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Weird Al Yankovic visits Japan, takes hilarious travel pics around the country 【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Apr 6, 2019 - Tweet
The comedian makes us laugh at famous tourist spots from Tokyo to Kyoto.
- Japan
- (celebrities • celebrity sighting • funny • Hakone • Harajuku • Kyoto • LOL • Nara • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Enjoy a taste of traditional Japan in self-operated Edo period cable car
- Oona McGee
Apr 3, 2019
A frightening yet exhilarating way to travel for free in rural Japan.
- Japan
- (cool • countryside • monkeys • Nara • ropeway • thrill rides • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Visit top Kyoto sites and escape the crowds with new early-morning sakura sightseeing campaign
- Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2019
Experience a very different side to the city as part of the “Cherry Blossoms in the Morning” promotion.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • COK • hanami • Kyoto • sakura • SNOJ • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Sakura report 2019: Cherry blossom season officially declared in Tokyo!
- Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2019
Hanami season began today in the capital, giving us a better idea of when to expect the glorious full bloom period.
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hanami • hyoujun-ki • Japan Meteorological Agency • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2019 • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yasukuni • Yasukuni Jinja • Yasukuni Shrine)
Sakura report 2019: First cherry blossoms begin to bloom in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 20, 2019
Cherry blossom season has officially arrived in Japan!
- Japan
- (cherry blossoms • hanami • hyoujun-ki • Japan Meteorological Agency • sakura • sakura 2019 • sakura forecast • sakura forecast 2019 • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yasukuni • Yasukuni Jinja • Yasukuni Shrine)
Nara deer have a heartfelt message for tourists in new travel poster
- Oona McGee
Mar 19, 2019
A clever play on words tugs at the heartstrings.
- Japan
- (advertising • deer • marketing • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • posters • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
New Japanese train station has no entrance or exit, only used to admire the scenery
- Oona McGee
Mar 19, 2019
One of the most unusual stations in the whole country is now open and ready for business.
- Japan
- (Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • SL • steam locomotive • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • train stations • trains • travel)
FlyStation Japan: We unleash our inner Captain Marvel with indoor skydiving near Tokyo【Videos】
- Oona McGee
Mar 17, 2019
Sexy superhero moves with no CGI involved!
- Japan
- (COK • FlyStation • indoor skydiving • Saitama • skydiving • SNOJ • things to do • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Spirited Away train station and submerged tracks attract Ghibli fans around Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 17, 2019
But people aren’t happy about tourists trespassing and littering while they get the perfect photo.
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Instagram • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • travel)
Japan travel: Best places to see, eat and stay at Nagato and Mine in Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Oona McGee
Jan 17, 2019
This is where you’ll find Japan’s largest cave, a BBQ by the sea, and a rural hotel where Russian President Putin slept in a room behind bulletproof glass.
- Japan
- (Akiyoshidai • Akiyoshido • hotels • mine • Motonosumi • Motonosumi Inari Shrine • Nagato • Putin • ryokan • Senzakitchen • shrines • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Japan travel: Best things to do, eat and see in Iwakuni and Yanai in Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Oona McGee
Jan 16, 2019
Day two of our epic adventure includes an ancient soy sauce factory, pressed sushi, and rabbit-eared samurai helmets.
- Japan
- (food • Iwakuni • Kanro soy sauce • Kintaikyo • museums • soy sauce • sushi • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yamaguchi • Yanai)
Japan travel: Best things to do, see and eat in Hagi and Yamaguchi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Oona McGee
Jan 14, 2019
View a National Treasure, stop off at a former school for samurai sons, and stamp on a stone pavement that “sings”.
- Japan
- (Hagi • Hagi no Yado Tomoe • hotels • National Treasure • pagoda • rickshaw • Rurikoji • ryokan • temples • Tokoji • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Yamaguchi • Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Japanese pilot flies close to Mt Fuji, asks passengers to look out the window
- Oona McGee
Jan 4, 2019
Mt Fuji never looked more beautiful.
- Japan
- (airplanes • Fuji • Mount fuji • Mt. Fuji • photgraphy • photos • pilots • planes • tourist sites • travel)
Japan travel on a budget: Top 20 free attractions around the country, compiled by TripAdvisor
- Oona McGee
Nov 23, 2018
Enjoy some of the best tourist sites and experiences around the country without spending a single yen.
- Japan
- (beer • cheapo news • factory tours • Kirin • Nikka • tourism • tourist sites • tours • travel • TripAdvisor • whisky)
Sushi Dai and other famous restaurants from Tsukiji fish market open at new Toyosu location
- Oona McGee
Oct 15, 2018
We pay a visit to the new market to find out if the restaurants from Tsukiji are still as good as they used to be.
- Japan
- (fish • Japanese restaurants • restaurants • sushi • Sushi Dai • tourism • tourist sites • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • travel • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • Tsukiji-shijo)
Toyosu fish market opens with tuna auction, traffic jams, accidents, and turret truck fire
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2018
Photos and videos from first day at new fish market in Tokyo show a very different scene to Tsukiji.
- Japan
- (fish • news • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • travel • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • tuna auction)
Tsukiji fish market vendors move to Toyosu in huge fleet of turret trucks【Pics & Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 10, 2018
Pre-dawn scenes played out like a parade for the Tsukiji fish market workers.
- Japan
- (fish • tourism • tourist sites • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • travel • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • turret trucks)
Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo closes for relocation, marks end of an era in Japan【Pics & Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 9, 2018
Fishmongers, customers and tourists bid a sad farewell to the famous fish market, which was a Tsukiji mainstay for 83 years.
- Japan
- (fish • food • photos • tourism • tourist sites • Toyosu • Toyosu fish market • Toyosu Market • travel • Tsukiji • Tsukiji fish market • Tsukiji-shijo)
Top 10 places to see a spectacular sunset in Japan
- Oona McGee
Sep 7, 2018
Japanese travellers reveal the most breathtaking places to watch the setting sun.
Visit Tokyo sites and learn about Japanese sushi with Pikotaro and “Can You See? I’m Sushi”
- Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2018
The famous performer even takes a walk on the sexy side by feasting on sushi with a crew of female dancers.
- Japan
- (food • music • music videos • piko taro • songs • sushi • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • videos)
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