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New ANA air pass with unlimited Japanese house rentals, multiple flights now taking applications
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2020 - Tweet
An amazingly affordable way to see Japan and live like a local.
Nintendo’s historic former headquarters in Kyoto to reopen as a hotel
- Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2020
Management promises “comfortable hospitality for both domestic and international travelers.”
Lotte City Hotel in Tokyo comes with all-you-can-eat sweets and ice cream
- Oona McGee
Jan 7, 2020
People in Japan are going crazy for this sweets hotel, which serves up Koala’s March pancakes unavailable anywhere else in the world.
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- (accommodation • Bikkuriman • chocolate • COK • hotels • Kinshicho • koala no march • Koala's March • Lotte • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • travel • weird)
Pokémon hotel rooms spawn in Tokyo and Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2019
Spend the night in a Poké Ball with some of your favourite Japanese pocket monsters.
- Japan
- (accommodation • anime • Apartment Hotel Mimaru • hotels • Kyoto • Pikachu • Pokemon • Snorlax • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • travel • traveling • video games)
New cat hotel in Japan lets you watch kitties right outside your window for entire stay【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 10, 2019
Forget ocean views. “Cat view” is the best kind of hotel room.
- Japan
- (animal cafes • capsule hotels • cat cafes • COK • hotels • Neco Republic • Osaka • rescue animals • rescue cats • travel)
Japanese hotel that hosted last four emperors offering rooms for fraction of their regular price
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2019
The Nara Hotel offers royal-class hospitality, but right now you won’t have to pay a king’s ransom to experience it.
- Japan
- (Emperor • Emperor of Japan • history • hotels • Imperial Family • Nara • travel)
Japan’s cheapest hotel charges just 130 yen (US$1.20) for a room, with a huge, no-privacy catch
- Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2019
Even if you’re traveling by yourself, you’ll never be alone since you’re on a 24-hour live stream.
- Japan
- (cheap • COK • crazy • Fukuoka • funny • hotels • live stream • Masanuki Sunakoma • ryokan • SNJO • travel • weird)
Manga cafe with 24-hour, all-you-can-eat food might be cheapest place to stay (or live) in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 4, 2019
Food, shelter, shower, and laundry. Everything you need, and for just 2,140 yen (US$19.80) a day.
- Japan
- (all-you-can-eat • capsule hotels • cool • hotels • manga cafes • travel)
ANA to offer Japan domestic air pass with multiple flights and unlimited accommodations provided
- Casey Baseel
Nov 1, 2019
Skipping the Shinkansen lets you spend as many nights as you want in off-the-beaten-path Japan.
Eating Tokyo’s most expensive pancakes required us to go through a security check
- Casey Baseel
Oct 26, 2019
Mr. Sato eats the pancakes that won the heart of one of the most powerful politicians in Japan, but were they worth it?
- Japan
- (COK • food • government • Hotel New Otani • hotels • Mr. Sato • pancakes • politicians • restaurants • SNJO • sweets)
Sleep next to the railroad tracks at the closest hotel to a train station platform in Japan
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2019
New accommodation recreates the feel of a high-class train cabin inside, with a priceless view outside for just US$20 a night.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Budget Hotels • COK • Fukuoka • hostels • hotels • Japanese trains • SNJO • train stations • trains • travel)
This just might be the best affordable hotel breakfast buffet in all of Japan【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2019
Business hotel makes breakfast a pleasure with morning cutlets, hot pot, and miso.
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- (awesome • breakfast • buffets • business hotels • COK • deals • food • hotels • Miso • Nagoya • SNJO • travel)
Narita Airport accommodation: New hostel opens in a converted Japanese elementary school
- Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2019
Go back to school at Ready to Flight! Narita.
- Japan
- (accommodation • hostels • hotels • Japanese schools • Narita • Narita Airport • schools • travel)
Japan’s first dedicated e-sports hotel to open this spring with three full floors of gaming gear
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2019
A place for digital competitors to stay in the birthplace of the Japanese fighting game community.
- Japan
- (e-sports • hotels • Osaka • pro gamers • travel • video games)
Japan Travel: 17 Things to do in Oita, Japan’s onsen prefecture
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2019
There’s so much more to Oita than amazing hot springs.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Beppu • COK • food • Hita • hotels • Kyushu • nature • Oita • onsen • ryokan • shrines • SNO • temples • tourism • tourists • travel • USA)
Capsule hotel offers stays for $12 a night, extra perks make it one of the best deals in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2019
Looking for a cheap place to stay in Tokyo? This guest house will tick all your boxes.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotels • COK • hotels • SNOJ • Tokyo • travel)
This hotel has one of the coolest katana collections in Japan, and admission is totally free【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2019
Centuries of samurai history are on display, and we’ll teach you what to look for in appreciating the beauty of a Japanese sword.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • culture • history • hotels • Katana • Mie • museums • samurai • SNOJ • swords • travel)
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Motorsports, hot springs, huge ramen, and an amusement park: All reasons to visit Suzuka Circuit
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Jul 16, 2019
Mie Prefecture’s Suzuka is the home of Japan’s most famous racetrack, but there’s more than cars to get excited about.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • cars • COK • hot springs • hotels • Mie • motorsports • onsen • SNOJ • Suzuka • suzuka circuit • travel)
Looking for a hotel in Japan? Skip the ryokan and stay in this castle instead!
- Casey Baseel
Jul 13, 2019
Seaside stronghold in Nagasaki is looking for guests, and might let you stay for free.
Kyoto breakfast buffet with all-you-can-eat sushi: One of the best possible ways to start a day
- Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2019
Rise and shine for this spread of delicious regional specialties and locally grown vegetables that’s offered to hotel guests and non-guests alike.
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Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea
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Japan announces new permanent residency guidelines, foreigners must earn more than average Japanese person
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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
Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa
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