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Visiting Japan’s muscular mascot character dog at his free museum near Kansai International Airport

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 16, 2026
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There’s a manga-related reason Inunakin is so buff.

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• (airports • anime • COK • crazy • cute • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • Kinnikuman • local mascots • manga • mascot characters • muscle • regional mascots • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

Watch a sumo bout inside Tokyo Tower, at a new restaurant endorsed by two yokozuna

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2026

Sumo and chanko nabe are just some of the highlights of this new Japanese culture experience.

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• Japan
• (chanko nabe • COK • cool • dining • dinner • Restaurant • restaurants • sport • Sumo • sumo wrestlers • Tokyo • Tokyo Sumo Stable Entertainment • Tokyo Tower • tourism • tourist sites • yokozuna)

Ride a tram that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a new limited-time history tour

• Oona McGee
  Aug 15, 2026

Step back in time on Hiroshima’s “Peace Loop 653”, a special tour that links passengers to the city’s past and present.

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• (atomic bomb • atomic bombing • Hiroshima • Hiroshima Peace Park • history • tourism • tours • trams • transport • video)

Japanese airlines set to cut fuel surcharges for international flights in September and October

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2026

Flights to Japan are about to get cheaper for overseas tourists.

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• Japan
• (Air travel • airlines • airplanes • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • flights • foreign tourists • fuel surcharge • Haneda • International Flight Convention • JAL • Japan Airlines • Japan travel • news • overseas flights • tourism • travel)

Delta Airlines adds first nonstop flight between Japan’s Narita Airport and U.S. in seven years

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2026

After a seven-year absence, Delta is ready for daily flights from its west coast hub to the Tokyo-area international airport.

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• (Air travel • airlines • airplanes • airports • COK • Delta • Narita • Narita Airport • tourism • travel)

This beautiful Okinawa beach gives you the best of both worlds when visiting the prefecture [Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 13, 2026

Minnajima combines remote-island beauty with main-island-stay convenience.

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• (beaches • beautiful • COK • Japan travel • Minna Island • Minnajima • nature • Okinawa • outdoors • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Beautiful off-the-beaten-path spot near samurai castle in rural Japan looks like a Monet painting

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 12, 2026

Here’s today’s reason not to skip Gifu in your Japan travel plans.

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• (beautiful • castles • COK • fish • Gifu • Gifu Prefecture • Inuyama • Inuyama Castle • Japan travel • koi • Monet • nature • outdoors • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Studio Ghibli theme park announces new expansion saluting a previously off-limits anime

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 11, 2026

After initially saying no to a Nausicaa area, Ghibli has had a change of heart.

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• Japan
• (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Japan travel • manga • Nagoya • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourism • travel)

This beautiful rural Japan river is a great alternative to touristy summer retreats [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 9, 2026

The Enbaragawa River’s lighting and subsurface flow put it on a different level of natural beauty.

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• (beautiful • COK • Gifu • Gifu Prefecture • heat • Japan travel • nature • outdoors • rivers • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Tired of city life? Try out Japanese rural life for a few days on an active volcano in Kagoshima

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 8, 2026

Escape Tokyo to harvest mandarins, dig footbaths, or learn how to run an inn.

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• (agriculture • All Nippon Airways • ANA • COK • countryside • countryside life • culture • Japan travel • Japanese countryside • Kagoshima • rural • rural life • Sakurajima • tourism • travel • volcano)

New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 8, 2026

A new way to make your journey on Japan’s fastest trains even cooler.

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• (bullet trains • Japan travel • Japanese vending machines • Shin Osaka • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • vending machines)

Kochia calling: Right now is a great off-season season to visit this beautiful Japanese park

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 6, 2026

Before Hitachi Seaside Park turns red for autumn, it’s got a beautiful summer color to show you too.

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• (beautiful • COK • Hitachi • Hitachi Seaside Park • Japan travel • kochia • nature • outdoors • parks • tourism • travel)

Aichi city throws year-long 20th birthday bash for giant beckoning cat statue, Hello Kitty invited

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 6, 2026

The 20th birthday of a local legend calls for collaborations with Hello Kitty, Chubu Centrair International Airport, and 15 local businesses.

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• (Aichi • Aichi Prefecture • beckoning cat • cats • Chubu Centrair International Airport • cool • cute • Hello Kitty • Japan travel • lucky cat • manekineko • pottery • Tokoname • Tokonyan • tourism • travel)

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport airlines announce stricter luggage check-in deadline for domestic flights

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 4, 2026

JAL and ANA among carriers to start requiring earlier baggage check-in very soon.

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• (Air travel • airlines • airplanes • ANA • COK • Haneda • Haneda Airport • JAL • Japan travel • tourism • travel)

Japan’s favorite popsicles add multilingual packaging to better connect with foreign tourists

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 3, 2026

Garigari-kun wants to make friends with/be eaten by people from all over the world.

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• (Akagi Nyugyo • food • Garigari-kun • internationalism • Japam travel • popsicles • shaved ice • sweets • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan opens new store inside historic seaside quarantine station near Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Aug 1, 2026

Sip on Starbucks in a setting once linked to infectious diseases.

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• (architecture • artists • cafes • coffee • cool • culture • history • Japan travel • Nagahama Quarantine Station • new openings • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • stores • Tangible Cultural Property • tourism • travel • Umi no Koen • Yokohama)

New service lets Tokyo tourists display their faces on giant screen at Japan’s busiest intersection

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 31, 2026

Pedestrian crossing outside Shibuya Station to lean even harder into tourist selfie appeal.

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• (Japan travel • Shibuya • Shibuya crossing • Shibuya intersection • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • Tokyo • tourism • travel)

Foreign tourists in Japan eat far more rice than previously thought, according to new data

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2026

The average overseas visitor now consumes more rice in a day than a Japanese local.

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• (food • foreign tourism • foreign tourists • foreigners • inbound tourism • internationalism • Japan tourism • Japanese food • MAFF • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • news • rice • society • survey • tourism)

JR releases prediction of peak Shinkansen crowdedness for Japan’s Obon travel season

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2026

Suspension of unreserved seat tickets on some bullet train classes means planning ahead is especially important.

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• (bullet train • COK • Japan travel • JR Central • JR Tokai • Obon • shinkansen • Tokaido Shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

Japan has a maid hotel you can stay in, and it’s now taking reservation applications

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 29, 2026

“Small manor in the Izu highlands” is getting ready to welcome guests once again.

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• Japan
• (hotels • ito • Izu • Izu Kogen • Japan travel • maid cafes • maids • Shizuoka • Shizuoka Prefecture • tourism • travel)

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