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Foreign tourists get free Shinkansen tickets in Japan, and here’s how to claim them

• Oona McGee
  Sep 30, 2026
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Enjoy a free bullet train ride to one of the country’s most beautiful regions.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • bullet trains • hotels • international tourists • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • Japanese trains • JR • JR Kyushu • Kagoshima • Kitakyushu • Klook • Kyushu Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • tourists • trains • travel)

Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 8, 2026

Escape Tokyo to harvest mandarins, dig footbaths, or learn how to run an inn.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • countryside • countryside life • culture • Japan travel • Japanese countryside • Kagoshima • rural • rural life • Sakurajima • tourism • travel • volcano)

Raw chicken dishes to be regulated by Japanese government

• Master Blaster
  Jul 9, 2026

Government probably always just assumed common sense was enough.

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• Japan
• (chicken • COK • food • food poisoning • Guillian-Barré • health • Japanese food • Kagoshima • raw meat • regulations • safety • tataki • wellness)

Foreign tourists in Japan will get free Shinkansen tickets to promote regional tourism

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 13, 2026

Prefectural government will pay for tickets to encourage international travelers to visit their corner of Japan.

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • Fukuoka • hakata • Japan travel • Kagoshima • Kagoshima Prefecture • Kyushu • Kyushu Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

Japan actually grows coffee, but how does it taste?【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Oct 26, 2025

After more than 40 years of effort, Tokunoshima Coffee is finally available for purchase.

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• Japan
• (Amami Islands • coffee • COK.Tokunoshima • drinks • Kagoshima • Kagoshima Prefecture • taste test • Tokunoshima Coffee)

Eating venomous snake in Japan

• SoraNews24
  May 13, 2025

Habu is both feared and revered, but does it taste like chicken?

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• Japan
• (Amami Islands • Amami Oshima • COK • food • habu • Japanese food • Kagoshima • Okinawa • snake • snakes • SNJO • weird • weird food • weird foods of Japan)

Bontan Ame: the candy that survived 100 years of leaks, bombings, censorship, and floods

• Master Blaster
  Feb 15, 2025

You can’t keep a good candy down.

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• Japan
• (Bontan Ame • business • candy • food • history • Hyoroku Mochi • Kagoshima • Seika Foods)

The special 15-hour hell of getting to Japan’s beautiful Tokunoshima at this time of year

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 19, 2025

The sea voyage to this peaceful, relaxing island is anything but.

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• Japan
• (Amami Islands • boats • crazy • ferries • Kagoshima • Kyushu • overnight • overnight travel • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokunoshima • tourism • travel)

Dog-killing waves create spectacular views on this remote Japanese island

• Elliot Hale
  Jan 16, 2025

A dramatic local legend and fascinating rock formations make this island unforgettable.

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• Japan
• (Amami Archipelago • Amami Islands • beautiful scenery • COK • Innojofuta • island • Kagoshima • myths and legends • nature • Ocean • scenery • sea • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokunoshima • tourism • tourist site • tourist spot • travel)

Travel to a Japanese convenience store at an active volcano

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2024

It’s a Lawson, but not as we know it…

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • island • Japanese convenience stores • Kagoshima • konbini • Lawson • Sakurajima • SNJO • travel • volcano)

Lucky accommodation plan in Japan includes shrine visit and onsen hot spring inn stay

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2024

A once-in-a-lifetime experience at the birthplace of Japanese mythology.
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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • culture • inn • Kagoshima • Kirishima • Kirishima Jingu • Kirishima Shrine • onsen • shrines • stay • tourism • tradition • travel • unique)

Secret unstaffed hot spring in Japan will make you feel like you’ve been spirited away

• Oona McGee
  Jun 28, 2024

A mysterious outdoor onsen leaves a lifelong impression on two night-time visitors. 

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • hot springs • Japanese baths • Kagoshima • onsen • public baths • rotenburo • secret onsen • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • Yakushima • Yudomari Onsen)

This lucky bag stuffed with green tea made us feel like real adults for once

• Dale Roll
  Jan 10, 2024

Nothing makes you feel sophisticated like brewing and drinking the perfect cup of tea!

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • green tea • Itoen • Kagoshima • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • Mariko Ohanabatake • Shizuoka • SNJO • tea)

Chikura no Iwaya: Secret beach cave only appears for two hours a day, and here’s how to see it

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2023

Created completely by nature, this is a hidden gem you won’t want to miss during your Japan travels.

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• Japan
• (beach • caverns • caves • Chikura-no-Iwaya • coast • COK • exploring • Hamada Beach • island • islands • Kagoshima • Koizumi Yuka • nature • Ocean • sea • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourist spot • travel • Yuka Koizumi)

42 thoughts that crossed our mind when visiting the forest that inspired Princess Mononoke

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 25, 2023

Our reporter Seiji hopes that first-time visitors to Yakushima’s Shiratani Unsuikyo will avoid some of the same pitfalls that he ran into.

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• Japan
• (anime • beautiful • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • Kagoshima • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • Shiratani Unsuikyo • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel • Yakushima)

Off the beaten Japan travel path in Amami Oshima’s mangrove forests【Photos】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 2, 2023

If you’ve been skipping Amami Oshima on your trips to Japan, you’ve been skipping a beautiful, uncrowded gem.

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• Japan
• (Amami Oshima • animals • beautiful • canoeing • COK • cool • Kagoshima • mangrove • nature • outdoors • SNJO • travel)

This hidden cafe in Tokyo’s Haneda Airport has no crowds and really delicious food

• Dale Roll
  Feb 8, 2023

It might only be around for a short time, but it’s worth a visit if you’re traveling this spring!

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• Japan
• (cafe • COK • delicious • Haneda • Kagoshima • SNJO • sweet potato • sweets)

World’s largest type of daikon radish can now be ordered online in Japan

• Shannon
  Jan 31, 2023

Don’t worry, it’s sold in manageable portions.

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• Japan
• (agriculture • big food • COK • crazy • daikon • daikon radish • farming • food • Japanese food • Kagoshima • Sakurajima)

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!

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• Japan
• (cool • dance • funny • Japan travel • Kagoshima • Kagoshima City • travel • video)

We find the best “homestyle” onigiri at a super local chain of convenience stores

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 23, 2022

We encounter delectable rice balls that could have been made by mom on an island far from Japan’s mainland.

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• Japan
• (Amami Oshima • convenience store • egg • food • Kagoshima • konbini • onigirazu • onigiri • pork • rice balls • Shimanchu Mart)

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