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All-you-can-eat sashimi from Tokyo’s fish market, convenient location make this budget hotel great
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2023 - Tweet
And the free ochazuke makes it even better.
- Japan
- (breakfast • business hotels • COK • food • hotels • negitoro • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • tourism • Toyosu fish market • travel)
Take it from a local: This resort island off the coast of Nagasaki is totally worth a side trip
- Dale Roll
Aug 28, 2023
It’s the perfect weekend getaway for Nagasaki locals…and the perfect place to add to a visitor’s itinerary!
- Japan
- (beaches • beautiful • COK • Iojima • Kyushu • Nagasaki • onsen • SNJO • spa • tourism • travel)
Amazing fruit bouquet crepes of Japanese sweets shop Eternity — a dessert you’ll always remember
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2023
Your stomach and eyes will thank you for making a stop at this seaside town’s side-street dessert spot.
Why you shouldn’t say you’ve seen enough until you’ve seen Japan’s Nikko, and seen it as an adult
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2023
Nikko’s famous Kegon no Taki waterfall bored our reporter on his class trip, but it’s a different story now that he’s grown up.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • Kegon no Taki • nature • Nikko • SNJO • Tochigi • tourism • travel • Waterfalls)
Cruising around Gunkanjima, Japan’s otherworldly “Battleship Island”【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Aug 14, 2023
Our Nagasaki native gets her first up-close look at the whole-island ghost town.
- Japan
- (Battleship Island • COK • Gunkanjima • Hashima • Mariko Ohanabatake • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Prefecture • SNJO • tourism • travel • UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Is a weekend trip to Korea possible with just 50,000 yen (US$350)? – Part 2【Extreme budget travel】
- Dale Roll
Aug 13, 2023
Day 1 was full of exciting experiences…what does Day 2 have in store?
- Japan, Korea
- (budget travel • cheap • COK • extreme budget travel • Go Hatori • Korea • Seoul • sightseeing • SNJO • South Korea • tourism • travel)
Is a weekend trip to Korea possible with just 50,000 yen (US$350)? – Part 1【Extreme budget travel】
- Dale Roll
Aug 11, 2023
How far can Go make his budget stretch on a one-night stay?
- Japan, Korea
- (budget • budget travel • cheap • COK • extreme budget travel • Go Hatori • Korea • Seoul • sightseeing • SNJO • South Korea • tourism • travel)
The massive Pokémon card public art display going on in Japan right now is a thing of beauty【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2023
Yokohama’s Pokémon Card Art Walk is a stroll fans won’t ever forget.
- Japan
- (anime • art • awesome • COK • collectible card games • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Card Art Walk • pokemon trading card game • SNO • tourism • travel • video games • Yokohama)
Here’s where to find all of Japan’s new Pikachu Pokémon manhole covers in Yokohama【Photos, maps】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2023
Maps, walking routes, and more to help you navigate your Poké-pilgrimage in the bayside city south of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Minato Mirai • Pikachu • Pokéfuta • Pokélids • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • Pokémon World Championships • SNO • tourism • travel • video games • Yokohama)
Tokaido Shinkansen ending in-train food/drink sales for all non-first-class-passenger cars
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2023
Better plan ahead if you’re planning to eat on the bullet train.
- Japan
- (bullet trains • Central Japan Railway Company • COK • drinks • food • Japan Railway Company • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)
An anime pilgrimage even non-anime fans will love: Visiting the Slam Dunk movie shrine【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2023
The real-life version of the newest Slam Dunk movie’s shrine is worth working up a sweat to see.
- Japan
- (Akita • anime • anime pilgrimage • beautiful • COK • hiking • manga • shrines • Slam Dunk • SNJO • The First Slam Dunk • tourism • travel)
Japan’s new random-destination die-roll train tickets — Amazing bargain for just 36 bucks
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2023
If luck’s on your side, you can save 83 percent off normal train fare, and even if it’s not, you’ll still save at least 34.
- Japan
- (cool • crazy • deals • Fukuoka • JR • JR West • Kanazawa • Kinosaki Onsen • Kure • Osaka • random • Saikoro Ticket • tourism • trains • travel • West Japan Railway)
Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
- Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2023
Suica and Pasmo have become an ubiquitous part of life and travel in Japan, but you can’t get a new card for either.
- Japan
- (COK • East Japan Railway • JR • JR East • Pasmo • prepaid cards • subways • Suica • tourism • trains • travel)
“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best Yaeyama soba noodles on Ishigaki Island!”
- Shannon
Jul 26, 2023
Our Japanese-language reporter learned that the fourth time’s the charm.
- Japan
- (COK • Hey Japanese taxi driver • Ishigaki • Ishigakijima • Noodles • Okinawa • Okinawan food • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel • Yaeyama • Yaeyama soba)
42 thoughts that crossed our mind when visiting the forest that inspired Princess Mononoke
- Krista Rogers
Jul 25, 2023
Our reporter Seiji hopes that first-time visitors to Yakushima’s Shiratani Unsuikyo will avoid some of the same pitfalls that he ran into.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • Kagoshima • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • Shiratani Unsuikyo • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel • Yakushima)
Japan’s best-amenity budget hotel chain gets extra-affordable with “Global Cabin” rooms
- SoraNews24
Jul 25, 2023
Spending a night in Dormy Inn’s quasi-capsule hotel rooms still gets you access to all the great stuff the facility offers.
- Japan
- (affordable • business hotels • capsule hotels • cheap • COK • Dormy Inn • hotels • Korakuen • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
This budget hotel near Tokyo Dome has one of the best breakfast buffets in the city
- SoraNews24
Jul 23, 2023
An affordable luxury that’s a great way to start your day of Tokyo travel.
- Japan
- (breakfast • buffet • business hotels • COK • Dormy Inn • food • hotels • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
Kyoto merchants want city to install more trash cans to fight litter in historic neighborhood
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2023
But an increase alone isn’t likely to completely solve the problem.
- Japan
- (Arashiyama • COK • Kyoto • litter • society • tourism • trash • trash cans • travel)
Tokyo Central Youth Hostel: Low prices, great location, and especially great for morning people
- SoraNews24
Jul 7, 2023
One of the low-key best neighborhoods to stay in when traveling in Tokyo will have you seeing the city right away and maybe very early too.
- Japan
- (budget travel • cheap • COK • hostels • hotels • SNJO • Tokyo • tourism • travel • youth hostels)
1,032 statues, and one thing too many people miss, at this Kyoto temple
- Dale Roll
Jul 2, 2023
And it was his first time visiting, too!
- Japan
- (art • Buddhism • Buddhist temple • COK • cool • culture • history • Kyoto • Sanjusangen-do Temple • sightseeing • SNJO • statues • Tasuku Egawa • temples • tourism • travel)
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