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Wrong Exit Exploring – The serene solitude of taking the wrong exit at Tokyo Disneyland’s station

• SoraNews24
  Sep 9, 2024
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Hardly anyone uses the North Exit of Maihama Station, but we did.

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• Japan
• (COK • Maihama • Maihama Station • SNJO • Tokyo Disney Resort • Tokyo Disneyland • tourism • travel • urban exploring)

Japanese train driver and conductor duo melt hearts with behind-the-scenes friendship【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2024

“More than friends less than lovers” team shows us what it takes to look after thousands of commuters on the rails.

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• Japan
• (culture • customer service • cute • heartwarming • Japanese trains • Keio Line • sweet • tourism • train driver • trains • travel • video)

A heavenly trip to Japan’s Demon Island in the Seto Inland Sea【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 9, 2024

We follow in Momotaro’s footsteps with a visit to Onigashima.

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• Japan
• (cave • COK • culture • demons • island • Kagawa Prefecture • Momotaro • oni • Onigashima • Peach Boy • Seto Inland Sea • SNJO • tourism • travel)

3,000-year-old tree in Japan’s Princess Mononoke forest snapped in two by typhoon【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2024

Yakushima’s ethereally beautiful valley closed to visitors following storm damage.

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• Japan
• (COK • nature • outdoors • Princess Mononoke • storm • tourism • travel • typhoon • Typhoon Shanshan • Yakushima • Yayoi Cedar • Yayoi Sugi)

Japanese island with a population less than 10 is a hidden gem you won’t find in travel guides

• Oona McGee
  Sep 3, 2024

Welcome to one of the least explored regions in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • island • islands • Japanese countryside • Kagawa Prefecture • nature • remote • Shikoku • SNJO • tourism • travel • Ushijima)

Japanese public toilet in Tokyo has windows that change colour when you use it

• Oona McGee
  Sep 1, 2024

Join us as we use one of Japan’s most unusual restrooms.

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• Japan
• (architecture • art • COK • cool • Japanese restrooms • Japanese toilets • Perfect Days • public restroom • public toilets • restroom • Shibuya • SNJO • The Tokyo Toilet • Toilets • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • transparent toilet • travel • Yoyogi)

Japan set to introduce new entry system for foreign tourists

• Oona McGee
  Aug 29, 2024

New immigration procedures will affect visitors from 71 countries and regions.

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• Global, Japan
• (airports • entry requirements • foreign tourists • government • immigration • Japanese Government • JESTA • news • tourism • tourist visa • travel • visa • visa exemption • visas)

Japanese government wants to remove tax-exemption limit for foreign tourists on consumables

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 28, 2024

Want to buy over 500,000 yen in booze and cosmetics without paying a single yen in tax? Japan Tourism Agency wants you to do it too!

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• Japan
• (COK • foreigners in Japan • shopping • society • tax exemption • tax-free • tourism • travel)

Anime holy ground – A visit to the real-world location of Look Back【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 25, 2024

We head north to the Akita town where Chainsaw Man’s creator grew up and see the sights that inspired the look of Look Back.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime holy sites • Chainsaw Man • COK • Look Back • manga • SNJO • Tatsuki Fujimoto • tourism • travel)

Parakeet found riding Shinkansen by itself, gets taken into police custody【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2024

“Now just where did you come from?”

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• Japan
• (animals • birds • bullet train • crazy • funny • pets • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • video • weird)

Four breathtaking beer gardens to visit before summer ends in Japan (or put on next year’s list)

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2024

Spanning from the north of the country to the south, these might be four of the best places in all of Japan to enjoy a cold one.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • Atami • beautiful • beer • beer gardens • COK • craft beer • drinks • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resort • Hoshino Resorts • hotels • luxury travel • Nasu • nature • Okinawa • resorts • restaurants • tourism • travel)

Foreign tourists blamed for Japan rice shortage as “Reiwa Rice Riots” leaves shelves bare

• SoraNews24
  Aug 22, 2024

Tourists are said to be eating Japan out of rice, depleting the local food supply. 

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• Japan
• (COK • foreign tourists • foreign travelers • news • overtourism • rice • tourism • tourists • travel)

Finally! General sales of Japan’s ultra convenient Sucia, Pasmo prepaid train cards resume next month

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2024

The two easiest ways to pay for train tickets, and a whole bunch of other stuff, make their long-awaited return.

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• Japan
• (COK • East Japan Railway • JR • JR East • Pasmo • prepaid cards • subways • Suica • tourism • trains • travel)

Japan’s Mt. Fuji convenience store view-blocking screen has finally been taken down, on one condition

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 21, 2024

Screen was put in place as response to tourists, many from overseas, littering and blocking traffic.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • Lawson • Mt. Fuji • overtourism • tourism • travel)

Japan’s most charming train: Automated people mover includes facial recognition technology

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2024

The Yamaman Yukarigaoka line combines modern technology with cute analogue details.

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• Japan
• (Aomori • Aomori Prefecture • Bodaiji • COK • Mt. Osore • Osorezan • Saya Togashi • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)

Pikachu and other Pokémon star in airline ANA’s new safety video!【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2024

Please return your seatback to its upright position for takeoffs and landings, Lucario.

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• Japan
• (Air travel • airlines • ANA • anime • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video • video games)

Japan’s easy foreign tourist tax exemptions may be getting harder in order to stop fraud, resales

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 15, 2024

Skipping tax payments by showing your passport may become a thing of the past as government finds billions of yen have been improperly waived.

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• Global, Japan
• (COK • shopping • society • tax exemption • tax-free • tourism • travel)

Nuisance foreigner climbs onto Family Mart roof in Shibuya, yells “I did it!” before police step in

• SoraNews24
  Aug 15, 2024

Bad behaviour by foreigners sees a new term being coined in the Japanese media.

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• Japan
• (bad behavior • bad tourist • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • foreigners in Japan • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • police • Shibuya • society • tourism • tourists)

Kyoto Station breakfast cafe is a hidden gem that tourists are yet to discover

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2024

Colorado Cafe serves up its famous morning meal in a ramen bowl.

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• Japan
• (breakfast • cafes • COK • food • Kyoto • Kyoto food • Kyoto Station • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • tourist spot • travel)

Smallest hotel room in Tokyo? This cheap stay for two will turn friends into lovers

• Oona McGee
  Aug 10, 2024

Test the bounds of your relationship with this tiny accommodation in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (budget travel • cheap hotels • cheap travel • COK • hostels • hotels • Masanuki Sunakoma • Minamisenju • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

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  9. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign
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  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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