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We try Starbucks Japan’s new sand dunes Frappuccino in Tottori
- Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2021 - Tweet
One of the countries rarest 47 Jimoto Frappuccinos gets ticked off our list.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccino • Japanese Frappuccinos • jimoto • jimoto starbucks • sand dunes • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • taste test • Tottori • tourist sites • travel)
The Japanese train station with torii gates on its tracks
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2021
Spirit yourself away to another world at this off-the-beaten track destination.
- Japan
- (Japanese train stations • Nagatoshi • off the beaten track • torii • tourism • tourist sites • train stations • trains • travel • weird • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Iconic Kyoto Tower bathhouse closes due to coronavirus
- Oona McGee
May 19, 2021
Public bath loved by travellers and locals is Japan’s latest COVID-19 business casualty.
- Japan
- (bathhouse • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hot springs • hotels • Kyoto • Kyoto tower • news • onsen • public baths • sento • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Has Shinjuku’s Robot Restaurant closed permanently?
- Oona McGee
May 13, 2021
Photos show iconic exterior being torn down, putting a giant question mark over the future of the popular tourist site.
- Japan
- (closure • coronavirus • COVID-19 • news • Robot Restaurant • themed restaurants • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • twitter)
Yokohama Air Cabin: A new futuristic ropeway in the middle of the city
- Oona McGee
Apr 28, 2021
We splash out on a pricey ticket for a ride that’s painfully short.
- Japan
- (Minato Mirai • new • ropeway • sightseeing • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yokohama)
Mystery Tourist Spot: Merlions in Japan?
- Oona McGee
Apr 21, 2021
Unique bridge fountains you won’t find anywhere else in Japan.
- Japan
- (bridges • COK • fountain • fountains • Fukuoka • guardian dogs • koma inu • Lion Dogs • mystery spot • SNJO • Tagawa • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Deer killed by man with axe in Nara
- Oona McGee
Mar 3, 2021
Police say the man lost his temper when the animal hit his car.
- Japan
- (animals • arrests • coronavirus • crime • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • news • police • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tourists • travel)
Mt Fuji railway project receives approval from Yamanashi officials
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2021
A railway up the mountain aims to eliminate vehicles on the road to the fifth station but the round-trip fare for passengers won’t be cheap.
- Japan
- (COK • environment • Fuji • light rail • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • nature • news • tourism • tourist sites • tourists • trains • transport • travel • UNESCO • World Heritage site • Yamanashi Prefecture)
Nara asks visitors to stop feeding the deer
- Oona McGee
Feb 3, 2021
Goodwill of strangers now threatens to do the deer more harm than good.
- Japan
- (animals • coronavirus • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tourists • travel)
Japanese restaurant from the Edo Period forced to close due to coronavirus pandemic
- Oona McGee
Jan 18, 2021
Serving diners since the days of the samurai and once loved by famous writers like Natsume Soseki, this long-standing business will soon be no more.
- Japan
- (business • closure • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • news • restaurants • Shibamata • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
English mistake makes Kyoto the enemy of the world
- SoraNews24
Nov 11, 2020
Look out — Japan’s old capital appears to be rising again, with an army of koi fish behind it.
- Japan
- (advertising • Construction • customer service • English fail • Engrish • Kyoto • marketing • panel • Takashimaya • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
We travel to a mysterious power spot in Okinawa, where a “heart rock” floats in the sea
- Oona McGee
Oct 19, 2020
Mother Nature attempts to reclaim the path at this rugged tourist site filled with mystery and beauty.
- Japan
- (heart rock • Kouri Island • Okinawa • power spot • Ryukyu • sea • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Kyoto’s Kinkakuji creates unusual photo opportunity for visitors
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2020
World Heritage-listed Golden Pavilion is currently covered up for repairs, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to see the building.
- Japan
- (Construction • customer service • Golden Pavilion • Kinkakuji • Kyoto • panel • photos • repairs • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Japanese “Ichiban Street” recreated at new shopping mall in China
- Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2020
Complete with a Japanese bus stop, Japanese road signs, a Japanese taxi, and a Japanese car park.
- China, Japan
- (Ichibangai • Kabukicho • shinjuku • shopping • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Nara deer “addicted” to rice crackers, lose weight with no tourists to feed them
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2020
The coronavirus is affecting the health of Japan’s deer population at Nara Park.
- Japan
- (animals • coronavirus • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tourists • travel)
Tokyo tourist sites look eerily quiet without tourists 【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Sep 3, 2020
Empty streets at Sensoji and Shinjuku have us seeing the capital in a very different light.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • beautiful • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Golden Gai • Kabukicho • Sensoji • shinjuku • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • videos • YouTube)
Deer in Nara Park outnumber visitors, display baffling summer gathering behaviour
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2020
Nara deer act mysteriously, even though there are fewer of them around than last year.
- Japan
- (deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • summer • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Sakura cherry blossoms float on breeze, land on Nara deer in perfect hanami video
- Oona McGee
May 25, 2020
Heavenly hanami landscape plays out like a scene from a Ghibli anime film.
- Japan
- (beautiful • cherry blossoms • deer • hanami • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • news • sakura • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • videos)
Sensoji temple at Asakusa gets a new giant lantern
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2020
While we were all social distancing, Tokyo’s most famous temple got a facelift.
- Japan
- (Asakusa • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • culture • religion • Sensoji • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tradition • travel)
Japanese city cuts 800,000 tulips after people refuse to stay away despite coronavirus risks
- Oona McGee
Apr 20, 2020
This is why we can’t have nice things.
- Japan
- (Chiba • coronavirus • COVID-19 • flowers • news • tourism • tourist sites • travel • tulips)
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