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Ghibli Museum’s Summer Stand lets you get a taste of Ghibli fun even if you don’t have a ticket
- Casey Baseel
Aug 10, 2024 - Tweet
Advance tickets are absolutely required and tough to get for Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum, but on certain summer days there’s a special event for the ticketless too.
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli Museum • museums • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel)
Surreal scenes of Nara’s giant Buddha statue getting its once-a-year cleaning from 170 people【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2024
Size difference makes human cleaners of the Daibutsu statue look like tiny little spirits.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • cool • crazy • daibutsu • Great Buddha • Nara • Nara Daibutsu • temples • Todaiji • tourism • travel • video)
General sales of Japan’s most convenient prepaid train/shopping card to finally resume soon
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2024
JR East says Suica sales are coming back in full force.
- Japan
- (COK • East Japan Railway • JR • JR East • Pasmo • prepaid cards • subways • Suica • tourism • trains • travel)
Japanese inn’s first foreign guests disappear without paying – “We feel so betrayed”
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2024
Travelers vanish half-way through their reserved stay, leave no trace (or payment) behind.
Visiting Japan’s “Mt. Terror,” said to be the closest point to the afterlife【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 7, 2024
We find hell and paradise both at Aomori’s Osorezan.
- Japan
- (Aomori • Aomori Prefecture • Bodaiji • COK • Mt. Osore • Osorezan • Saya Togashi • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)
Cheap capsule hotel in Kyoto is open to everyone, comes with free all-you-can-drink alcohol
- SoraNews24
Aug 3, 2024
We find out if Anshin Oyado lives up to the great reviews.
- Japan
- (accommodation • capsule hotels • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • hotels • Kyoto • SNJO • sweets • tourism • travel)
How to dress for summer in Japan: Tips from a rickshaw driver in Asakusa
- Oona McGee
Aug 1, 2024
Fashion advice on how to dress for a Japanese summer leads us to some historic stores.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • clothes • clothing • COK • cool • culture • fashion • festival clothes • festivals • old shops • rickshaw drivers • rickshaws • Sensoji • Sensoji Temple • shopping • shops • SNJO • summer • temples • Tokyo • tokyo rickshaw • tourism • tradition • traditional clothes • travel)
Japanese school east of Tokyo is now a rest stop where you can spend the night【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 29, 2024
Going back to school at Hota Elementary.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • cool • hotels • michi no eki • rest areas • rest stops • road stations • schools • SNJO • tourism • travel)
How to order snacks on a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 26, 2024
With cart sales no longer available, there’s a new way to enjoy food, drinks and ice cream on board.
- Japan
- (bullet train • COK • food • ice cream • japanese snacks • Japanese trains • shinkansen • snacks • SNJO • sweets • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism • train • train travel • trains • travel)
Japan’s Island of Sea Cats: A unique site you won’t find in tourist guides
- Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2024
An unusual shrine that goes to ruin for a season, all in the name of good luck poo.
- Japan
- (Aomori • birds • COK • island • nature • seagulls • shrine • SNJO • tourism • travel • umineko)
Japan’s “ugly” Nara Deer Buddha mascot now available in tiny gacha capsule toy form
- Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2024
Famous mascot is ready to finally be loved as the city’s best new souvenir.
- Japan
- (capsule toy • cute • figurine • gacha • gacha machines • gacha toy • mascot • Nara • Sento-kun • souvenir • tourism • yuru-kyara)
Japanese government wants to build luxury resorts in all national parks for foreign tourists
- Casey Baseel
Jul 20, 2024
Wants plan completed in time to celebrate 100th anniversary of Japan’s national park system.
- Japan
- (foreign tourists • foreign travelers • hotels • National Parks • nature • tourism • travel)
For-foreigners stamp rally begins in Akihabara, gives prizes for walking the otaku neighborhood
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2024
Otaku will want to hit all these spots anyway, so why not get a prize while you’re at it?
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • COK • foreigners in Japan • otaku • stamp rallies • stamp rally • tourism • travel • video games)
Japanese house is actually a cheap hotel where you can stay for US$24 a night
- SoraNews24
Jul 15, 2024
Forget capsule hotels, here you can get a room in a Japanese house instead.
- Japan
- (budget travel • cheap accommodation • cheap hotels • cheap stays • COK • cool • history • hotels • Kanagawa • kawasaki • ryokan • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Secret tent onsen in the forest is one of the most unusual hot springs in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jul 12, 2024
A unique outdoor experience, where you pay for your bath by the litre.
- Japan
- (bathing • COK • cool • hot springs • Masanuki Sunakoma • onsen • outdoor baths • Panthalassa no Umi Ashikaga Onsen • rotenburo • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel)
Japan’s smallest Toshogu Shrine: A tiny wonder with a big samurai connection
- Oona McGee
Jul 10, 2024
An ancient palace still wields its magic in a residential backstreet hidden from tourists.
- Japan
- (Chiba • COK • cool • Funabashi • religion • samurai • secret Japan • shrines • smallest shrine • SNJO • Tokugawa • Tokugawa Ieyasu • Toshogu • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Beautiful afternoon tea lounge lets you look at and eat Osaka Castle【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2024
A taste of a luxurious view in Osaka.
- Japan
- (afternoon tea • cafes • COK • DoubleTree • DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle • food • Hilton • hotels • Osaka • Osaka Castle • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tea • tourism • travel)
Kyoto’s Tofukuji temple opens secret area above Sanmon Gate to the public
- Oona McGee
Jul 6, 2024
This section of the gate is usually off-limits to tourists, but you can now view its hidden gems.
- Japan
- (Buddhism • Buddhist temple • COK • Kyoto • National Treasure • SNJO • temples • Tofukuji • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • travel)
Buses in one of Japan’s largest cities can’t take new yen bills, leaving strange solution
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2024
Even with a five-year heads-up, Nishitetsu isn’t quite ready.
- Japan
- (buses • Fukuoka • new yen bills • tourism • transportation • travel • weird)
Japan Airlines debuts airport translation panels, translation error quickly results
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2024
”Please tell me your smartphone.”
- Japan
- (airlines • airports • Haneda Airport • JAL • Japan Airlines • Japanese languae • linguistics • tourism • translation • travel)
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