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Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima
- Elliot Hale
Aug 8, 2026 - Tweet
Escape Tokyo to harvest mandarins, dig footbaths, or learn how to run an inn.
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- (agriculture • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • countryside • countryside life • culture • Japan travel • Japanese countryside • Kagoshima • rural • rural life • Sakurajima • tourism • travel • volcano)
New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2026
A new way to make your journey on Japan’s fastest trains even cooler.
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- (bullet trains • Japan travel • Japanese vending machines • Shin Osaka • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • vending machines)
Kochia calling: Right now is a great off-season season to visit this beautiful Japanese park
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2026
Before Hitachi Seaside Park turns red for autumn, it’s got a beautiful summer color to show you too.
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- (beautiful • COK • Hitachi • Hitachi Seaside Park • Japan travel • kochia • nature • outdoors • parks • tourism • travel)
Aichi city throws year-long 20th birthday bash for giant beckoning cat statue, Hello Kitty invited
- Krista Rogers
Aug 6, 2026
The 20th birthday of a local legend calls for collaborations with Hello Kitty, Chubu Centrair International Airport, and 15 local businesses.
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- (Aichi • Aichi Prefecture • beckoning cat • cats • Chubu Centrair International Airport • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Japan travel • lucky cat • manekineko • pottery • Tokoname • Tokonyan • tourism • travel)
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport airlines announce stricter luggage check-in deadline for domestic flights
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2026
JAL and ANA among carriers to start requiring earlier baggage check-in very soon.
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- (Air travel • airlines • airplanes • ANA • COK • Haneda • Haneda Airport • JAL • Japan travel • tourism • travel)
Starbucks Japan opens new store inside historic seaside quarantine station near Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2026
Sip on Starbucks in a setting once linked to infectious diseases.
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- (architecture • artists • cafes • coffee • cool • culture • history • Japan travel • Nagahama Quarantine Station • new openings • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • stores • Tangible Cultural Property • tourism • travel • Umi no Koen • Yokohama)
New service lets Tokyo tourists display their faces on giant screen at Japan’s busiest intersection
- Casey Baseel
Jul 31, 2026
Pedestrian crossing outside Shibuya Station to lean even harder into tourist selfie appeal.
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- (Japan travel • Shibuya • Shibuya crossing • Shibuya intersection • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
JR releases prediction of peak Shinkansen crowdedness for Japan’s Obon travel season
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2026
Suspension of unreserved seat tickets on some bullet train classes means planning ahead is especially important.
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • Japan travel • JR Central • JR Tokai • Obon • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
Japan has a maid hotel you can stay in, and it’s now taking reservation applications
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2026
“Small manor in the Izu highlands” is getting ready to welcome guests once again.
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- (hotels • ito • Izu • Izu Kogen • Japan travel • maid cafes • maids • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • tourism • travel)
Kyoto receives more foreign tourists than ever before, but fewer visitors say they’ll return
- Oona McGee
Jul 29, 2026
Official city survey highlights the issues that left some visitors less than satisfied with their Kyoto experience.
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- (etiquette • foreign tourists • international tourists • Japan travel • Japanese etiquette • Kyoto • Kyoto tourism • manners • news • overcrowding • overtourism • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
This Japanese train station has a Giant Evangelion Spear of Longinus and lets you ride Eva art trains
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026
The real-world Village-3 deepens its anime connection.
- Japan
- (anime • art trains • awesome • cool • Evangelion • Japan travel • manga • Shizuoka • stations • Tenryu Futamata • tourism • trains • travel • wrapping trains)
Japanese Shinkansen becomes an overnight hotel for three nights this summer
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2026
Spend the night inside a bullet train from just 5,000 yen.
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Kodama Shinkansen trains on popular Japan route get a whole new look this winter
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2026
Beautiful new design pays homage to regions that the bullet train serves, with charming hidden details.
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- (bullet train • bullet trains • design • Japan travel • JR • JR West • kodama • news • Sanyo Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • West Japan Railway • Yurari)
Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2026
New machines at two of Tokyo’s busiest metro stations will require you to pay with a credit card or one-day-pass QR code.
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- (Ginza • IC cards • IC transportation cards • Japan travel • Pasmo • stations • subways • Suica • Tokyo Metro • tourism • trains • transportation • travel • Ueno)
Which country’s foreign tourists spend the most money per-person in Japan? Hint: Not the U..S. or China
- Casey Baseel
Jul 23, 2026
One country’s travelers spend more than double the total average for tourists in Japan, and it’s one the Japanese tourism industry hasn’t paid much attention to.
- Japan
- (COK • Japan Tourism Agency • Japan travel • Mexico • Survey on Inbound Tourism Spending Trends • tourism • travel)
Japan’s ultracompact kei car taxis are now ready for travelers to ride, if you know where to find them
- Casey Baseel
Jul 18, 2026
Shift in government policy allows Japan’s smallest cars to address a big problem for the taxi industy.
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- (cabs • cars • Japan travel • kei cars • kei jidosha • taxis • tourism • travel • video)
Is Japan’s tourism boom slowing down? Foreign visitor numbers fall for first time in five years
- Oona McGee
Jul 17, 2026
New report shows a worrying trend, but is it the beginning of the end for Japan’s popularity as a tourist destination?
- Japan
- (foreign tourists • hotels • Japan travel • jnto • news • tourism • tourists • travel)
Tokyo Disneyland and Disney Sea raising ticket prices, free Fast Pass ending next month
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2026
New economic realities are coming to the place that bills itself as the land of dreams.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • COK • Disney • Disney Sea • Disneyland • Japan travel • Oriental Land • theme parks • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disney Sea • Tokyo Disneyland • tourism • travel)
Japan has otaku/fan event insurance to cover oshikatsu expenses when events are cancelled
- Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2026
If you don’t want to travel if you can’t see your oshi, JCB understands.
Japan’s Pokémon hot spring reinstalls all damaged statues, adds no-touching rule
- Casey Baseel
Jul 12, 2026
Gyarados, Psyduck, and Vaporeon all needed repairs just weeks after the Pokémon footbath opened.
- Japan
- (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot springs • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)
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