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Studio Ghibli Museum closes due to coronavirus fears
- Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2020 - Tweet
Sudden temporary closure has taken everyone by surprise.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • news • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Mount Fuji plans to start charging compulsory fee to climbers
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2020
Soon you’ll have to pay to climb Japan’s highest mountain.
- Japan
- (Fuji • hiking • Mount fuji • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • news • outdoor • outdoors • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Kyoto starts new “Empty” tourism campaign to attract tourists during coronavirus outbreak
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2020
Visitors to Kyoto have plummeted, prompting a new series of ads showing sites like the Arashiyama bamboo forest totally devoid of people.
- Japan
- (advertising • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • Kyoto • marketing • Nara • sickness • tourism • travel)
Shikayose: The Calling of the Deer in Nara with acorns and a French horn
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2020
With thousands less tourists in Nara due to the Coronavirus, this year’s winter celebrations seem strangely more magical.
- Japan
- (COK • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • Shika yori • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • winter)
Kyoto tourist crowds disappearing due to coronavirus outbreak, creating travel crisis/opportunity
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2020
Local shopkeeper says drop in tourist traffic is most dramatic in over 30 years.
- Japan
- (COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • disease • health • Kyoto • Nara • sickness • tourism • travel)
Japanese manners videos show how to be a “really cool” traveller in Japan 【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2020
Japan Tourism Agency uses ninja, sumo and geisha to demonstrate what to do and what not to do in Japan.
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- (ads • etiquette • geisha • Japan Tourism Agency • japanese manners • manners • Ninja • Sumo • tourism • tourists • train manners • travel • videos)
“Ugly” mascot Sento-kun finds new popularity 12 years after debut
- Master Blaster
Jan 4, 2020
Savvy business practices helped the once-unsettling chimera win over hearts in the end.
Pokémon hotel rooms spawn in Tokyo and Kyoto
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2019
Spend the night in a Poké Ball with some of your favourite Japanese pocket monsters.
- Japan
- (accommodation • anime • Apartment Hotel Mimaru • hotels • Kyoto • Pikachu • Pokemon • Snorlax • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • travel • traveling • video games)
All we want for Christmas is to stay in the new Mimaru Hotel Pokémon room, opening Dec 24
- Katy Kelly
Dec 13, 2019
Five of the Mimaru Hotel establishments in Japan are going to unveil special Pokémon-styled rooms starting this December!
- Japan
- (Apartment Hotel Mimaru • Kyoto • Pokemon • themed rooms • Tokyo • tourism • traveling)
Japan Travel: Exploring Manabeshima cat island
- Oona McGee
Nov 26, 2019
A travel destination packed with cats, not tourists.
- Japan
- (adventure • animals • cat islands • cats • COK • cute • Kawaii • Manabeshima • pets • secret Japan • Seto Inland Sea • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)
Japan Travel: Explore a mysterious hidden octagonal tunnel in the mountains of Kyushu
- Oona McGee
Nov 24, 2019
Come with us as we take you off the beaten path to a spot tourists are yet to discover.
- Japan
- (adventure • caves • COK • monorail • Nara • rides • secret Japan • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)
Hot new landmark Shibuya Scramble Square offers a heart-stopping view of Tokyo
- Katy Kelly
Nov 3, 2019
Twitter posts the highest highlight of Shibuya’s newest tourist spot: its vast and dizzying view.
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- Japan
- (great views • observation • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble Square • skydeck • Tokyo • tourism)
Now you can buy Hachiko, legendary loyal Japanese dog, as a luscious luxury chocolate
- Katy Kelly
Oct 29, 2019
The deep irony is that Hachiko wouldn’t even have been able to enjoy this tasty souvenir for himself.
- Japan
- (candy • chocolate • COK • dogs • Hachiko • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble Square • tourism • treats)
Kyoto’s popular tourist spot Gion to forbid photos on private roads, 10,000 yen fine to violators
- Scott Wilson
Oct 27, 2019
Trespassing of both property and people have led to this development.
- Japan
- (bad manners • geisha • Gion • Kyoto • maiko • photography • tourism • traditional Japan)
17 new designs unveiled in round two of regional Japanese license plates
- Krista Rogers
Oct 25, 2019
These upcoming stylish license plate options showcase regional flavor and points of local pride throughout Japan.
- Japan
- (cars • cool • license plates • tourism • transportation • travel)
Japan Travel: Explore a hidden cave on a tiny monorail roller coaster thrill ride in Nara
- Oona McGee
Oct 16, 2019
Step away from the mainstream and discover the mysterious side of Japan.
- Japan
- (adventure • caves • COK • monorail • Nara • rides • secret Japan • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)
Japan Travel: Mysterious rockstar Jizo statue found at Kiyomizudera temple
- Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2019
Mother Nature blesses a Buddhist statue with a full head of hair.
- Japan
- (COK • Fukuoka • funny • Kiyomizu Temple • Kiyomizu-dera • Kiyomizudera • SNJO • temples • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird)
Learn how to make sushi with a professional Japanese sushi chef in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 3, 2019
Because there’s no better souvenir than taking a skill home with you.
- Japan
- (COK • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • SNO • sushi • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Japan Travel: Mysterious landscape found near a park with severed heads
- Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2019
Escape to a world that appears to be from another dimension.
- Japan
- (art • COK • funny • LOL • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • wtf • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Japan Travel: 17 Things to do in Oita, Japan’s onsen prefecture
- Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2019
There’s so much more to Oita than amazing hot springs.
- Japan
- (accommodation • Beppu • COK • food • Hita • hotels • Kyushu • nature • Oita • onsen • ryokan • shrines • SNO • temples • tourism • tourists • travel • USA)
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