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Best breakfast in Akihabara? Might be the breakfast buffet at this “family restaurant”

• Casey Baseel
  May 4, 2025
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Most Jonathan’s don’t have a buffet, but this one is an awesome exception.

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• (Akihabara • all-you-can-eat • breakfast • buffet • COK • family restaurants • food • hotels • Jonathan's • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel)

The pros and cons of working from a Japanese hot spring inn

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Onsen ryokan stay leads to some surprising discoveries.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Ahiruneko • COK • hot springs • hotels • inns • Japanese accommodation • onsen • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • work from home • work in Japan)

Foreign travelers’ lukewarm reactions to traditional Japanese inn food causing changes in Kyoto

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2025

Classical part of ryokan culture is fading away at some inns.

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• (COK • culture • food • hotels • inns • Japanese inns • Kyoto • overtourism • ryokan • society • tourism • travel)

Bulbasaur burgers to eat and Pokémon to keep you company are part of Tokyo hotel’s summer plans

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2025

Luxurious relaxation and Pikachu pancakes both part of the package.

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• Japan
• (anime • Bulbasaur • burgers • cute • food • Grand Hyatt Tokyo • hamburgers • hotels • Hyatt • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

15 famous hotels in Tokyo investigated by Fair Trade Commission over possible price fixing

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2025

Hotels had been meeting for decades to exchange insider information regarding occupancy rates and future pricing projections.

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• (antitrust • crime • hotels • price fixing • tourism • travel)

Japan’s top 10 open-air hot spring baths with cherry blossom views【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2025

Travelers pick their favorite spots for a springtime soak.

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• (cherry blossoms • hot springs • hotels • inns • Jalan • onsen • ryokan • sakura • survey • tourism • travel)

Believe it or not, this row of retro Japanese bars is actually a hotel!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2025

Northern Japanese town famous for its castles and cherry blossoms also has one of the country’s most unique hotels.

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• (Aomori • bars • COK • cool • Hirosaki • hotels • retro • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Japanese pot sticker restaurant chain also runs flat-rate hot spring inn, but is it worth staying at?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

We head to the most unique branch of Gyoza no Manshu there is.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • gyoza • hot springs • hotels • Japanese inns • onsen • pot stickers • restaurants • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Japanese travelers choose the top five inn cats that they want to meet in the whole country

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 6, 2025

Cat got your tongue on where to stay? Choose one of these lodgings where the felines play a purrfect part of the customer service.

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • customer service • hotels • inns • Jalan • Neko no Hi • ranking • ryokan • survey • tourism • travel)

Geisha house-style vacation rental in Tokyo wins Best of Minpaku award【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Mar 4, 2025

Judges award honor to traditionally styled property in modern neighborhood.

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• (Airbnb • Best of Minpaku • geisha • hotels • minpaku • tourism • travel • vacation rental)

Japanese hotel offering 183-night stay plan for an incredibly low price

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2025

An amazing deal if you’re headed to Japan’s upcoming world’s fair, or even if you’re skipping it entirely.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • capsule hotels • crazy • deals • First Cabin • hotels • tourism • travel)

Tokyo’s breathtaking “museum hotel” miniature art exhibit will make you feel tiny too【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Feb 14, 2025

Meguro Gajoen’s Hundred Steps staircase hosts works both huge and small.

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• (art • COK • Gajeon • Hinamatsuri • Hotel Gajoen Tokyo • hotels • Hyakudan Kaidan • meguro gajoen)

Tiny storage container hotels become the latest craze in Japan, thanks to Hotel R9 The Yard

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2025

From the country that brought you capsule hotels comes a new tiny form of accommodation.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • capsule hotel • COK • container hotel • containers • freight containers • Gunma • hotel • hotels • news • SNJO • tiny homes • Tomioka • travel)

Tokyo’s Edo-themed hot spring hotel is a fresh seafood paradise

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 29, 2025

Relaxing baths and an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet combine to satisfy both your body and mind.

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• (COK • Edo • food • hot springs • hotels • Manyo Club • onsen • seafood • Senkyaku Banrai • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • travel)

Hen na Hotel Haneda: What it’s really like to stay at Tokyo’s “Weird Hotel” with dinosaur robots

• Oona McGee
  Jan 23, 2025

The fun starts at the front desk, but it’s time to find out how far the weirdness extends through the hotel.

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• (accommodation • COK • contactless • cool • dinosaurs • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Henn na Hotel • hotel • hotels • review • robots • SNJO • technology • travel • weird)

Kyoto reportedly planning to raise hotel guest taxes, create highest accommodation tax in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2025

Top tier would charge 10,000 yen per person per night.

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

A trip to see the breathtaking mountain beauty of Nagano’s Kamikochi【Part 2】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 7, 2024

The second day of a gorgeous getaway from the concrete jungle of Tokyo.

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• (beautiful • COK • hiking • hotels • Kamikochi • Mountains • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel)

A trip to see the breathtaking mountain beauty of Nagano’s Kamikochi【Part 1】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 6, 2024

Getting there can be a little complex, but it’s all worth it once you see the views.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • hiking • hotels • Kamikochi • Mountains • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel)

Nintendo files multiple new trademarks for hotel/restaurant operations in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2024

Following the opening of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, could a Nintendo hotel be next?

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• Japan
• (hotels • nintendo • tourism • travel • video games)

One of Tokyo’s most beautiful gardens gets its own moon for moon-viewing season

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2024

Hotel Chinzanso’s Sea of Clouds mist installation gets even more enchanting.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • Chinzanso • COK • cool • gardens • Hotel Chinzanso • hotels • moon • moon viewing • tourism • travel)

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