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Are Japanese temples on Mt Koya cashing in on the foreign tourism boom?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 16, 2026
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With more than 100 million yen in underreported income, questions are being raised over the morals of profiting from overseas tourists.

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• (accommodation • culture • inns • Japan travel • Japanese accommodation • Koyasan • Mt. Koya • news • overtourism • religion • ryokan • shrines • shukubo • temple accommodation • temple lodgings • temple stay • temples • tourism • travel • Wakayama)

Mt. Fuji hot spring inn gets even more beautiful after dark with Firefly Festival

• Casey Baseel
  May 10, 2026

Even when Mt. Fuji is hidden in shadows, there’s still something breathtaking to see here.

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• (beautiful • COK • cool • fireflies • hot springs • hotels • Japan travel • Japanese inns • Mt. Fuji • nature • onsen • ryokan • tourism • travel)

Five amazing snow-view open-air Japanese hot springs in Hokkaido [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2026

Great reasons to add yukimiroten to your vocabulary and itinerary alike.

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• Japan
• (baths • beautiful • COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • hotel • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • onsen • outdoors • rotenburo • ryokan • snow • tourism • travel • yukimiroten)

This gigantic judo dojo-sized hotel room will make you feel like royalty, but it’s disappearing soon

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 3, 2026

There’s plenty of space to stretch out, but not much time to spare if you want to have this unique Japan travel experience.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • crazy • hotels • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • judo • ryokan • Saitama • Saitama City • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japanese inn with analog photo studio is a classic way to preserve your timeless travel memories

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 15, 2025

Great-grandson of former owner reopens hotel in Shimane.

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• (COK • cool • hotels • inns • Japanese inns • photography • retro • ryokan • Shimane • travel.tourism)

Staying at this Tokyo budget hotel feels like visiting your Japanese grandma’s house

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2025

Granny hospitality at Ryogetsu.

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• Japan
• (COK • hotels • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Go back in time at this off-the-beaten tourist site in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2025

Historic World Heritage Site is a living breathing town that looks like it did when samurai roamed the streets.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • culture • hot spring • Japanese accommodation • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • onsen • retreats • ryokan • Shimane • shrines • spa • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tradition • travel • UNESCO World Heritage Site • World Heritage site)

Shimane’s hidden travel sites, where you can escape the crowds and enjoy traditional Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 26, 2025

Sake, shrines and onsen hot springs await you at beautiful destinations that are yet to be discovered by overseas tourists.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • culture • hot spring • Japanese accommodation • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • onsen • retreats • ryokan • Shimane • shrines • spa • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tradition • travel)

The pros and cons of working from a Japanese hot spring inn

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Onsen ryokan stay leads to some surprising discoveries.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • Ahiruneko • COK • hot springs • hotels • inns • Japanese accommodation • onsen • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • work from home • work in Japan)

Foreign travelers’ lukewarm reactions to traditional Japanese inn food causing changes in Kyoto

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 24, 2025

Classical part of ryokan culture is fading away at some inns.

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• (COK • culture • food • hotels • inns • Japanese inns • Kyoto • overtourism • ryokan • society • tourism • travel)

Japan’s top 10 open-air hot spring baths with cherry blossom views【Survey】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 31, 2025

Travelers pick their favorite spots for a springtime soak.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • hot springs • hotels • inns • Jalan • onsen • ryokan • sakura • survey • tourism • travel)

Japanese convenience stores get old-school elegance with their own tokonoma alcoves【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 27, 2025

Sakura Mikura branches have an interior feature more commonly found in traditional ryokan inns.

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• (beautiful • convenience stores • cool • drinks • food • ryokan • Sakura Mikura • SNJO • tokonoma)

Japanese pot sticker restaurant chain also runs flat-rate hot spring inn, but is it worth staying at?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2025

We head to the most unique branch of Gyoza no Manshu there is.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Gunma • gyoza • hot springs • hotels • Japanese inns • onsen • pot stickers • restaurants • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Japanese travelers choose the top five inn cats that they want to meet in the whole country

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 6, 2025

Cat got your tongue on where to stay? Choose one of these lodgings where the felines play a purrfect part of the customer service.

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • customer service • hotels • inns • Jalan • Neko no Hi • ranking • ryokan • survey • tourism • travel)

Tourists in Kyoto cause chaos at railway crossing near Fushimi Inari Taisha

• SoraNews24
  Feb 4, 2025

Overtourism leads to frightening scenes at a busy train crossing.

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• Japan
• (Fushimi • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Kyoto • news • overtourism • Railway Crossings • ryokan • tour guide • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Kyoto reportedly planning to raise hotel guest taxes, create highest accommodation tax in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 11, 2025

Top tier would charge 10,000 yen per person per night.

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• Japan
• (accommodation tax • hotels • Kyoto • overtourism • ryokan • tourism • travel)

Super budget-friendly retro Tokyo hotel feels like having your own 1960s Asakusa apartment

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 18, 2024

Staying here is like a cozy time trip.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • COK • hotels • retro • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japanese inn’s first foreign guests disappear without paying – “We feel so betrayed”

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2024

Travelers vanish half-way through their reserved stay, leave no trace (or payment) behind.

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• Japan
• (hotels • inns • ryokan • tourism • travel)

Japanese house is actually a cheap hotel where you can stay for US$24 a night

• SoraNews24
  Jul 15, 2024

Forget capsule hotels, here you can get a room in a Japanese house instead.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • cool • history • hotels • Kanagawa • kawasaki • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japan’s firefly season is here, and here are four great inns to take in the softly glowing beauty

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 5, 2024

A relaxing way to experience an elegant early summer tradition.

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• Japan
• (Arashiyama • beautiful • fireflies • hotels • inns • Kyoto • ryokan • tourism • travel • Yugawara)

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