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Bugs for dessert? Taste-testing Japan’s wasp dumplings and locust rice crackers【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 25, 2022
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Because we finished our wasp larvae bento, we think we’ve earned a wasp larvae dessert.

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• (COK • crazy • food • haruka takagi • locusts • manju • Nagano • rice crackers • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wasps • weird)

Why does Japan’s most famous ocean legend end at this temple in the middle of the mountains?

• Casey Baseel
  May 19, 2022

Urashima Taro spent centuries at the sea dragon’s palace at the bottom of the ocean, but this Nagano temple says it’s where the story ends.

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• (COK • cool • culture • history • Nagano • SNJO • temples • travel • Urashima Taro)

Wasp larvae bento: a traditional delicacy in the Japanese mountains

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2022

A local specialty best eaten with a side of courage.

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• (Aichi • bento • COK • culture • edible insects • food • Gifu • haruka takagi • history • insect food • insects • local specialties • Nagano • rice • SNJO • taste test • wasps • weird)

One of Japan’s coolest castles looks even cooler this winter with laser mapping art event【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2022

There’s never a bad time to take a look at the Crow Castle, but this winter is an especially good one.

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• (art • awesome • beautiful • castles • COK • cool • laser • light up • Matsumoto • Matsumoto Castle • Nagano)

The leaves aren’t the only things changing in this beautiful series of photos from Nagano

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2021

Family photos show the cycle of the seasons and a new beginning.

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• (beautiful • family • kids • moving • Nagano • nature • parents • photography • touching)

Come camp with us on Mt. Jinbagata, the best view you can get without breaking a sweat【SoraCamp】

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 17, 2021

You bring the marshmallows, we’ll bring the pics.

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• (camping • COK • Laid-Back Camp • Mt. Jinbagata • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • nature • outdoors • SNO • Yuru Camp)

Only 30 percent of Japanese drivers stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, survey says

• Katie Pask
  Nov 16, 2021

Although the results are an improvement on previous years, a worrying number of drivers aren’t stopping at pedestrian crossings.

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• (car • cars • crazy • driving • Driving in Japan • driving manners • JAF • Nagano • pedestrian • pedestrian crossing • road rules • rules • safe driving • survey • traffic • vehicles • wtf)

This hotel in the mountains of Japan has an awesome hi-tech ski/snowboard simulator【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2021

Family-run Nagano inn that’s been in business for more than 50 years has a very modern, very cool amenity.

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• (cool • crazy • hotels • Nagano • Shiga Kogen • skiing • snowboarding • sports • technology • travel • video)

It’s like the samurai era never ended at this beautiful Japanese mountain town

• Casey Baseel
  May 14, 2021

Nagano village was once a major stop on the Kyoto-Edo route, and the neighborhood looks much the same centuries later.

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• (beautiful • cool • culture • Edo period • history • Nagano • Nakasendo • samurai • travel)

Mark your calendars for the return of Japan’s popular cherry blossom-inspired beer

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 2, 2021

One of the first glimmers of spring is the appearance of this seasonal beverage that uses real cherry blossom petals and leaves.

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• (alcohol • beer • cherry blossom • drink • Izumibashi Brewery • Kanagawa • Nagano • sakura • sakura mochi • Sankt Gallen • seasonal)

Drinking wine made from the only train station platform vineyard in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 25, 2020

This Shiojiri Station Merlot has a terroir as unique as its taste. 

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• (farming • grapes • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Japanese wine • Merlot • Nagano • red wine • Shinshu • Shiojiri • SNO • tourism • train stations • trains • vineyard • wine)

This amazing photo of the Japan Alps only gets more beautiful the higher you look

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 5, 2020

Site of the Winter Olympics shows off multiple seasons’ splendor in one shot.

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• (beautiful • Hakuba • Japan Alps • Mountains • Nagano • nature • photography)

Become a bear and ‘hibernate’ in the woods with this private hammock tent

• Katie Pask
  Oct 23, 2020

Who says hammocks have to be restricted to summer time fun?

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• (beautiful • COK • cool • forest • hammock • Nagano • nature • relaxing • travel • trees • winter)

Feast and plan adventures like a real fantasy guild member at Y.barn dining bar in Nagano【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Jul 18, 2020

Gather round and listen to a tasty tale.

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• (bar • Fantasy • food • guild • isekai • Nagano • Nagano Prefecture • Restaurant)

Japanese train station grows wine grapes on the platform

• Oona McGee
  Jul 16, 2020

Wait for your train under the shade of Japan’s only train station platform vineyard.

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• (farming • grapes • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Japanese wine • Nagano • Shinshu • Shiojiri • tourism • train stations • trains • vineyard • wine)

New Japanese-style Starbucks set to open in Nagano prefecture【Photos】

• Shannon
  Mar 26, 2020

If you’re as big of a fan of Starbucks as you are of traditional Japanese aesthetics, mark your maps.

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• (cafes • coffee • cool • interior design • Nagano • Starbucks • Zenko-ji)

Japan Travel: What it’s like to go on a solo journey on a Japanese restaurant train

• Oona McGee
  Oct 2, 2019

Who needs company when you’ve got a Japanese kaiseki feast laid out in front of you? 

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• (COK • Japanese food • Japanese trains • kaiseki • Karuizawa • Nagano • restaurants • SNOJ • trains • travel)

Saying a prayer can open a passage between men’s and women’s baths at this Japanese hot spring

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 18, 2018

Love can start in the tub at this romantic onsen that puts the power in ladies’ hands.

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• (Ahiru Neko • COK • cool • hot springs • hotels • inns • Nagano • onsen • relationships • romance • ryokan • SNOJ • travel • weird)

A private onsen bath with a karaoke machine is two of Japan’s best things with zero embarrassment

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 12, 2018

Go beyond singing in the shower by singing in the hot spring.

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• (awesome • COK • cool • hot springs • hotels • karaoke • Nagano • onsen • ryokan • SNOJ • travel • weird)

Japan’s “eternally 17-years-old” anime voice actress offers fans hot spring resort trip with her

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2018

Latest Kikuko Inoue project is like an anime hot spring episode come true.

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• (anime • hot springs • Kikuko Inoue • Nagano • onsen • travel • voice actors • voice actresses)

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