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More than a capsule hotel, downtown Tokyo capsule ryokan is awesome, budget-friendly spot to stay

• Casey Baseel
  May 26, 2023
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We’ve got a new champion when it comes to Tokyo capsule hotels in this price range.

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• (capsule hotels • COK • cool • hotels • ryokan • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

Godzilla extends attack on seaside hotel in Japan, fans invited to hours-long escape room game

• Casey Baseel
  May 21, 2023

Atami hoteliers thought Godzilla’s attack would end in spring, but the King of the Monsters makes his own schedule.

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• (Atami • awesome • cool • escape games • escape rooms • Godzilla • hot springs • hotels • kaiju • onsen • SCRAP • travel)

Pikachu afternoon tea adds an anime twist to high tea in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2023

A limited-time treat for Pokémon fans, only at two special locations!

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• (afternoon tea • anime • anime food • COK • cute • high tea • hotels • Nagoya • Omotesando • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • The Strings • themed cafe • themed food • Tokyo)

Kagawa Prefecture becoming Slowpoke Paradise this spring

• Master Blaster
  Mar 18, 2023

So…much…Slowpoke.

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• (Ayagawa • buses • food • hotels • Kagawa • Pokemon • shopping • Slowpoke • Slowpoke Park • travel • udon • Yadon • Yadon Koen)

Six sakura travel luxuries to make cherry blossom season extra-special at Japan’s premier resorts

• SoraNews24
  Mar 16, 2023

Hoshino Resorts celebrates sakura season.

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• (art • beautiful • cherry blossoms • COK • Hoshino Resorts • hot springs • hotels • onsen • rickshaw • sakura • travel)

Pompompurin hotel rooms coming to Tokyo, Hokkaido to make your stay Sanrio sweet【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 1, 2023

After topping Hello Kitty in the Sanrio character popularity poll, Pompompurin wants to welcome travelers to Tokyo and Sapporo.
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• (COK • cute • Ginza • Hokkaido • hotels • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Sapporo • Tokyo • travel)

Japan’s top five retro hot springs for a time trip back to the onsen past, as chosen by travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 8, 2023

Stretching from Tohoku to Kyushu, these are the top picks for when you need a soak and a break from modern stress.

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• (COK • Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • hotels • Ikaho Onsen • inns • onsen • ryokan • Shibu Onsen • Shima Onsen • travel)

Japanese hotel chain’s sweet surprise is one more reason it’s a great choice for travelers on a budget

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 23, 2023

Business hotel’s freebie may not be fancy, but it’s exactly what we want.

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• (business hotels • COK • Dormy Inn • food • free • hotels • pudding • purin • SNJO • sweets • travel)

Japan’s random-destination roll-the-dice Shinkansen travel packages are back and better than ever

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2023

JR West’s Tabikoro random train/hotel packages are a gamble where you really can’t lose.

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• (bullet train • cool • hotels • Japan Railway • Japan travel • JR • JR West • random • shinkansen • trains • travel • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

200,000 yen-per-night Airbnb is the successor to Tokyo’s famous Nakagin capsule apartments【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2023

Capsule House K was the mountain retreat of architect Kisho Kurosawa, but now it can be yours for the night.

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• (Airbnb • architecture • chie nomura • COK • cool • hotels • Kisho Kurokawa • Nakagin Capsule Tower • SNJO • travel)

Super cheap apartment in Japan has a steamy past, free water

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2022

Low monthly rent for rooms that used to rented out by the hour.

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• (apartments • crazy • hotels • love hotels • weird)

Using Tokyo’s Tadaima Plus campaign is cheaper than calling a late-night taxi

• Shannon
  Nov 8, 2022

Don’t worry about missing the last train until the campaign ends.

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• (campaign • discounts • hotels • Nine Hours • Tokyo Tadaima Plus • travel campaign)

Live-action Evangelion stage play and Eva-themed hotel rooms are coming to Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2022

Get on the damn stage, Shinji!

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• (Evangelion • hotels • Kabukicho • Live action • shinjuku • stage plays • Tokyo • travel)

The 10 best hotel hot springs in Japan, as chosen by Japanese travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 21, 2022

Customer reviews show Japan likes to head north when it heads to the onsen.

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• (COK • hot springs • hotels • inns • onsen • ryokan • travel)

Japanese luxury campsite’s newest amenity: Zombies and other monsters【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 12, 2022

The crisp mountain air isn’t the only reason guests might be feeling chills in Nagano.

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• (camping • COK • glamping • halloween • hotels • Nagano • nature • outdoors • scary • travel • zombies)

Imperial Hotel Tokyo offers crustless bread…in the sense that it never had crust to begin with

• Master Blaster
  Sep 23, 2022

Bread as naked as the day it was born…

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• (bread • clever • cool • crust • food • food waste • hotels • Imperial Hotel • sandwiches • SDGs • travel)

Japanese hotels likely to legally require travelers to wear masks under revised regulation

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2022

Proposed amendment comes as Japan is expected to announce timetable for unrestricted inbound tourism.

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• (border control • COK • coronavirus • health • hotels • masks • travel)

Japanese manga hotel rooms strictly prohibit reality, want guests to drown in works all night

• Oona McGee
  Sep 17, 2022

A place for otaku to nurture their “manga brain”.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • cool • Dandadan • hotels • Japanese accommodation • Jimbocho • manga • manga hotel • Masanuki Sunakoma • otaku • SNJO • Tokyo • travel)

Newly unveiled “horror room” in Osaka apartment promises a creepy day or night’s stay

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 8, 2022

The room makes for a perfect spooky Halloween backdrop, unless you’re one of those people that happens to find old-fashioned dolls soothing.

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• (ceazy • COK • cool • dolls • Horror • hotels • Osaka • party • photoshoot • scary • Shinsekai • travel • weird)

Japanese hotel gives you a beer tap in your room, 10 liters of craft beer to drink for free

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 6, 2022

That works out to 17-plus pints per night.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • awesome • beer • cool • craft beer • crazy • drinks • hotels • Shizuoka • travel • West Coast Brewing)

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