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Shibuya goes hard on Halloween, announces countermeasures to prevent chaos on the streets
- Oona McGee
Oct 7, 2026 - Tweet
Tokyo Ward clamps down as this year’s Saturday Halloween poses more dangers than the past six years.
- Japan
- (halloween • Halloween 2026 • nightlife • Shibuya • Shibuya Halloween • Tokyko • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
Tokyo government announces removal of all public phones from city’s Toei subway stations
- Casey Baseel
Oct 7, 2026
Decision wasn’t made by the transportation bureau, though.
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- (COK • Japan travel • pay phones • phones • public phones • stations • Subway • technology • Toei Subway • Tokyo • Tokyo subway • tourism • travel)
Foreign tourist numbers drop in Osaka, despite record-setting highs from U.S. and Korea
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2026
Almost every country is sending more travelers to Osaka these days, with one very big exception.
- Japan
- (China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Osaka • politics • tourism • travel)
Kyoto announces two-tier admission price plan for Nijo Castle, non-residents would pay twice as much
- Casey Baseel
Oct 2, 2026
First-of-its-kind system for Kyoto would raise maintenance funding and fight overtourism, proponents say, but will it really reduce crowd sizes?
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- (castles • history • Japan travel • Kyoto • Nijo Castle • Ninomaru Palace • overtourism • society • tourism • travel • two-tier pricing)
Japan’s first-ever conveyor-belt Sushi Bus announces Tokyo tour start date, reservations now open
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2026
Hopefully the food prep won’t be as lazy as the AI video preview.
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- (bus tour • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • crazy • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • restaurants • sightseeing • sightseeing bus • sushi • Sushi Bus • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Foreign tourists get free Shinkansen tickets in Japan, and here’s how to claim them
- Oona McGee
Sep 30, 2026
Enjoy a free bullet train ride to one of the country’s most beautiful regions.
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- (accommodation • bullet trains • hotels • international tourists • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • Japanese trains • JR • JR Kyushu • Kagoshima • Kitakyushu • Klook • Kyushu Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • tourists • trains • travel)
Japan’s new travel route literally through the mountains links two other beautiful alpine courses
- Casey Baseel
Sep 29, 2026
Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route and Kurobe Gorge Railway will finally be connected this fall.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • cool • Hokuriku • Ishikawa • Japan travel • Kurobe Gorge Railway • Kurobe Unazuki Canyon Route • Mountains • nature • Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route • tourism • Toyama • travel)
How to get into this beautiful off-the-beaten-path Kyoto temple earlier than the general public
- Casey Baseel
Sep 29, 2026
Getting up early and heading outside the regular tourist circuit could lead to an unforgettable experience this autumn.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • culture • fall colors • Japan travel • koyo • Kyoto • maple • nature • red leaves • temples • tourism • travel • Yamashina)
Robot bartender bar opening in Kyoto, and no, they’re not controlled by AI
- Casey Baseel
Sep 28, 2026
Human hearts and minds will be at the core of the OrySNACK Kyoto experience.
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- (bars • cool • drinks • Japan travel • Kyoto • OriHime • Ory Labs • restaurants • robots • society • technology • tourism • travel)
Japan now has facial-recognition ticket gates, but why aren’t people using them?
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2026
New walk-through gates are designed to speed up the flow of passengers, but there’s something tripping them up.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • East Japan Railway Company • facial recognition • Japan Railway • Japan travel • Japanese train stations • JR • JR East • Osaka • public transport • tourism • train stations • trains • transport • travel)
Osaka’s amazing budget-luxury hotel has free takoyaki, craft beer, and comedy shows
- Elliot Hale
Sep 25, 2026
To truly experience the city, OMO7 Osaka is a dream stay for any traveler.
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- (accommodation • COK • culture • food • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • Janjan Yokocho • luxury hotel • Natsuno Futon • OMO • OMO7 Osaka • Osaka • regional food • Shinsekai • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Fukushima’s popular dialect T-shirt vending machine gets its first sibling in Iwaki
- Elliot Hale
Sep 24, 2026
Pick up a wearable Japanese lesson featuring dinosaurs, hot springs, and deep sea fish.
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- (COK • dialects • Fukushima • Fukushima dialect • Iwaki • Japanese linguistics • linguistics • regional dialects • t-shirts • tourism • travel • vending machine)
Famous Kyoto shrine has a message for foreign tourists who think it’s okay to dance at sacred sites
- SoraNews24
Sep 23, 2026
Fushimi Inari Taisha asks visitors to show some respect after dance videos filmed beneath its famous torii gates spark criticism online.
- Japan
- (etiquette • foreign tourists • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • international tourists • Japan travel • Japanese etiquette • Kyoto • Kyoto tourism • manners • news • overcrowding • overtourism • shrines • temples • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourists • travel)
Naked illuminates Kyoto’s cultural traditions in Nijo Castle’s latest digital art spectacular
- Elliot Hale
Sep 19, 2026
Featuring night-lit gardens, imperial poetry, and custom digital garments.
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- (art • beautiful • castles • COK • digital art • gardens • illuminations • Japan travel • Kyoto • light up • Nijo Castle • projection mapping • tourism • travel)
Bear spotted near most popular hiking trail on Tokyo’s most popular hiking mountain
- Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2026
Officials calling for caution as Mt. Takao enters peak hiking season.
- Japan
- (animals • bears • COK • hiking • Japan travel • Mountains • Mt. Takao • nature • outdoors • tourism • travel)
Get more room in your luggage with new clothing compression machines at Haneda and Narita airports
- Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2026
Forget packing hacks, Pocket Tips is the fastest and easiest way to create more room in your suitcase.
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- (Air travel • airplanes • airports • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Japan tourism • Japan travel • Kumamoto Airport • naha airport • Narita Airport • packing • tourism • tourists • travel)
Everything old is new, and cool, again at this hotel in Japan’s hot spring town comeback king
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2026
As a new generation of travelers discovers Atami, it’s the New Akao’s time to shine again.
- Japan
- (Atami • COK • cool • hot springs • Hotel New Akao • hotels • Japan travel • New Akao • onsen • retro • Shizukoa • Showa retro • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Does Tokyo need self-driving taxis? Waymo thinks so, plans to launch fleet soon
- Casey Baseel
Sep 17, 2026
It’s hard to see why Tokyoites would prefer self-driving cabs to regular ones, but that might not be what Waymo is betting on.
- Japan
- (cars • COK • Japan travel • Nihon Kotsu • self driving cars • self-driving • self-driving taxis • taxis • technology • tourism • transportation • travel • Waymo)
Japan’s new Pokémon Poké Ball hotel releases new details, and it’s giving away free stays [Video]
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2026
Some, but not all, of the secrets surrounding Japan’s awesome Poké Ball hotel have been revealed.
- 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
Sep 16, 2026
With more than 100 million yen in underreported income, questions are being raised over the morals of profiting from overseas tourists.
- 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)
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