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New unlimited-ride JR Japan rail pass is perfect for a laid-back trip in east and northeast Japan
- Casey Baseel
Jun 21, 2025 - Tweet
Taking your time in Kanto, Tohoku, and Chubu? This might be just the pass for you.
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- (East Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR East • rail passes • tourism • train passes • trains • travel)
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
- Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2025
Travelers urged to confirm status of their reservations, including those made through one of the most popular overseas services.
- Japan
- (Agoda • hotels • Japan travel • tourism • Toyoko Inn • travel)
Foreign tourists to be charged four times more to enter Himeji Castle if local mayor gets his way
- SoraNews24
Jun 18, 2024
Local residents would be given a discount as part of the new plan.
- Japan
- (castles • COK • Himeji Castle • Japan travel • Japanese castles • news • nijukaku • overtourism • tourism • tourist sites • travel • two-tiered pricing)
New bento bread makes us rethink sandwiches…and Japanese bentos
- Oona McGee
May 11, 2024
Local bread specialist pushes the boat out with a surprising addition to their store.
- Japan
- (bento • bento bread • bread • COK • food • food souvenirs • Japan travel • japanese bento • Japanese bread • local specialties • Noppo • Noppo Pan • noriben • Shizuoka • sightseeing • SNJO • souvenirs • Takuya Inaba • taste test • travel • weird)
Bad tourist manners at Mt Fuji Lawson photo spot prompts Japanese town to block view with screens
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2024
City erects black screens to block Mt Fuji view in dramatic push against overtourism.
- Japan
- (bad manners • Fuji Lawson • Fujikawaguchiko • Japan travel • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overcrowding • overtourism • photo spot • sightseeing • tourists • travel)
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
- Casey Baseel
Apr 17, 2024
A pair of factors combine with pent-up post-pandemic Japan travel desire to break the one-month record.
- Japan
- (COK • foreigners in Japan • Japan travel • tourism • travel)
We try super rare Shizuoka food souvenirs in the form of blue gelato and purple baumkuchen
- Dale Roll
Mar 30, 2024
There’s only one place you can get these…and it’s nowhere on land!
- Japan
- (baumkuchen • boats • butterfly pea • ferries • food souvenirs • gelato • Izu • Izu Peninsula • Japan travel • Shizuoka • sightseeing • souvenirs • Suruga Bay • taste test • travel)
What are the top 10 most popular shrines among international tourists? Study reveals…
- Dale Roll
Mar 27, 2024
…that the top shrine is probably the one you think it is!
- Japan
- (atsuta shrine • Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Itsukushima • Japan travel • kanda shrine • Meiji Jingu • Nambayasaka Shrine • ranking • shinto shrines • shrines • sightseeing • tourism • travel)
We try to strike it rich with a tour of an Edo-era gold mine and a gold panning workshop
- Dale Roll
Mar 16, 2024
Okay, so the mine might be closed…but maybe we can make bank on gold dust!
- Japan
- (gold • gold mine • history of japan • Izu • Japan travel • Japanese history • Shizuoka • sightseeing • tourism)
Why not celebrate your graduation with a cool boat trip to the world’s biggest tidal whirlpools?
- Dale Roll
Feb 12, 2024
Embark on a new stage of life with a symbolic boat journey!
- Japan
- (Awaji Island • awesome • boats • cool • cruises • graduation • Hyogo • Japan travel • sightseeing • tourism • travel • whirlpools)
This Kochi sightseeing spot is one of Japan’s “three most disappointing spots,” but should it be?
- Dale Roll
Jun 18, 2023
In fact, this tourist attraction is four things–and a whole lot of history–in one!
- Japan
- (bridge • bridges • haruka takagi • history • Japan travel • kochi • Kochi Prefecture • Shikoku • tourism • travel)
We captured the Final Fantasy VII logo while photographing the starry sky on a Japanese island
- Dale Roll
Apr 5, 2023
This remote island might have the best night sky view in all of Japan–and we caught something incredible with our cameras!
- Japan
- (Amami Archipelago • Amami Oshima • astronomy • astrophotography • Egawa Tasuku • Japan travel • photography • stargazing • stars • travel • tropical • Yoron Island)
Could this island actually be the real setting of the legend of Urashima Taro?
- Dale Roll
Mar 23, 2023
There’s a mysticism to this place that really makes it feel like a turtle could guide you to the Dragon King’s Palace.
- Japan
- (Amami Oshima • beautiful • COK • culture • Ikuna Kamezawa • Japan travel • nature • SNJO • travel • turtles • Urashima Taro)
The top 10 most surprising rest stops in Japan, as picked by a Japanese “Rest Stop Maniac”
- Dale Roll
Feb 15, 2023
Yes, there are otaku for highway rest stops, too!
- Japan
- (driving • Japan travel • michi no eki • rest stops • road trip • shopping • sightseeing • travel)
Step back in time to the Edo period at this unusual highway rest stop in Japan
- Oona McGee
Feb 4, 2023
Both the setting and the unique meals here will whisk you away to traditional Japan.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Edo • Edo period • Hanyu • highways • history • Japan travel • Masanuki Sunakoma • Onihei • parking areas • Saitama • sightseeing • SNJO • tradition • traditional Japan • travel)
New York Times makes a surprising pick for the best city to visit in Japan
- Dale Roll
Jan 21, 2023
Sure, Tokyo and Kyoto are nice, but this northeastern town is their top Japan travel pick.
- Japan
- (COK • Iwate • Japan travel • Morioka • sightseeing • Tohoku • travel)
Hokkaido has an otherworldly giant hot spring that’s easy to miss if you don’t know where it is
- Dale Roll
Jan 21, 2023
Have you ever heard of this amazing sightseeing spot in Noboribetsu?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Hokkaido • hot springs • Japan travel • Noboribetsu • onsen • Oyunuma • Seiji Nakazawa • sightseeing • SNJO • 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.
- Japan
- (bullet train • cool • hotels • Japan Railway • Japan travel • JR • JR West • random • shinkansen • trains • travel • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)
Kagoshima City releases catchy promotional video with weird dancing, bushy eyebrows, no pants
- Dale Roll
Jan 12, 2023
You may not have ever thought about visiting Kagoshima City before, but we bet you will after seeing this video!
- Japan
- (cool • dance • funny • Japan travel • Kagoshima • Kagoshima City • travel • video)
This Year of the Rabbit, visit some of the best Japanese sightseeing spots related to rabbits
- Dale Roll
Jan 4, 2023
Real-life bunnies, bunny statues, bunny amulets, bunny mythology–make this year truly the Year of the Rabbit, through travel!
- Japan
- (bunnies • cute • Hakuto Shrine • Izumo Taisha • Japan travel • Okunoshima • rabbits • ranking • shrines • sightseeing • top 10 • travel)
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