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Toei Kyoto Studio Park takes you back in time to Edo period Japan, but all is not what it seems

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2022
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Join us on a guided tour of the film set where hundreds of Japanese period movies and dramas are filmed every year.

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• Japan
• (architecture • COK • Come Come Everybody • cool • Edo • Edo era • Edo period • film sets • Kyoto • movies • period dramas • SNJO • Toei • tourist sites • traditional Japan)

Mysterious mountain village is home to Christ’s grave and an ancient pyramid

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2022

With local customs linked to Judea, this is a very unusual Japanese community.

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• Japan
• (Aomori • art • Christ Park • Christ's tomb • COK • culture • Japanese countryside • mystery • nature • Oishigami Pyramid • pyramids • SNJO • tourist sites • tradition • travel • unusual • village • weird)

Nara unveils new vending machines that sell deer crackers

• Oona McGee
  Nov 6, 2022

If only the animals had coins to buy them.

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• (animals • COK • deer • deer crackers • Japanese vending machines • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • paper • shika • shika senbei • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • vending machines)

Tourists warned about fake volunteer guide near Kinkakuji in Kyoto

• SoraNews24
  Nov 4, 2022

“Guide” continues to pester travellers despite the city’s requests for him to stop. 

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• Japan
• (buses • Golden Pavilion • Golden Pavillion • Kinkakuji • Kyoto • news • public transport • tourism • tourist sites • transport • travel)

Five things that’ll surprise foreign tourists in Japan when they visit

• Oona McGee
  Oct 18, 2022

Visiting Japan after it’s been closed off to tourists for so long is making people see the country with new eyes. 

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• Japan
• (border restrictions • COK • entry ban • entry restrictions • Japan travel • reopening • reopening after coronavirus • reopening borders • shopping • SNJO • Soon Pyon's • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • travel)

Japan’s Three Most Disappointing Tourist Sites: Sapporo Clock Tower

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2022

Why does this top tourist spot fall short of so many people’s expectations?

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• Japan
• (100 Soundscapes of Japan • architecture • Atol • buildings • COK • culture • history • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Sapporo Clock Tower • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Japanese vending machine mecca: Around 100 rare retro machines await you at this unusual location

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2022

Step back in time with old-school vending machines that dispense unique products in retro packaging.

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• Japan
• (Bon curry • burgers • cool • curry • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Noodles • retort curry • retro • retro technology • soba • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • udon • unusual • vending machines • weird)

The roller slide of terror: Treetop fun ride for kids is a terrifying experience for adult butts

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2022

When the only thing to save your buttocks from catching fire is a piece of cardboard.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • parks • rides • roller slides • Saitama • scary • slides • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel • video • weird)

How hard is it to break Japanese tiles like a karate pro?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2022

This Tokyo store lets you write a wish on a tile to help make your dreams come true.

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• (Asakusa • COK • cool • Japanese tiles • karate • Kawara Smash • Kawarana • martial arts • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • things to do • things to do in Tokyo • tiles • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

International tourists travel to Japan, spend big at top tourist spots in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 21, 2022

First weekend following new entry procedures sees foreign visitors picking up loads of bargains, thanks to the weak yen.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • border restrictions • COK • coronavirus • entry restrictions • foreigners in Japan • international travel • reopening • reopening borders • shopping • tourism • tourist sites • travel • travel ban • yen)

Visit the mythical cave that hid the Sun Goddess in Japanese mythology

• Oona McGee
  Sep 17, 2022

An unsual tourist site shrouded in intrigue and mystery.

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• Japan
• (Amaterasu • COK • countryside • goddess • inaka • Mie • Mie Prefecture • mythology • myths • Rural Japan • rural life • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Travelling to Miyajima and Itsukushima Shrine? Best to be a glass-half-full type of tourist

• Oona McGee
  Aug 29, 2022

Heartfelt advice for those hoping to visit the World Heritage site before the end of the year. 

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• Japan
• (COK • deer • Hiroshima • Itsukushima • Mari Morimoto • Miyajima • shrines • SNJO • torii • tourism • tourist sites • travel • UNESCO World Heritage sites • World Heritage site)

Bizarre “shikadamari” deer gathering at Nara Park baffles people in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 18, 2022

The animals behave differently this summer.

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• Japan
• (animals • COK • deer • K. Masami • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • SNJO • summer • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Site of the worst bear attack in Japanese history is a chilling place to visit

• Oona McGee
  Jun 24, 2022

You might not want to visit this area alone.

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• Japan
• (animals • bear attack • bears • brown bears • COK • Hokkaido • Sankebetsu Brown Bear Incident • Saya Togashi • SNJO • Tomamae • tourist sites • travel)

Japan’s only blue old-school post box: Where is it and why is it there?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2022

A humble mailbox with a roundabout connection to ’90s J-Pop idol group Mi-Ke.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • J-Pop • Japan Post • mail box • mailboxes • Mi-ke • post box • SNJO • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • unique • unusual • weird)

Travel off the beaten path in Japan, to the point where three prefectures meet

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2022

Visit this unusual site and you can say you’ve been to three prefectures in a day.

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• Japan
• (Boundary of Three Prefectures • COK • Masanuki Sunakoma • michi no eki • off the beaten path • off the beaten track • Saitama • SNJO • tourism • tourist site • tourist sites • travel • unusual)

Tokyo prison restaurant The Lockup closes its doors for good

• Oona McGee
  Jun 10, 2022

Throwing away the key after 23 years of terrifying tourists. 

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• Japan
• (closure • COK • cool • dining • food • Horror • hotels • jail • jailbreak • Kabukicho • news • prison • Prison Restaurant: The Lockup • prisons • restaurants • shinjuku • The Lockup • themed restaurants • tourist sites • travel)

Japan’s northernmost brewery on the mainland is…a temple?!?

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2022

The holiest craft beer in the country.

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• Japan
• (Aomori • beer • brewery • Buddhism • COK • cool • crazy • culture • haruka takagi • religion • SNJO • temples • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • weird • winery • wines)

Staircase National Highway: the only highway in Japan that cars can’t enter

• Oona McGee
  May 17, 2022

An unusual hidden tourist site for the intrepid traveller. 

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• Japan
• (Aomori • COK • cool • highways • Mountains • national highway • SNJO • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • unusual travel • weird)

Travel off the beaten path to a secret spot in Japan where bamboo grows wild on an old train line

• Oona McGee
  May 4, 2022

Like the bamboo grove in Kyoto, but with less tourists and more beauty. 

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• Japan
• (bamboo • COK • cool • countryside • Japanese scenery • Mountains • off the beaten path • photography • railway tracks • railways • SNJO • Tottori • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

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