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Spanning almost the entire length of Japan, this notebook carried the will and determination of train fans, bringing them together in a very special way.

Japan
(event • Hokkaido • Japanese train • Japanese Twitter • Kagoshima • notebook • train)

Real Japanese horror story: a specimen shelf at a Kagoshima high school held a real human skull

Katy Kelly
Jun 14, 2018

These high school students won’t have any shortage of material for their next summer camp excursion, that’s for sure.

Japan
(Kagoshima • scary • school • skeleton • skull)

Travel back in time to this timeless Japanese hot spring inn from the Taisho period【Photos】

Krista Rogers
May 1, 2018

You can practically taste the nostalgia permeating this Taisho-era ryokan in Kagoshima Prefecture.

Japan
(architecture • beautiful • history • hotels • inns • Japanese inns • Kagoshima • ryokan • Taisho period • travel • twitter)

Hilarious chase ensues as tiny dog chases Google Street View car in Kagoshima

Richard Simmonds
Apr 10, 2018

Japanese social media users fall in love as dog chases down Google Street View car many times its size.

Japan
(animals • cute • dogs • funny • Google Earth • Google Maps • Kagoshima)

Japan’s top 10 hotel breakfasts 2016: Kobe hotel tops the list once again!

Jamie Koide
May 5, 2016

Experience a tour of some of Japan’s best cuisine without even setting foot outside of your hotel with these top 10 breakfast buffet picks.

Food & Drink, Japan
(breakfast • buffets • food • hotels • Kagoshima • travel • Trip Advisor)

Convenience store clerk hospitalized by customer dissatisfied with “smile-less” service

Meg Murphy
Jan 7, 2016

When you work in a customer-facing role, you can expect to deal with some difficult people from time to time. Being hospitalized by one of them, however, should never be a concern…

Japan
(conbini • convenience stores • crimes • Kagoshima • violence)

Hide your daughters! Kagoshima’s suave new bear mascot is winning hearts all over

Master Blaster
Dec 25, 2015

Meet the bear that’s making women say: “I wanna fall prey to him!”

Internet, Japan
(bear • Greboo • Ikebear • Kagoshima • mascot • Tales of Greboo • television • yuru-kyara)

Kobe University study reminds us that Japan could be one volcanic eruption away from annihilation

Audrey Akcasu
Oct 28, 2014

Feeling a little too chipper today? Here’s something to bring you back to down to earth: According to Kobe University professor Yoshiyuki Tatsumi and his research staff, there is a one-percent chance that a huge, Japanese-civilization-obliterating volcanic eruption will occur sometime within the next 100 years.

One percent may not sound like very much, but when you hear the kind of eruption the professor’s research refers to, you’ll understand why even that tiny number is much bigger than we’d like.

Japan
(annihilation • Kagoshima • volcano)

You can eat a polar bear in Kagoshima

Jessica
Sep 26, 2014

That’s right, you can eat a polar bear in Japan. But before you start freaking out about animal cruelty or endangered species, we are actually talking about the funky dessert in picture above, not the big furry mammal. Meet the shirokuma or polar bear, a delicious treat of shaved ice, sweet milk syrup and fruit from Kagoshima.

Japan
(food • Japan • Kagoshima • shirokuma)

Sakurajima’s 500th eruption this year goes off with a bang and a huge cloud of ash

Cara Clegg
Aug 20, 2013

When it comes to terrifying displays of the power of Mother Nature, Japan never fails to deliver. These incredible photos capture the volcanic eruption off the coast of Kyuushu yesterday afternoon.