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Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2024
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Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • cool • Edo • history • Japanese swords • Katana • Kyoto • museums • Ninja • samurai • sword fights • Toei Kyoto Studio Park • tourist sites • travel)

Should you get up early to see the sakura cherry blossoms in Tokyo?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2024

We’ve found the best time to avoid the tourist crowds at one of Tokyo’s top hanami sites.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • hanami • Mariko Ohanabatake • sakura • sightseeing • sightseeing spots • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel • Ueno Park)

Japanese manhole covers become a hit with foreign tourists in off-the-beaten path Tokyo area

• Oona McGee
  Feb 24, 2024

Street lids are now some of the city’s most unusual tourist sites, and there’s a way you can take them home as free souvenir cards.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • hokusai • Katsushika Hokusai • manhole cover • Manhole cover cards • manhole covers • manhole lids • Ryogoku • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Sumo • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • ukiyoe)

Beautiful Starbucks in Kobe is one of only 28 special Regional Landmark Stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2024

This Starbucks in a registered tangible cultural property is one of the country’s extra-special branches.

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• (coffee • Kobe • review • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourist sites • travel)

Gem hunting: A top Japanese activity more tourists need to know about

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2023

Walk away with garnets, amethysts, rubies and sapphires at this little-known tourist spot.

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• Japan
• (COK • gems • gemstones • jewels • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • Yamanashi)

The Ferris wheel at this Japanese highway oasis is scarier than it looks

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2023

Some special parking areas in Japan have more thrills to offer than luxury high-tech toilets.  

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• Japan
• (Aichi • COK • driving • Driving in Japan • Ferris wheel • Kariya • Mr. Sato • parking area • parking areas • sightseeing • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yoshio)

Ride bikes on an abandoned railway line at this hidden tourist spot in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 12, 2023

Old railway tracks get a new lease on life in the mountains.

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• Japan
• (attractions • bicycles • bikes • COK • cool • countryside • fun • Japanese countryside • Japanese scenery • Japanese train stations • Mountains • Mr. Sato • railway • scenic • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train lines • train stations • trains • travel • Yoshio)

Fake monks scam foreign tourists out of their cash in Tokyo

• SoraNews24
  Oct 3, 2023

A reminder to be careful while sightseeing at famous tourist spots in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (fake monk • monks • news • scam • scam artists • scammer • scammers • scams • sightseeing • temples • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • Ueno • Ueno Toshogu Shrine)

Fujisan View Express: A train journey to Mt Fuji so stylish you’ll never want it to end

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2023

There’s one carriage that requires a special fare to ride in, but it’s worth it. 

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• Japan
• (COK • Fuji • fuji-q • fuji-q highland • Fujisan • Fujisan View Express • Japanese trains • luxury trains • Masanuki Sunakoma • Mt. Fuji • SNJO • tourist sites • trains • travel)

McDonald’s at Shibuya Center-gai becomes a hotspot for foreign tourists…but not for the food

• SoraNews24
  Sep 16, 2023

If you’re looking to take the red pill and see the real Shibuya, this place will help you get there. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • cyberpunk • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Neo Tokyo • reddit • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • Shibuya Scramble • Shibuya scramble crossing • SNJO • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel)

Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2023

Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!

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• Japan
• (cool • food • Gunma • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • ramen • retro • retro technology • retro vending machines • SNJO • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)

Fossil of an extinct crab discovered in a pillar at Tokyo Station

• Oona McGee
  Aug 5, 2023

A fascinating link to the city’s ancient past…if you know where to find it.

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• Japan
• (architecture • COK • cool • crabs • design • fossils • history • Japanese train stations • secret Japan • secrets • SNJO • Tokyo • Tokyo Station • tourist sites • train stations • trains • travel)

Ghibli Park announces opening dates for new areas

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2023

Never-before-seen images reveal what we can expect to see at Mononoke’s Village and the Witch’s Valley.

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• Japan
• (Amusement Parks • anime • cool • Earwig and the Witch • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • tourist sites • travel)

Escape the Kyoto crowds at these lesser-known spots in Arashiyama

• Oona McGee
  Jun 29, 2023

Find your zen at these special hideaways.

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• Japan
• (Arashiyama • art • art gallery • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • Kyoto • nature • off the beaten path • restaurants • review • SNJO • taste test • textiles • Togetsukyo • tourism • tourist sites • tours • travel • Yasunari Kawabata • Yusai Okuda)

Move aside, taiyaki! Mucchan Manju in Asakusa is the newest food trend we need to jump upon

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2023

There’s a new sweet fish in town.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • cakes • COK • hole in the wall • Japanese restaurants • manju • Mr. Sato • Mucchan Manju • Mutchan Manju • restaurants • review • SNJO • sweets • taiyaki • taste test • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist traps • travel)

Japanese ramen chain becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2023

The Ramen War offers you the choice between Peace, Freedom, Pistole or a Rusty Blade.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • Japanese food • Noodles • ramen • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • The Ramen War • Tokyo • tourist sites • tourists)

The top 11 Japanese summer festivals, according to travellers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2023

Mark your calendars for these spectacular festivals!

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• Japan
• (COK • culture • festivals • Gion Festival • Japanese festivals • Japanese summer festival • Kanto festival • Matsuri • Nebuta Festival • Sendai Tanabata Festival • SNJO • summer • summer festivals • Tanabata • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Noodle joint in Harajuku becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  May 26, 2023

Let’s find out if this Tokyo restaurant is a foreign tourist trap or a place that’s truly worth visiting.

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• Japan
• (carbonara • COK • cool • Harajuku • Japanese food • Menchirashi • Noodles • reddit • restaurants • review • Seiji Nakazawa • Shibuya • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourist sites • tourists • udon)

Eel vendor in Asakusa becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2023

We find out if this is a foreign tourist trap or a truly great place to eat eel in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • Asakusa Unana • COK • eel • hole in the wall • Japanese restaurants • onigiri • reddit • restaurants • review • rice balls • SNJO • standing restaurants • taste test • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist traps • travel)

The top 10 things foreign tourists visiting Japan want to do during Golden Week

• Oona McGee
  May 4, 2023

Survey reveals a growing interest in facilities and experiences with beautiful scenery outside of central Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (COK • Golden Week • Osaka • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

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