • Hamamatsu • moon • rural • Shizuoka • SNJO • travel • Tsuki • tsukimi)

Netizen visits grandparents’ house, finds undisturbed bamboo stalk growing in the kitchen【Pics】

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jul 20, 2020

It’s gonna take more than one call to insurance for this one. 
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• Japan
• (bamboo • countryside • crazy • Japanese Twitter • nature)

Ghibli scarecrow protects rice fields in countryside Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2019

Pikachu and Ash also watch over the crops, which were once destroyed by the tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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• (anime • countryside • farming • Ghibli • Iwate • movies • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • rice • Rikuzentakata • scarecrow • Studio Ghibli)

Let’s visit Machu Picchu located in the mountains of USA, Japan!

• Master Blaster
  Jul 14, 2019

Confused? We sure were.

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• Japan
• (countryside • Machu Picchu • Mountains • Oita • travel • USA • USA Station)

Enjoy a taste of traditional Japan in self-operated Edo period cable car

• Oona McGee
  Apr 3, 2019

A frightening yet exhilarating way to travel for free in rural Japan. 

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• Japan
• (cool • countryside • monkeys • Nara • ropeway • thrill rides • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Four pieces of important advice for foreigners in Japan moving from the countryside to Tokyo

• Koh Ruide
  Mar 15, 2019

These tips will prepare you for a smooth transition from rural to urban living.

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• Japan
• (advice • countryside • foreigners in Japan • Lifehacks • moving • rural life • SNO • Tokyo • urban living • working in Japan)

Yamagata police tell residents not to worry about knife-wielding man roaming the streets

• Master Blaster
  Mar 11, 2019

Move along folks, nothing to see here.

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • crime • farm life • knife • police • safety • Yamagata. Sakata)

Can you crack this beautifully minimalist comparison of Japan’s big cities and rural countryside?

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2018

Designer cleverly shows a big difference between the two and reflects a unique part of Japanese culture.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • cities • cool • countryside • culture • design)

One in four young people in Japan’s biggest cities thinking of moving to the countryside【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2018

A surprising number of young adults are considering trading the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and other cities for a slow-paced rural lifestyle.

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• Japan
• (COK • countryside • rural • slow life • society • survey • Tokyo)

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