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Japan’s new Pokémon Poké Ball hotel releases new details, and it’s giving away free stays [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  2 hours ago
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Some, but not all, of the secrets surrounding Japan’s awesome Poké Ball hotel have been revealed.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Hokkaido • hotels • Japan travel • manga • Poké Ball • Poké Ball hotel • Poké Ball-Themed Hotel • Pokemon • Pokémon hotel • tourism • travel • video games)

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

• Oona McGee
  10 hours ago

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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• Japan
• (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)

Visiting Kagawa’s popular cooking class where you make noodles with your feet

• Elliot Hale
  12 hours ago

Rock out as you dance your way to handmade sanuki udon.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • cool • crazy • dancing • food • Japan travel • Kagawa • Kompirasan • Kotohira • Kouhey • lesson • Nakano Udon School • Noodles • sanuki udon • Shikoku • SNJO • tourism • travel • udon • weird)

Ghibli/Kyoto crossover artwork decorates goshuin papers for Zen and Ghibli art exhibition [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  yesterday

Kyoto museum’s ”Ghibli for grown-ups” event collaborates with three Kyoto Zen temples.

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• (anime • art • goshuin • Japan travel • Kyoto • Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art • manga • museums • shuin • Studio Ghibli • temples • Totoro • tourism • travel • Zen)

The confusing enjoyment of our day-trip bus tour from downtown Tokyo to Yamanashi [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  2 days ago

This bus tour wasn’t exactly what we’d expected, but it turned out to be something we wanted.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • bus tours • buses • COK • flowers • food • fruit • Heidi • Japan travel • nature • peaches • shingen mochi • SNJO • Sunflowers • sweets • tourism • travel • Yamanashi)

Visiting Fukui can teach travelers how to make, and smash, Japanese kawara tiles [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  3 days ago

Echizen Seramika shares the techniques for both as part of its cool factory tour.

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• (ceramics • COK • cool • factories • factory tours • Fukui • Japan travel • kawara • Natsuno Futon • SNJO • tile smashing • tiles • tourism • travel • weird)

Japan’s middle-aged fairy man character stole our reporter’s heart in a hot spring town

• Casey Baseel
  3 days ago

Atsuo fell in love with Atami, and Natsuno fell in love with Atsuo.

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• Japan
• (Atami • COK • cute • funny • hot springs • Japan travel • mascot characters • Natsuno Futon • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

TeamLab is building a new Tokyo museum, and it’s the digital art group’s biggest ever

• Casey Baseel
  4 days ago

As TeamLab’s fame continues to grow, so too does the size of its art museums.

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• Japan
• (art • COK • cool • digital art • Japan travel • museums • Team Lab • TeamLab • technology • tourism • travel)

Tokyo’s Shibuya puts up new posters asking visitors to use recycle boxes properly

• Casey Baseel
  5 days ago

Campaign is neighborhood’s latest attempt to keep litter and overtourism in check.

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• (Japan travel • litter • overtourism • recycling • recycling boxes • Shibuya • tourism • trash • travel • vending machines)

Roaming rubbish bin robot at Shinjuku Station solves the problem of where to put your trash

• Oona McGee
  5 days ago

Japanese railway company comes up with a cute solution to one of the biggest problems for overseas tourists.

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• (cute • garbage • Japan travel • Japanese train station • JR East • rubbish • rubbish bin • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • tourism • train stations • trash • trash cans • travel)

New Shinkansen platform vending machine sells local-flavor treats from 127-year-old snack maker

• Casey Baseel
  6 days ago

A new way to get your hands on a popular souvenir at Shin Osaka.

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• (bullet train • food • Japan travel • Osaka • Osaka ikaten • rice crackers • senbei • Shin Osaka • shinkansen • shrimp chips • squid • stations • tourism • trains • travel • vending machines)

Megadeth guitarist becomes voice of reason regarding tourists dancing at shrine in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2026

Tourists’ dance video at Kyoto shrine prompts angry response from Marty Friedman.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • etiquette • Fushimi • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Japan travel • manners • Marty Friedman • Megadeth • overtourism • shrines • temples • tourism • travel)

Japan’s Suica Penguin character is “graduating”, and you can choose its successor

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2026

Can these new character candidates match up to the charm of the penguin?

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• Japan
• (characters • cute • East Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR East • mascot characters • penguins • Suica • Suica card • Suica Penguin • tourism • trains • travel)

Tokyo ward looking to change lodging laws, ban more than half of its Airbnb-style rentals

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 7, 2026

Shinjuku has more private lodging rentals than any other part of Japan, but a whole lot of them could be going away as pushback against overtourism continues.

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• Japan
• (Airbnb • COK • hotels • Japan travel • minpaku • overtourism • private lodging rentals • shinjuku • short-term rentals • society • tourism • travel)

Join Naked in the Niwa garden: Kyoto Station’s newest spot to craft traditional art

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 5, 2026

Workshops offer English instruction in making custom gold leaf bags, weaving bamboo baskets, and crafting samurai armor.

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• Japan
• (art • COK • crafts • culture • digital art • ikebana • Japan travel • Japanese traditional crafts • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • naked • odoshi • shikai nami • stations • surihaku • tourism • traditional crafts • travel • workshop • yuzen)

Kyoto temple bans visitors from wearing kimono

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2026

Visitors to 600-year-old temple prohibited from wearing traditional garment following problems caused by those prioritizing cool social media photos over basic manners.

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • Gion • Japan travel • kimono • Kyoto • overtourism • Seiraiin • temples • tourism • travel)

Japan’s first fall color forecast for 2026 is here!

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2026

Maps and predicated peak color dates to help you plan your autumn journey to see Japan’s natural beauty.

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• Japan
• (COK • fall colors • fall leaves • ginkgo trees • icho • Japan travel • kaede • koyo • maples • momiji • nature • outdoors • red leaves • tourism • travel)

Japan Railways announces unlimited-ride train pass for fall travel

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2026

A great way to explores off-the-beaten-path Japan this autumn.

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• Japan
• (COK • Japan Railways • Japan travel • JR • Rail Pass • tourism • train pass • trains • travel • travel deals)

A real-world Pokémon Poké Ball hotel is opening in Japan at a still-secret location [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 1, 2026

Pokémon Sleep evolves into a whole new way to help Pokémon Trainers get some quality Zs.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crazy • Hokkaido • hotels • Japan travel • manga • Poké Ball • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Beautiful 785-step Japanese shrine sando stairway walk is one very good reason to visit Kagawa

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 31, 2026

A sweaty, but unforgettable, visit to Kompirasan.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • hiking • Japan travel • Kagawa • Kompirasan • Kotohira • Kotohiragu • Mountains • outdoors • Shikoku • shrine • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)

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