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Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 8, 2025
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Journey into the history of a 1,000-year-old tradition to uncover why this dangerous delicacy continues to have its place on the dinner table.

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• (COK • culture • food • kagami mochi • mochi • New Year's • ozoni • rice cakes)

The etiquette rules for visiting Shinto shrines in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2025

There’s a whole lot of bowing involved.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • etiquette • manners • shinto • shrines • tourism • travel)

Disney Kabuki merch collaboration appears in Japan, but Mickey doesn’t play female roles

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 24, 2024

Is there historical precedent for Minnie Mouse to be a kabuki actress?

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• Japan
• (culture • Disney • kabuki • Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • Shochiku)

Starbucks teams up with 165-year-old Kyoto doll maker for Year of the Snake decorations【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 13, 2024

Higashiyama palace doll artisans turn their talents to Year of the Snake collection.

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• Japan
• (art • Chinese zodiac • COK • culture • interior • jimoto • Jimoto Plus • Kyoto • New Year's • Oshogatsu • Shimada Koen • Starbucks • year of the snake)

Japan’s Kanji of the Year announced, shows the bright and dark spots of 2024【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2024

Top pick is a familiar one, but third-place finisher is surging this year.

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• Japan
• (culture • Japanese language • kanji • kanji of the year • Kanji of the Year 2024 • linguistics • society)

Kenbishi Shuzo sake brewery commits to production of traditional wooden sake barrels

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 11, 2024

One of Japan’s oldest breweries carries on the craft as UNESCO registers Japanese sake brewing as Intangible Cultural Heritage this month.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • barrel • craft • culture • Hyogo • Intangible Cultural Heritage • Kenbishi Shuzo • sake • UNESCO • UNESCO World Heritage)

Japan’s most popular castle raising ticket prices by up to 200 percent for non-local tourists

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2024

There’s a little silver lining to Himeji Castle’s new tiered ticket prices, but if you’re not a local, it’s probably going to cost you a whole lot more.

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• Japan
• (castles • COK • culture • Himeji • Himeji Castle • history • tiered pricing • tourism • travel)

Scarier than a haunted house? Kyoto hidden-meaning “mean” manners escape house on the way

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 6, 2024

“Would you like some rice with green tea and pickles?”

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• Japan
• (crazy • culture • etiquette • funny • ikezu • Kyoto • manners • weird)

Staying one step ahead of the tourist crowds with a visit to Japan’s main Mt. Fuji shrine【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 5, 2024

Quiet culture and beauty are waiting at Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Fujinomiya • Mt. Fuji • Shizuoka • shrines • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)

Lucky accommodation plan in Japan includes shrine visit and onsen hot spring inn stay

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2024

A once-in-a-lifetime experience at the birthplace of Japanese mythology.
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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • culture • inn • Kagoshima • Kirishima • Kirishima Jingu • Kirishima Shrine • onsen • shrines • stay • tourism • tradition • travel • unique)

Forbidden area at Japanese mountaintop shrine opens to the public for first time in 400 years

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2024

Be one of the first outsiders in centuries to enter this secret sacred area.

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• Japan
• (amazing • architecture • COK • culture • japanese architecture • Japanese shrine • Shizuoka • shogun • shogunate • shrine • shrines • SNJO • Tokugawa Ieyasu • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

History’s highest sumo wrestling and geisha dance to take place at Tokyo Skytree observation deck

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2024

Early-morning and late-night events are aimed at visitors with an interest in high places and rich culture who also have deep pockets.

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • geisha • Skytree • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • Tokyo Skytree • tourism • travel)

Japanese ramen restaurant serves noodles with a heartwarming side of history

• Oona McGee
  Nov 8, 2024

Unique visitor’s record tells the story of a ramen dish that remains unchanged for decades.

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• Japan
• (Asahikawa • COK • culture • food • hidden gems • history • Hokkaido • Japanese food • old restaurants • ramen • ramen restaurant • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soy sauce ramen • travel)

Japanese communities giving their skylines a spring clean and saying goodbye to power lines

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 1, 2024

The quest to let Japan’s historical sites shine bright continues on.

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• Japan
• (culture • history • Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings • Kawaramachi • overhead power cables • power cables • power lines • Sasayama • society • Tamba-Sasayama)

American gun owner opens our eyes to a different way of life in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Oct 30, 2024

“Bad guys have guns, so good girls have to have guns too.”

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• Japan, USA
• (Asakusa • bars • COK • culture • gun owners • guns • Ikuna Kamezawa • pubs • SNJO)

Wearable blankets blessed by 1,100-year old Shinto shrine on sale in Japan, surprisingly affordable

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2024

Blessed Wearable Blankets all receive prayers that wearers will pass their entrance exams.

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• Japan
• (blanket • cool • cozy • culture • education • entrance exams • fashion • robe • roomwear • shinto • shrines • warm • wearable blanket • weird)

How to do an overnight bus trip to Kanazawa from Tokyo【Photos】 – Part 2

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2024

Historical tea houses, throwing stars, retro cafes, and Kanazawa’s special curry, all without any need to book a hotel.

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• Japan
• (buses • Busta Shinjuku • COK • culture • curry • food • gardens • highway buses • history • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Curry • KB Liner • Kenrokuen • Masanuki Sunakoma • Omicho Market • shinjuku • Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal • SNJO • tourism • travel)

A visit to Japan’s priest murder party cliffs of Tojinbo【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Oct 14, 2024

Dramatic coastline has a dramatic reason for sharing its name with a priest from the Heian period.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • culture • Fukui • fukui prefecture • history • outdoors • shinto • shrines • SNJO • Tojinbo • tourism • travel)

A beautiful night in the Hokkaido woods with immersive Ainu folktale Kamuy Lumina【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 9, 2024

Grab your rhythm staff for an unforgettable after-sundown event.

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• Japan
• (Ainu • Akan Mashu National Park • art • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • Hokkaido • Kamuy Lumina • Lake Akan • nature • outdoors • projection mapping • SNJO)

Japanese government wants to acquire original anime and manga art for creation of national archive

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2024

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology discusses project with Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno.

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• Japan
• (anime • archive • art • culture • manga • museums • society)

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