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Japan’s favorite Pokémon types by prefecture–which types are the most popular?

Dale Roll
Jan 7, 2021
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You might guess the most popular Pokémon type in the country, but each prefecture might surprise you!

Japan
(anime • Chubu • Chugoku • Hokkaido • Japan • Kansai • Kanto • Kyushu • Okinawa • Pokemon • popular • prefectures • ranking • Shikoku • survey • Tohoku)

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4 Days in Tohoku, Japan’s Northeastern Treasureland

All About Japan
Dec 23, 2020

Japan’s northeastern region of Tohoku was once considered a remote, inaccessible land. Today, the Tohoku Shinkansen and other modes of transport have made it easier than ever to explore its unique traditions, uncrowded historical districts, and stunning natural scenery.

To uncover what this fascinating region had to offer, I, Noam Katz, set out on a short journey to three of Tohoku’s six prefectures: Fukushima, Yamagata, and Akita.

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We try making imoni, the beloved taro and beef stew of northern Japan【SoraKitchen】

Krista Rogers
Nov 24, 2020

This autumn staple of Yamagata Prefecture comes to our kitchen in Tokyo with the help of a friend from the region.

Japan
(cooking • imoni • imoni-kai • K. Masami • recipe • Tohoku • Yamagata Prefecture)

Faster! Japan’s Shinkansen to get speed boost along Tohoku route

Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2020

Good news if you want to get there even faster than a speeding bullet train can right now.

Japan
(bullet train • East Japan Railways • Japan Railways • JR East • shinkansen • Tohoku • Tohoku Shinkansen • trains • travel)

Visiting the hotel half-destroyed by the 3-11 tsunami is a powerful reminder of what was lost

Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2020

This preserved Tohoku building goes from completely devastated to practically unharmed in just a few floors.

Japan
(3-11 earthquake and tsunami • COK • disasters • hotels • Iwate • moving • SNJO • Tohoku • travel • tsunami)

Japanese hot spring YouTuber finds her niche showing off out-of-the-way local onsen【Videos】

Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2020

Into the water off the beaten path.

Japan
(baths • beautiful women • hot springs • onsen • Tohoku • travel • video)

Mysterious salt cauldrons predict disasters at one of the “Three Great Miracles of Japan”

Oona McGee
Mar 12, 2020

We travel off the beaten track to one of the most fascinating holy sites in the country.

Internet, Japan
(COK • Miyagi • off the beaten track • sacred sites • salt • shrines • SNJO • Three Great Miracles of Japan • Tohoku • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

We visit a tsunami-ravaged region almost a decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2020

Rather than forget the horrors of the disaster, this coastal town has set up daily reminders of the tsunami on the streets.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • COK • Great East Japan disaster • Great East Japan Earthquake • SNJO • Tohoku • travel • tsunami)

You can help survivors of Japan’s 3.11 earthquake/tsunami in seconds with a quick Yahoo! search

Casey Baseel
Mar 11, 2020

Donations will be made for each person who runs a search for information about the tragedy, with funds helping farmers, students, and those suffering from depression and loneliness.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • 3.11 • charity • disasters • donation • search for 3.11 • Tohoku • Yahoo! Japan)

Pokémon Lapras appears on streets, in lakes of Miyagi as part of new tourism ambassador role

Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2019

Gentle giant Pokémon is helping prefecture damaged in Tohoku earthquake and tsunami recover.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • anime • cool • cute • Lapras • Miyagi Prefecture • Pokemon • Tohoku • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • travel • video • video games)

Convenience store in Sendai celebrates its foreign workers with a special store display

Krista Rogers
Jun 19, 2019

Customers who were curious about the smiling foreign workers ringing up their order at this local konbini can now learn a little bit about what they have in common.