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Japanese merry-go-round has heartwarming backstory, is one of the best rides in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 21, 2026
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The amusement park may have been demolished, but this ride lives on.

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• Japan
• (amusement park • Amusement Parks • carousel • Japan with kids • japanese amusement parks • merry-go-round • merry-go-rounds • off the beaten path • retro • retro amusement park • SNJO • theme park attractions • theme parks • Tochigi • tourist sites • travel)

Bizarre Japanese vending machine sells “Peace and Equality” and “Angels and Demons”

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2026

We find out just how devilish and angelic these 100-yen surprises are.

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• Japan
• (bizarre • cool • crazy • drinks • food • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • sweets • Tochigi • toys • travel • vending machines • weird)

Wisteria season starts early with blooming of Japan’s Great Wisteria in its beautiful garden

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 13, 2026

Early blossoming likely means early full bloom at this breathtaking park within day-trip distance of Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga Flower Park • beautiful • COK • flowers • gardens • Great Wisteria • nature • outdoor • parks • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • wisteria)

Instagrammable library in Japan shelters the local community with forests of books

• Oona McGee
  Nov 20, 2025

Relax and unwind inside this aesthetically pleasing haven. 

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• Japan
• (architecture • books • communities • community • cool • Instagram • Instagrammable • libraries • library • reading • SNJO • social media • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • tourist sites • travel)

We play out a real-life scene from Your Name in the historic city of Ashikaga【Kita Kanto Brothers】

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 5, 2025

Plus, we share more lore on the Kita Kanto Brothers’ origin story.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ashikaga • COK • film • Kita Kanto Brothers • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • Tochigi • your name.)

This mountain cottage retreat in Japan is the perfect summer escape

• Elliot Hale
  Jul 18, 2025

Skip the city heat and unwind with fresh mountain air at this charming summer resort.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • beautiful scenery • COK • cottage • highlands • hotel • Hotel Laforet Nasu • Laforet • local beer • local food • Mari Morimoto • Nasu • scenic • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel)

Japan’s 160-year-old Great Wisteria of Tochigi is now in full bloom, ready for visitors【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2025

You don’t get this beautiful in a day, and Ashikaga Flower Park has two other types of flowers also looking their best.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga • Ashikaga Flower Park • beautiful • COK • flowers • gardens • Great Wisteria • nature • outdoors • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • wisteria)

The top 9 sakura cherry blossom viewing spots in Japan that you should know about

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2025

The best seasonal events and hidden sites for an unforgettable hanami experience.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • cherry blossoms • Gaisen sakura • hanami • Okayama • oldest sakura in Japan • Osaka • Saitama • sakura • Shiga • Tochigi • tourism • travel • Yamanashi • Yamataka Jindai Zakura)

Secret tent onsen in the forest is one of the most unusual hot springs in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 12, 2024

A unique outdoor experience, where you pay for your bath by the litre.  

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• Japan
• (bathing • COK • cool • hot springs • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • outdoor baths • Panthalassa no Umi Ashikaga Onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel)

Japan’s first-ever Yakult cafe serves a rare probiotic ice cream in the shadow of a famous castle

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2024

A sacred place for shogun…and lovers of lactic acid bacteria ice cream.

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• Japan
• (cafes • desserts • gut bacteria • health • ice cream • Ice de Yakult • lactic acid bacteria • probiotic • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tochigi • utsunomiya • Yakult • Yakult cafe)

Kusaki Marino: A Japanese family restaurant where you bow your head and enter like a samurai

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2024

Through a tiny door, no less.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • family restaurant • family restaurants • food • Japanese food • Kanto • Kusaki Marino • Masanuki Sunakoma • Noodles • restaurants • review • samurai • SNJO • Tochigi • traditional)

Panju: A Rare Japanese sweet you can buy from a food cart for less than 30 cents

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2023

A hidden gem that’s popular with locals. 

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • food • Japanese food • Japanese shrines • Japanese sweets • Panju • shrines • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • Tochigi)

This decommissioned bus on the side of the road in Tochigi serves up some tasty ramen

• Master Blaster
  Nov 6, 2023

Get on the ramen bus!

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • cool • crazy • cricket • food • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tochigi • weird)

Japanese temple shop sells special shumai dumplings…with no meat in them

• Oona McGee
  Oct 31, 2023

You won’t find shumai like this anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga City • COK • cool • culture • dumplings • food • Japanese food • shumai • SNJO • souvenirs • Takamichi Furusawa • temples • Tochigi • vegetarian)

Step inside a mystical, dazzling display of illuminations at the Flower Garden of Lights

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 18, 2023

Ashikaga’s Flower Park transforms into a fantastical fairytale world that you can step inside for the next few months.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga Flower Park • date • Flower Garden of Lights • flowers • illumination • LED • lights • mystical • romantic • seasons • sightseeing • Tochigi)

Why you shouldn’t say you’ve seen enough until you’ve seen Japan’s Nikko, and seen it as an adult

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 17, 2023

Nikko’s famous Kegon no Taki waterfall bored our reporter on his class trip, but it’s a different story now that he’s grown up.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • Kegon no Taki • nature • Nikko • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel • Waterfalls)

Stunning Japanese restaurant is like eating in a samurai residence

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2023

If you’re looking for a very Japanese experience, this is a place you’ll need to put on the itinerary.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • eating • food • Icchou • icho • izakaya • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kanto • Masanuki Sunakoma • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • Tochigi)

We deeply, wetly regret underestimating this crazy obstacle course in the mountains of Japan【Vid】

• SoraNews24
  Jul 10, 2023

A humbling experience awaits at Tochigi’s Yomogiyama Log Village.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • obstacle course • SNJO • Tochigi • travel • video • weird)

“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Sano ramen in Sano!”

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2023

We discover an unforgettable dish in the city that boasts the highest number of ramen joints per 100,000 people in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • local specialties • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Sano ramen • SNJO • taxis • Tochigi • Tochigi Prefecture • travel)

Japan’s other beautiful fuji, wisteria, are about to turn Ashikaga Flower Park into a wonderland

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 8, 2023

Flowers have begun blooming at gorgeous park in Tochigi.

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• Japan
• (Ashikaga Flower Park • awesome • beautiful • COK • flowers • Fuji • nature • Tochigi • wisteria)

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