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Stay at a ninja trick house in Japan with hidden doors and passageways

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2021
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Immerse yourself in the way of the shadow warrior by staying the night in this 100-year-old building.

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• (accommodation • hotels • Iga • Iga ninja • Japanese accommodation • minshuku • Ninja • shinobi • travel • trick house • unique rooms)

Traveling idiot who forced plane to land in Japan by refusing to wear mask continues to be stupid

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 3, 2020

Not content with throwing a fit on an airplane, his next stunt comes at a hotel.

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• (COK • coronavirus • crazy • face masks • hotels • masks • travel)

Anime girl holograms to start working as hotel staff at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel”【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 29, 2020

The Idolmaster cast will be waiting to serve travelers.

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• (anime • Asakusa • COK • cool • Henn na Hotel • hotels • idol singers • Idolmaster • Idols • Tokyo • travel • video games • weird)

Japan’s all-anime-themed hotel previews rooms, is ready to welcome guests

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2020

Five popular franchises are the first batch of tie-ups at the Tokorozawa Sakura Town hotel.

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• (A Certain Scientific Railgun • anime • cool • EJ Anime Hotel • hotels • Saitama • Tokorozawa • travel • Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out)

Stay in Love Live! Sunshine!!’s Mari’s glamorous room, relax like an anime schoolgirl idol

• Katy Kelly
  Oct 3, 2020

Die-hard fans of the series can once more sleep in Mari Ohara’s bed, dry off with her monogrammed towels, and take her room key home as a souvenir.

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• (anime • Awashima • expensive • hotels • Love Live Sunshine!! • Mari Ohara • otaku • tourism • Wyndham Grand Awashima)

Downtown Tokyo hotel makes its rooms absolutely free in exchange for one small favor

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2020

All it takes is a few seconds to earn a free night, and they’ll even give you complimentary beer and sashimi.

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• (awesome • COK • cool • deals • free • hotels • social media • Tokyo • travel)

Visiting the hotel half-destroyed by the 3-11 tsunami is a powerful reminder of what was lost

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2020

This preserved Tohoku building goes from completely devastated to practically unharmed in just a few floors.

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• (3-11 earthquake and tsunami • COK • disasters • hotels • Iwate • moving • SNJO • Tohoku • travel • tsunami)

Why stay at a hotel in Japan when you can rent this entire mountain instead?【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2020

Yes, you get a cabin too, but the real appeal is having an entire mountain to yourself.

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• (awesome • beautiful • cool • hotels • Kyushu • Miyazaki • Mountains • nature • travel)

Writer’s retreat ryokan — Tokyo inn treats you like novelist on deadline, with strict “editors”

• Dale Roll
  Aug 27, 2020

Learn what it feels like to be a novelist with an editor hounding you about your manuscript!

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • experience • funny • hotels • inns • novelist • ryokan • SNJO • themed hotel • Tokyo • travel • weird • writer • writing)

Yamagata prefecture to open “kimono retreat hotel” in 2021 based in historic renovated property

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 25, 2020

Area will offer great opportunities to learn about the local culture, as well as the wonderful world of kimono craftsmanship.

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• Japan
• (culture • history • hotels • kimono • Okuyama Residence • ryokan • samurai • Tomohiro • travel • Uesugi Yozan • Yamagata Prefecture)

Traditional Japanese inn offers ultimate amenity: A cat companion to spend the night with

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 18, 2020

Hot spring town ryokan lets guests try out the experience of owning a cat so they can learn if they want a permanent pet of their very own.

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• (animals • cat cafes • cats • cool • cute • hotels • pets • ryokan • travel • Yugawara)

Now you can ‘stay’ in a Japanese castle without even leaving your sofa

• Katie Pask
  Aug 14, 2020

There are even futons for you to ‘sleep’ on!

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• (castles • cool • Ehime • history • hotels • stay home • technology • travel • virtual reality • VR)

Possibly the cutest hotel rooms in the world – Hello Kitty themed rooms to open in Tokyo

• Katie Pask
  Aug 14, 2020

Mixing traditional Japanese design with modern cuteness!

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• (Asakusa • COK • cute • Hello Kitty • hotels • Sanrio • Tokyo • travel)

All-anime-themed hotel opening in Japan’s Tokorozawa Sakura Town【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 5, 2020

A new place to stay not far from the real-world inspiration for the setting of My Neighbor Totoro.

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• (anime • cool • hotels • Kadokawa • Saitama • Tokorozawa • travel)

Stay at an old samurai residence in the heart of a “Little Kyoto” warrior town

• Oona McGee
  Jul 26, 2020

Swords, armour and ceremonial items are just some of the samurai secrets awaiting you inside this secluded compound.

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• (accommodation • Akita • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • history • hotels • Kakunodate • Katana • museums • samurai • SNOJ • swords • travel)

Sleeping with the noodles – Ramen-themed hotel room now accepting guests in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 23, 2020

Amenities set travelers up with enough ramen for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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• (COK • cool • food • Hokkaido • hotels • Noodles • ramen • Sapporo • travel • weird)

Rotting corpse discovered by two men exploring “haunted hotel” in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 20, 2020

Hotel stopped taking living guests almost 30 years ago.

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• (crazy • haunted • hotels • scary • weird)

100 mild and no-symptom coronavirus patients in Tokyo set to be relocated to hotel for quarantine

• Dale Roll
  Apr 8, 2020

Tokyo officials hope the move will help open up more hospital beds for those needing serious medical attention. 

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• (coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • hotels • Tokyo • Toyoko Inn)

Indulge in this sumo, public bath-themed room during your next stay in Tokyo’s Harajuku district

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 24, 2020

“Dosukoi” is the next iteration of themed travel accommodations being offered by the fun and inventive Moshi Moshi Rooms.

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• (accommodation • Airbnb • Asobi System • Harajuku • hotels • Moshi Moshi Rooms • public bath • public baths • Rokuyon • sento • Sumo • travel)

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.

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• (accommodation • cheap • COK • crazy • Hakone • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rotenburo • ryokan • tourism • tourists • travel)

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