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Super budget-friendly retro Tokyo hotel feels like having your own 1960s Asakusa apartment

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 18, 2024
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Staying here is like a cozy time trip.

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• (Asakusa • COK • hotels • retro • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Four breathtaking beer gardens to visit before summer ends in Japan (or put on next year’s list)

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2024

Spanning from the north of the country to the south, these might be four of the best places in all of Japan to enjoy a cold one.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Atami • beautiful • beer • beer gardens • COK • craft beer • drinks • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resort • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • luxury travel • Nasu • nature • Okinawa • resorts • restaurants • tourism • travel)

Hidden onsen hot spring near Tokyo is waiting to be discovered by foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2024

A secret gem you won’t find in travel guides.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • hidden gems • hot spring • hotels • inns • Kanagawa • Kanagawa Prefecture • kawasaki • onsen • public bath • rotenburo • secret onsen • SNJO)

Smallest hotel room in Tokyo? This cheap stay for two will turn friends into lovers

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2024

Test the bounds of your relationship with this tiny accommodation in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • cheap hotels • cheap travel • COK • hostels • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • Minamisenju • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Eievui Friends Afternoon Tea: Eevee and its Eeveelutions disappoint one Pokémon fan in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 9, 2024

You don’t get a lot of Pokémon for your yen these days.

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• Japan
• (afternoon tea • anime • anime food • COK • cute • Eevee • Eeveelutions • high tea • hotels • Omotesando • Pokemon • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • themed cafe • themed food • Tokyo)

Japanese inn’s first foreign guests disappear without paying – “We feel so betrayed”

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2024

Travelers vanish half-way through their reserved stay, leave no trace (or payment) behind.

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• Japan
• (hotels • inns • ryokan • tourism • travel)

Fanciest Pokémon Eevee gets classy afternoon tea set at luxury hotel in downtown Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2024

Eevee and friends welcome fans to join them for an elegant engagement on Omotesando.

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• Japan
• (afternoon tea • anime • cute • Eevee • food • hotels • Pokemon • restaurants • sweets • The Strings Omotesando • video games)

Cheap capsule hotel in Kyoto is open to everyone, comes with free all-you-can-drink alcohol

• SoraNews24
  Aug 3, 2024

We find out if Anshin Oyado lives up to the great reviews.

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• (accommodation • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • hotels • Kyoto • SNJO • sweets • tourism • travel)

This Tokyo kimono and Tokyo Tower-view cafe experience will keep you cool in more ways than one

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 30, 2024

Suzumushi Cafe now open in green oasis in downtown Tokyo.

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• (beautiful • cafes • COK • drink • food • gardens • hotels • kimono • restaurants • Tokyo Tower • yukata)

Japanese school east of Tokyo is now a rest stop where you can spend the night【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2024

Going back to school at Hota Elementary.

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• (Chiba • COK • cool • hotels • michi no eki • rest areas • rest stops • road stations • schools • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japanese government wants to build luxury resorts in all national parks for foreign tourists

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2024

Wants plan completed in time to celebrate 100th anniversary of Japan’s national park system.

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• Japan
• (foreign tourists • foreign travelers • hotels • National Parks • nature • tourism • travel)

Japanese house is actually a cheap hotel where you can stay for US$24 a night

• SoraNews24
  Jul 15, 2024

Forget capsule hotels, here you can get a room in a Japanese house instead.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • cool • history • hotels • Kanagawa • kawasaki • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Beautiful afternoon tea lounge lets you look at and eat Osaka Castle【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2024

A taste of a luxurious view in Osaka.

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• (afternoon tea • cafes • COK • DoubleTree • DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle • food • Hilton • hotels • Osaka • Osaka Castle • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tea • tourism • travel)

New hotel with Osaka Castle view is one of the best places to stay in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2024

Historic views with modern amenities…and an amazing bar and restaurant.

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• (accommodation • COK • DoubleTree by Hilton • Hilton • hotels • Osaka • Osaka Castle • SNJO • tourist sites • travel)

Kyoto luxury just off the beaten path at Maruyama Park’s Chourakukan【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Jul 1, 2024

Beautiful architecture and so, so much delicious food with just a quick detour from the standard tourist itinerary.

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• (cafes • COK • drinks • food • hotels • Kyoto • Maruyama Park • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tourism • travel)

Low price and low privacy as we share a room with a single stranger at Tokyo hotel

• SoraNews24
  Jun 25, 2024

Is it more awkward to spend a night in a room with one stranger than a whole group of them?

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• (budget travel • cheap hotels • cheap travel • COK • hostels • hotels • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Hotel’s amazing breakfast buffet shows why it’s your loss if you skip Nagoya on your Japan trip

• SoraNews24
  Jun 18, 2024

Often-overlooked Nagoya is one of Japan’s best towns to eat in, and this affordable hotel lets you dig in to multiple local specialties first thing in the morning.

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• (breakfast • buffet • COK • Dormy Inn • food • hitsumabushi • hotels • kishimen • miso katsu • Nagoya • SNJO • tourism • travel • unagi)

Low price, free booze and curry, late check-out, and great location — Akihabara capsule hotel has it all

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2024

Anshin Oyado is just a two-minute walk from Akihabara Station and has everything we need to get comfortable.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • all you can drink • Anshin Oyado • capsule hotels • COK • curry • curry rice • hotels • Pasela Resorts • SNJO • Tokyo travel • tourism • travel)

Japan’s firefly season is here, and here are four great inns to take in the softly glowing beauty

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 5, 2024

A relaxing way to experience an elegant early summer tradition.

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• Japan
• (Arashiyama • beautiful • fireflies • hotels • inns • Kyoto • ryokan • tourism • travel • Yugawara)

Free drinks, curry, fried rice, saunas, and more at Tokyo Shinbashi capsule hotel

• Shannon
  May 30, 2024

How does Anshin Oyado’s Shinbashi location compare to the Shinjuku one?

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• Japan
• (capsule hotels • COK • curry • hotels • Shinbashi • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

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