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There’s a Kingdom Hearts hotel room with a functioning Keyblade coming to Tokyo Disneyland【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Jan 16, 2019
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Special room at Tokyo Disney Resort celebrates release of the long-awaited release of Kingdom Hearts III from video game publisher Square Enix.

Japan
(awesome • cool • hotels • keyblade • Kingdom Hearts • Kingdom Hearts III • Square Enix • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • travel • video games)

Japan travel: Best things to do, see and eat in Hagi and Yamaguchi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Oona McGee
Jan 14, 2019

View a National Treasure, stop off at a former school for samurai sons, and stamp on a stone pavement that “sings”.

Japan
(Hagi • Hagi no Yado Tomoe • hotels • National Treasure • pagoda • rickshaw • Rurikoji • ryokan • temples • Tokoji • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture)

Manga Art Hotel Tokyo welcomes foreign guests with over 5,000 manga, including English editions

Casey Baseel
Jan 10, 2019

Hotel admits up front that you probably won’t get much sleep, but will thoroughly enjoy your stay anyway.

Japan
(anime • capsule hotels • cool • hotels • manga • Tokyo • travel)

This ISN’T what a US$100 Tokyo sushi lunch looks like. It’s what a US$200 one looks like!

Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2018

An ordering mistake sends SoraNews24’s Mr. Sato soaring into the bliss of his most rarified lunch ever as he learns there’s one sushi restaurant where not all omakase are the same.

Japan
(expensive food • food • hotels • Mr. Sato • omakase • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi)

Japanese YouTuber seeking last minute hotel lodgings finds room for one that “might be a bit big”

Katy Kelly
Oct 31, 2018

CEO of virtual YouTuber agency found himself sleeping in a cavernous room that dwarfed his tiny bed, to the delight of netizens.

Japan
(crazy • funny • hotels • ryokan • travel • weird)

Tokyo accommodation: Capsule hotel offers unique sleep and sauna stay for women

Oona McGee
Oct 23, 2018

Do-C provides Löyly and a warm pillar for an authentic Finnish sauna experience you won’t find anywhere else in Japan.

Japan
(accommodation • capsule hotels • COK • hotels • sauna • SNOJ • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Tokyo’s famous capsule apartments now take month-long reservations from foreign travelers

Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2018

Architectural landmark is in a fantastic location from which to immerse yourself in the Tokyo lifestyle while seeing the city’s sights.

Japan
(apartments • capsule hotels • COK • cool • hotels • muji • Mujirushi • Nakagin Capsule Tower • Tokyo • travel)

Japanese love hotel worker injured after two men run off without paying exorbitant bill

Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2018

The non-paying guests did a runner while the employee grabbed onto their car door.

Japan
(Aichi • crazy • crime • hotels • love • love hotels • news • romance • theft • weird)

Beautiful hotel on Japan’s northern island has frozen rooms, ice outdoor bath【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2018

Hokkaido gets cold in the winter, and this hotel gets incredible.

Japan
(awesome • baths • beautiful • cool.crazy • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resort • hotels • travel)

This retro-cool Japanese sleeper train is now a super-cheap hostel right in downtown Tokyo

Casey Baseel
Sep 1, 2018

After carrying passengers to Hokkaido, the Hokutosei is now taking guests to slumberland with a great location and special beer.

Japan
(beer • COK • cool • hostels • hotels • sleeper trains • SNOJ • Tokyo • trains • travel)

USJ hotel’s horror-themed room is back, ensures customers won’t have a good night’s sleep

Koh Ruide
Aug 30, 2018

How could you when the haunted room is filled with bloodstains, cobwebs, severed limbs, and a hidden switch that’ll whisk you into a nightmare world?