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Japan has a maid hotel you can stay in, and it’s now taking reservation applications

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2026
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“Small manor in the Izu highlands” is getting ready to welcome guests once again.

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• (hotels • ito • Izu • Izu Kogen • Japan travel • maid cafes • maids • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • tourism • travel)

Japanese Shinkansen welcomes overnight guests for one night during summer festival

• Oona McGee
  Jul 28, 2026

Experience the bullet train like few travellers ever have before.

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• (accommodation • Aomori • bullet train • bullet trains • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • East Japan Railway • hotels • Japanese hotels • Japanese trains • JR East • Nebuta Festival • shinkansen • Tohoku • trains)

Japanese Shinkansen becomes an overnight hotel for three nights this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jul 24, 2026

Spend the night inside a bullet train from just 5,000 yen.

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Is Japan’s tourism boom slowing down? Foreign visitor numbers fall for first time in five years

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2026

New report shows a worrying trend, but is it the beginning of the end for Japan’s popularity as a tourist destination?

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• (foreign tourists • hotels • Japan travel • jnto • news • tourism • tourists • travel)

Foreign tourists staying in one part of Japan can now get nightly government hotel discounts

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 10, 2026

As of this month, exploring off the beaten path in Kyushu can save you a whole lot of cash.

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• (deals • foreign tourists • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Prefecture • Go Fukuoka • hotels • Japan travel • Kyushu • tourism • travel)

Tokyo revises accommodation tax amidst tourism boom, Airbnb rentals now included

• Oona McGee
  Jul 7, 2026

Both Japanese and overseas travellers could soon be paying more to stay in Tokyo.

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Sleep at Hoshinoya Nara Prison, one of the most unique hotels in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 1, 2026

One-of-a-kind accommodation includes former prison cells that have been transformed into guest rooms.

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• (accommodation • crime • history • Hoshino Resorts • hotel • hotels • Japanese hotel • Luxury • Nara • Nara Juvenile Prison • Nara Prison • prison • travel • unique stays • unusual accommodation • unusual stays • weird)

Sanrio Hotel Floria isn’t actually a hotel, but it’s still a must visit for fans traveling in Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2026

Hello Kitty and friends imagined what their perfect hotel would be like, and they’re inviting you in.

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• (COK • cute • events • Hello Kitty • hotels • Kuromi • My Melody • Sanrio)

Pikachu cakes and other adorable Pokémon 30th anniversary food coming to Tokyo luxury hotel

• Casey Baseel
  May 29, 2026

Special sweets designed to satisfy your sweet tooth and cool you off in the summer heat.

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• (anime • awesome • COK • cute • Grand Hyatt • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hotels • Hyatt • Japan travel • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Mt. Fuji hot spring inn gets even more beautiful after dark with Firefly Festival

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2026

Even when Mt. Fuji is hidden in shadows, there’s still something breathtaking to see here.

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• (beautiful • COK • cool • fireflies • hot springs • hotels • Japan travel • Japanese inns • Mt. Fuji • nature • onsen • ryokan • tourism • travel)

Art Fire Festival lights up the night at a unique venue in the mountains of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2026

Sarusho continues to shine in its second life.

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• (art • awesome • closed schools • cool • fire • Gunma • hotels • pyrotechnics • schools)

30 Pikachus want to share a Tokyo hotel room with you that has separate Grass, Water, Fire spaces

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2026

Grand Hyatt Tokyo celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise with one Pikachu for every year.

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Can a downtown Tokyo super sento bathhouse beat a hotel for a one-night stay?

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 5, 2026

Does the morning sauna make up for a night of communal snoring?

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• (Ahiruneko • bathhouse • bathhouses • baths • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kabukicho • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • public baths • sento • shinjuku • SNJO • super sento • Thermae-Yu • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Kyoto raises hotel accommodation tax to fight overtourism, travelers could pay up to 10 times more

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 3, 2026

Higher rates now in effect, projected to bring in more than 7 billion yen in extra revenue.

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• (accommodation tax • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kyoto • overtourism • tourism • travel)

Room 404: What happened when we stayed in an unlucky hotel room in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 14, 2026

There’s a reason hotels don’t use this number for their rooms.

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• (accommodation • business hotel • cheap stays • COK • ghosts • haunted • haunted hotels • haunted places • hotel • hotels • Japanese hotel • Masanuki Sunakoma • mysteries • SNJO • supernatural • travel)

This gigantic judo dojo-sized hotel room will make you feel like royalty, but it’s disappearing soon

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2026

There’s plenty of space to stretch out, but not much time to spare if you want to have this unique Japan travel experience.

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• (awesome • COK • crazy • hotels • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • judo • ryokan • Saitama • Saitama City • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Kyoto planning surprise late-night inspections of Airbnb-style rentals to fight overtourism

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 2, 2026

Local residents’ complaints about bad-mannered tourists prompt pledges from mayor to consider tighten regulations.

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• (Airbnb • COK • hotels • Japan travel • Kyoto • short-term rentals • society • tourism • travel)

Sanrio’s Little Twin Stars shine brightly in new themed rooms at the Keio Plaza Hotel Hachioji

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 21, 2026

Make a wish on not one but two little stars while you’re on vacation in western Tokyo this spring.

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• Japan
• (cute • hachioji • hotels • Japan travel • keio plaza hotel • Kiki & Lala • kiki and lala • Little Twin Stars • Sanrio • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Giant hotel rooms in Osaka reflect the new non-niche face of travel in Japan.

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2026

Japanese home-away-from-home hotel rooms reflect the new face of Japan travel.

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• (group travel • hotels • Japan travel • Osaka • tourism • travel)

Japanese avoiding domestic travel as foreign tourists increase, possibly creating vicious cycle

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2025

More foreign tourists leading to fewer Japanese tourists could be leading to more foreign tourists which could lead to fewer Japanese tourists which could…

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• (foreign tourists • hotels • Japan Tourism Agency • Japan travel • society • tourism • travel)

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