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Chinese government’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning has heartwarming non-effect on Yokohama Chinatown
- Casey Baseel
Dec 5, 2025 - Tweet
Mr. Sato heads to one of Japan’s biggest Chinatowns to see how things are following China’s travel advisory.
- Japan
- (30+ • China travel warning • ChinatownSNJOsocietytourism • COK • Japan travel • travel • Yokohama • Yokohama Chinatown)
Japanese convenience store chain has beer and sake dispensers that few people know about
- Oona McGee
Dec 4, 2025
Shhh…don’t let anyone know we told you about the secrets you can find inside New Days.
- Japan
- (beer • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • cool • hidden gems • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • New Days • sake • SNJO • stations • trains • travel • Ueno Station)
Japan considering raising international traveler departure tax even more than previously reported
- Casey Baseel
Dec 4, 2025
Tripling the current tax still isn’t enough for some politicians who want travelers to pay even more when flying out of Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • departure tax • Japan travel • overtourism • society • tourism • travel)
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Shibuya’s Don Quijote?
- SoraNews24
Dec 4, 2025
We assess the political fallout at one of Tokyo’s biggest tourist hotspots.
- Japan
- (China travel warning • Don Quijote • Donki • Japan travel • Mega Don Quijote • politics • Shibuya • SNJO.COK • society • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel)
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowd sizes in Nara?
- Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2025
We stop by to see how the city, its merchants, and its deer are doing.
- Japan
- (China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • politics • SNJO • society • tourism • travel)
Tokyo’s Ueno Station has an unmanned noodle restaurant on its platform, and its no-joke good
- Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2025
A reason to make sure to walk all the way to the end of the platform.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japan travel • Noodles • restaurants • SNJO • soba • stations • tourism • trains • travel • Ueno Station)
Is Kyoto less crowded with tourists after China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning?【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2025
No city in Japan is more symbolic of overtourism these days than Kyoto, so is the travel downturn from China having a noticeable effect?
- Japan
- (China travel warning • COK • Gion • Japan travel • kiyomizu • Kyoto • Nishiki Market • politics • SNJO • society • tourism • travel)
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowds in Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood?
- Casey Baseel
Nov 25, 2025
With a diplomatic spat prompting a warning from the Chinese government, we go to see if it’s had any effect on Tokyo’s most popular historical neighborhood.
- China, Japan
- (Asakusa • China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Kaminarimon • politics • Sensoji • SNJO • society • temples • tourism • travel)
The 10 best day trips from downtown Tokyo【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2025
10 great getaways from Japan’s crowded capital, all within two hours of Tokyo Station.
- Japan
- (Chiba • culture • day-trips • food • history • Japan travel • Kanagawa • Saitama • Tokyo day trips • tourism.Tokyo • travel)
A guide to visiting Sagamiko Illumination, one of the three biggest light-ups in Kanto
- Oona McGee
Nov 22, 2025
With chairlifts, an illuminated slide, and a dazzling Tamagotchi display, Illumillion is a must-visit spot in Japan this winter.
- Japan
- (Christmas lightup • illumination • illuminations • Japan travel • Kanagawa • light up • lightup • Sagamiko Illumillion • tourism • travel)
Japanese government considering tripling departure taxes to combat overtourism
- Casey Baseel
Nov 14, 2025
As foreign visitor numbers and overtourism concerns both reach historic highs, policymakers think they may have found a way to use one to address the other.
- Japan
- (COK • departure tax • Japan travel • overtourism • society • tourism • travel)
Tokyo hotel lets you make your stay a Sanrio one with special My Melody and Kuromi rooms【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 6, 2025
Tokyo Dome Hotel fills rooms with all the My Melody and Kuromi adorableness they can hold.
- Japan
- (COK • cute • hotels • Japan travel • Kuromi • My Melody • Sanrio • SNJO • Tokyo Dome Hotel • tourism • travel)
Japan Legal Wedding service offers a path for travelers to hold destination weddings in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 31, 2025
Company offers wedding services at shrines, temples, and castles in northeastern Japan.
- Japan
- (castles • culture • destination weddings • history • Japan travel • marriage • Miyagi • romance • samurai • Sendai • tourism • travel • wedding ceremonies • weddings)
10 great autumn Japan travel spots for fall colors and retro atmosphere【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2025
Travelers give their picks for the best places to take a trip to see seasonal leaves and feel yesteryear vibes.
- Japan
- (fall colors • fall leaves • Jalan • Japan travel • red leaves • survey • tourism • travel)
National Geographic names Yamagata Prefecture on its “Best of the World 2026” travel destinations
- Krista Rogers
Oct 28, 2025
The northeastern Japanese prefecture is the only one selected in Japan.
- Japan
- (Best of the World 2026 • Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • Japan travel • National Geographic • ranking • tourism • travel • Yamadera • Yamagata • Zao)
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is adding a giant Godzilla statue to its international terminal
- Casey Baseel
Oct 24, 2025
World’s largest indoor Godzilla statue will welcome and/or terrify visitors to Japan starting this winter.
- Japan
- (airports • awesome • cool • crazy • Godzilla • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Haneda Godzilla Global Project • Japan travel • kaiju • movies • tourism • travel • travel.tourism)
Foreign tourists in Japan break inbound fall tourism record, are spending their money differently
- Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2025
Number of international visitors to Japan continues to rise, but spending patterns are shifting as bargains start to dry up.
- Japan
- (foreign tourists • foreigners in Japan • Japan travel • society • tourism • travel)
The number of tourists was declining in this Japanese city, but Ono is now making its comeback
- Elliot Hale
Aug 24, 2025
Bouncing back after a natural disaster, Ono showcases the charm of its floating castle, pristine springs, and soy sauce gelato.
- Japan
- (castles • COK • culture • Fukui • fukui prefecture • history • Japan travel • Ono • Shichiken-dori • SNJO • spring water • Tasuku Egawa • tourism • travel)
Super rare Japanese train turns night views into moving hearts around Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Jun 28, 2025
Proof that Japanese trains truly are magical.
- Japan
- (Japan travel • Japanese trains • marketing • Rhoto • Tokyo • trains • travel)
Japan’s top 10 travel experiences in the sky【Survey】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2025
High praise for these destinations and activities high above the ground.
- Japan
- (beautiful • bridges • cable cars • COK • Jalan • Japan travel • Mountains • observation decks • observation floors • outdoors • ropeways • survey • tourism • travel)
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Tokyo cracks down on Airbnb-style rentals with new laws limiting operator days and more- Ichiran releases an at-home counter kit that turns your desk into a ramen restaurant
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