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Mt. Fuji decorated with a 500,000-flower pink carpet is Japan’s ultimate spring view

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 10, 2026
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With mirrors, art installations, and a Peter Rabbit garden, this festival is the perfect day trip from Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • festival • field sakura • flower festival • flowers • Fuji Five Lakes • Fuji Motosuko Resort • Fuji Shibazakura Festival • Lake Motosu • Mt. Fuji • nature • Shibazakura • tourism • tourist spots • travel • Yamanashi)

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

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)

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)

Bent postboxes in Taiwan are a heartwarming reminder to never give up

• Oona McGee
  Apr 6, 2023

These mailboxes come with a tear-jerking backstory.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (COK • culture • heartwarming • history • post • post box • SNJO • Taipei • Taiwan • tourism • tourist site • tourist spots • travel • Typhoon 24)

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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• Japan
• (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)

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)

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

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)

Unusual guardians appear at Kyoto’s Kiyomizudera temple

• Oona McGee
  Mar 7, 2022

A surprise twist on traditional Japan that includes a giant kokeshi doll. 

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• Japan
• (art • art installation • artists • Artists' Fair Kyoto 2022 • contemporary art • cool • guardian dogs • Kenji Yanobe • Kiyomizudera • kokeshi • koma inu • Kyoto • Lion Dogs • mystery spot • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • wtf)

Kyoto sightseeing tour: The most amazing old bathhouses in the city

• Oona McGee
  Feb 5, 2022

Step back in time as we explore Kyoto’s hidden onsen culture. 

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• Japan
• (bathhouses • COK • culture • food • history • Kyoto • onsen • public bath • Public bathing • restaurants • sento • sightseeing • SNJO • tour • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Beautiful Starbucks in Kyoto blends into its traditional landscape in more ways than one

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2022

Beverages taste better here, when you can drink in Japanese scenery like this.

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• Japan
• (architecture • beautiful • cafes • COK • cool • drinks • history • japanese architecture • Kyoto • machiya • Ninenzaka • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tradition • traditional • travel)

Nara deer stampede into marathon, hit runner in their path

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2021

It’s like they’d been training all year for this moment.

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• Japan
• (animals • deer • marathon • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Marathon • Nara Park • news • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • videos • weird)

There’s something fishy about this mysterious tourist spot in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2021

You won’t find torii shrine gates like this anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (Chiba • COK • mystery spot • SNJO • sunrise • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Deer in Nara Park mysteriously disappear during this year’s shikadamari season

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2021

Free-roaming deer continue to baffle visitors and experts with their unusual behaviour.

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• Japan
• (deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • summer • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

346-year-old sweets store closes at Sensoji temple in Asakusa

• Oona McGee
  Aug 14, 2021

Family pulls the final shutter down on one of the oldest Japanese sweets stores in the country.

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• Japan
• (age manju • Asakusa • business • culture • history • Japanese sweets • Sensoji • shops • stores • sweets • temples • Tokyo • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tradition • traditional Japan)

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.

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• Japan
• (bathhouse • coronavirus • COVID-19 • hot springs • hotels • Kyoto • Kyoto tower • news • onsen • public baths • sento • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

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