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Eight low-key great places to spend the day (or half a day) in Japan this fall
- SoraNews24
Oct 19, 2026 - Tweet
Fall means an abundance of good weather but a shortage of time in Japan, but here are eight spots that are quick to see but you’ll remember for a long, long time.
- Japan
- (anime • Arakawa Amusement Park • art • Attack on Titan • beautiful • COK • Evangelion • Hakone • Hakone Open-Air Museum • Hitachi Seaside Park • Imperial Palace • Japan travel • manga • nature • Oita • parks • Shimane • Smal Worlds • SNJO • Tocho • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • tourism • travel)
Set sail on top of a giant pirate ship to watch Japan’s summer fireworks
- Elliot Hale
Jul 10, 2026
Why fight the landlubbers on shore for a decent view when you can take to the waters of Lake Ashi for a crowd-free festival?
- Japan
- (boats • COK • fireworks • fireworks festivals • Hakone • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Lake Ashi • Lake Ashinoko • pirate boat • pirate ship • summer festivals • tourism • travel)
Beautiful sightseeing boat is a floating tea ceremony venue in east Japan’s best hot spring town
- Casey Baseel
Dec 30, 2025
Daichakai sets sail in Hakone.
- Japan
- (beautiful • boats • green tea • Hakone • hot springs • Lake Ashi • Lake Ashinoko • matcha • onsen • tea • tea ceremony • tourism.Japan travel • travel)
Explore Japan’s volcanic beauty at Hakone’s latest attraction
- Elliot Hale
Apr 6, 2025
With an active volcano below and Mt. Fuji in the distance, you’ll truly be surrounded by the raw power of nature.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • Hakone • Hakone Ropeway • Kanagawa • Mt. Fuji • nature • outdoors • Owakudani • tourism • travel • volcano)
Sorakaze: New Hakone sightseeing cruise boat on Lake Ashi is as stunning as the Mt Fuji views
- Oona McGee
Jun 14, 2024
Complete with a grass deck, this “green park floating on a lake” is a beautiful way to travel.
- Japan
- (Ashinoko • boats • COK • cruise • cruises • Fuji • Hakone • Hakone Shrine • Lake Ashi • Mt. Fuji • nature • sightseeing boats • SNJO • torii • tours • travel)
Japanese hot spring adds roaring Godzilla Invasion Cave, other kaiju-related relaxation options
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2023
Hakone onsen facility continues to think outside the box.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus One • Hakone • hot springs • kaiju • onsen • travel • Yunessun)
Visiting Evangelion’s Tokyo-3 anime locations in real-life Hakone【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 21, 2022
Turns out Tokyo-3 is a really nice place to visit when it’s not getting attacked by giant space monsters.
Mt Fuji photo tricks the eye by looking like a moody ink painting
- Oona McGee
Mar 1, 2021
Is this real life or a scene from an eerie video game?
- Japan
- (art • Ashiko • beauty • Fuji • Hakone • Lake Ashi • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • nature • photography • photos • ukiyoe)
Demon Slayer inspires us to build an old-timey Japanese puzzle box of our own
- Katy Kelly
Nov 22, 2020
If you need a project with an anime Taisho-period twist, try crafting your own puzzle box!
- Japan
- (arts and crafts • beautiful • COK • cool • crafts • culture • Demon Slayer • Hakone • himitsubako • interior • interior decoration • karakuri box • Kimetsu no Yaiba • puzzle box • SNJO • woodwork)
Susuki: One of the most beautiful, and often overlooked, parts of autumn in Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2020
At the right time of year and the right time of day, this traditional sign of fall shines like a field of gold.
Japanese man rides 1,000 kilometres on stolen mamachari bicycle to see Tokyo for first time
- Oona McGee
Aug 14, 2020
Epic journey stopped by police just short of completion.
- Japan
- (bicycles • crime • epic journey • Hakone • Kyushu • long bicycle trip • mamachari • news • police • travel)
Drink with a Japanese geisha at an online drinking party
- Oona McGee
May 22, 2020
Now you don’t even have to be in Japan to spend time with a geisha.
- Japan
- (clever • COK • coronavirus • culture • drinking party • geisha • Hakone • maiko • Nomikai • tourism)
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)
Japanese candy shop bans all Chinese customers over coronavirus fears
- Casey Baseel
Jan 23, 2020
Owner also claims his store has been “ruined by Chinese people with bad manners.”
The 10 best Japanese hot spring resorts locals want to go back to again and again
- Dale Roll
Dec 20, 2019
These onsen town trips are so good they deserve an encore!
- Japan
- (Beppu • COK • Dogo Onsen • Hakone • hot springs • Japan travel • Kusatsu Onsen • onsen • travel)
Blood-red Evangelion hot spring bath to open in Japan for fun, relaxing terror
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2019
East Japan’s premier hot spring town, the real-world Tokyo-3, wants you to bathe in LCL.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • crazy • Evangelion • gross • Hakone • hot springs • onsen • Yunessun)
Meat Festival at Yunessun hot spring resort features creamy soy milk bath!
- Kay
May 11, 2019
Here’s your chance to soak in a large refreshing hot bath of soy milk.
- Japan
- (food • Hakone • hot springs • Kanagawa • onsen • spa resort • travel • weird • Yunessun)
Weird Al Yankovic visits Japan, takes hilarious travel pics around the country 【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Apr 6, 2019
The comedian makes us laugh at famous tourist spots from Tokyo to Kyoto.
- Japan
- (celebrities • celebrity sighting • funny • Hakone • Harajuku • Kyoto • LOL • Nara • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Chocolate hot spring bath opens in Japan, allows swimsuits, mixed-gender bathing
- Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2019
An onsen like no other in the Tokyo area’s premier hot spring resort town.
- Japan
- (chocolate • Hakone • hot springs • onsen • Valentine's Day • Yunessun)
Foreigner visiting Japan? Don’t forget to get your free-to-use smartphone from Kanagawa
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2018
One more reason to visit beautiful Kanagawa, just a 30-minute train ride from downtown Tokyo.
- Japan
- (foreigners in Japan • free • Hakone • Kamakura • Kanagawa • Smartphones • travel • Yokohama)
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Fishing information website for Susaki, Japan, hit by data leak, all 3 users affected
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Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
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Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
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Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store- Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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