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A carlator is shaking things up on our way to one of Japan’s last revolving restaurants

• Elliot Hale
  Dec 1, 2024
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A full-body dining experience like no other, complete with stunning, panoramic views.

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• Japan
• (cafe • cafes • food • Hyogo • Kobe • restaurants • retro • revolving restaurant • ropeway • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Shinkansen to permanently reduce number of inexpensive non-reserved seats on Nozomi trains

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 30, 2024

Tokaido and Sanyo routes, connecting Tokyo with Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka, to be affected.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • COK • JR • JR Central • Nozomi • R West • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

One Piece Shinkansen bullet trains set to speed to adventure in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2024

Three different One Piece bullet train designs will run on the Sanyo Shinkansen line.

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• Japan
• (anime • bullet train • Japan Railways • JR • JR West • manga • One Piece • Sanyo Shinkansen • shinkansen • tourism • travel)

Mt Fuji convenience store becomes “lawless zone” as tourists hurl abuse at security guards

• SoraNews24
  Nov 27, 2024

Tensions run high as town grapples to avoid a major accident.

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• Japan
• (blackout screen • cars • convenience stores • Fuji Lawson • Fujikawaguchiko • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • news • overtourism • roads • tourism • traffic • travel • Yamanashi)

Eight unforgettable hot springs, as recommended by Japan’s “Professor Bath”

• SoraNews24
  Nov 26, 2024

Onsen expert and researcher who’s visited thousands of hot springs gives us a gift of knowledge for Good Bath Day.

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• Japan
• (baths • COK • hot springs • onsen • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Lucky accommodation plan in Japan includes shrine visit and onsen hot spring inn stay

• Oona McGee
  Nov 26, 2024

A once-in-a-lifetime experience at the birthplace of Japanese mythology.
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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • culture • inn • Kagoshima • Kirishima • Kirishima Jingu • Kirishima Shrine • onsen • shrines • stay • tourism • tradition • travel • unique)

Travel tip: Fukuoka has a great luggage delivery service that’s cheaper than a coin locker

• SoraNews24
  Nov 25, 2024

Cargo Pass will free up time in your sightseeing schedule without eating much into your travel budget.

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• Japan
• (airports • Fukuoka • Fukuoka Airport • Fukuoka City • luggage service • SNJO • tourism • travel)

What are Japan’s best, and most unique, regional rice balls?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 25, 2024

Onigiri survey gives us even more reasons to travel to every part of Japan.

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• Japan
• (food • Jalan • onigiri • ranking • rice • rice balls • tourism • travel)

Forbidden area at Japanese mountaintop shrine opens to the public for first time in 400 years

• Oona McGee
  Nov 21, 2024

Be one of the first outsiders in centuries to enter this secret sacred area.

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• Japan
• (amazing • architecture • COK • culture • japanese architecture • Japanese shrine • Shizuoka • shogun • shogunate • shrine • shrines • SNJO • Tokugawa Ieyasu • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Taking the Kyoto overnight bus for the first time

• SoraNews24
  Nov 20, 2024

Udonko makes her maiden voyage on an overnight bus, but will she regret the decision?

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • Kyoto • overnight bus • SNJO • tourism • travel • Udonko • Willer • Willer Express)

History’s highest sumo wrestling and geisha dance to take place at Tokyo Skytree observation deck

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 17, 2024

Early-morning and late-night events are aimed at visitors with an interest in high places and rich culture who also have deep pockets.

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• Japan
• (cool • culture • geisha • Skytree • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • sumo wrestling • Tokyo Skytree • tourism • travel)

One of Japan’s most beautiful hot spring towns announces new limits on number of day trippers

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 15, 2024

Tickets will be required to enter Ginzan Onsen at its most beautiful time of day and year.

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• Japan
• (Ginzan Onsen • hot springs • onsen • overtourism • tourism • travel)

Off-the-beaten-tourist-track observatory tower in Tokyo has great views of the city…for free!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2024

A tower that’s also a hall, and a ship.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Funabori • observation deck • observatory • SNJO • tourism • tower • Tower Hall Funabori • travel • view)

Beautiful Naked digital art event comes to Kyoto’s Nijo Castle after dark (contains no nudity)【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2024

As the sun goes down, the lights go on for an amazing illumination of Kyoto’s 345-year-old castle and its fall-color gardens.

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• Japan
• (art • beautful • castles • digital art • fall colors • gardens • Kyoto • light up • Nijo Castle • projection mapping • tourism • travel)

One of Japan’s most awesome rail passes, the Seishun 18 Ticket, just got a lot less awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2024

A lot of changes are coming to Japan’s laid-back unlimited ride ticket, and most of them aren’t good.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • COK • Japan Rail Company • JR • Rail Pass • rail passes • Seishun 18 Kippu • Seishun 18 Ticket • tourism • train travel • trains • travel)

Non-tourist trap fish market in northeastern Japan captures our hearts with amazing sashimi

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2024

We get off the beaten path and get awesome maguro in Shiogama.

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• Japan
• (COK • fish • fish markets • food • maguro • Miyagi • sashimi • seafood • Shiogama • Shiogama Marine Products Wholesale Market • SNJO • sushi • tourism • travel • tuna)

How to do an overnight bus trip to Kanazawa from Tokyo【Photos】 – Part 2

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2024

Historical tea houses, throwing stars, retro cafes, and Kanazawa’s special curry, all without any need to book a hotel.

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• Japan
• (buses • Busta Shinjuku • COK • culture • curry • food • gardens • highway buses • history • Ishikawa • Kanazawa • Kanazawa Curry • KB Liner • Kenrokuen • Masanuki Sunakoma • Omicho Market • shinjuku • Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Nintendo files multiple new trademarks for hotel/restaurant operations in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 24, 2024

Following the opening of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, could a Nintendo hotel be next?

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• Japan
• (hotels • nintendo • tourism • travel • video games)

Chinese drivers flocking to Japan for quick and easy route to international licenses

• Master Blaster
  Oct 24, 2024

Come for the food, stay for the ability to drive in 100 countries.

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• China, Japan
• (driver's license • driving • Geneva Convention on Road Traffic • international driver's license • tourism • travel)

No train, no hotel – How to do an overnight bus trip to Kanazawa from Tokyo – Part 1【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 23, 2024

Catching some Zs as we ride though the night lets us hit the ground running in Ishikawa Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (buses • Busta Shinjuku • COK • food • highway buses • Ishikawa • kaisendon • Kanazawa • KB Liner • Masanuki Sunakoma • Omicho Market • overnight bus • sashimi • shinjuku • Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal • SNJO • sushi • tourism • travel)

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