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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)

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)

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)

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)

Nara deer leave park, head to station for food as tourist numbers tumble due to coronavirus

Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2020

Videos show herds of deer galloping down streets and stopping traffic as they search for food.

Japan
(coronavirus • COVID-19 • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • news • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • winter)

We visit the “Naples of Japan”, a secret destination tourists don’t know about yet

Oona McGee
Feb 29, 2020

Enjoy the charm of a Mediterannean-style port town without leaving Japan.

Internet, Japan
(COK • Hotojima • Hyugadon • islands • Kyushu • off the beaten path • Oita • Oita Prefecture • secret Japan • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Oldest ryokan at Japanese onsen resort goes bankrupt due to coronavirus

Oona McGee
Feb 28, 2020

COVID-19 claims its first major business casualty in Japan.

Japan
(coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • hot springs • news • onsen • ryokan • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Ninja Castle in Tokyo has heartwarming message for foreign tourists in midst of coronavirus

Oona McGee
Feb 26, 2020

Japanese shadow warriors work to “eliminate corona discrimination” in its tracks.

Japan
(anti-racism • Asakusa • awesome • cool • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Ninja • Ninja Castle • shinobi • tourism • tourist spots • tourists • travel)

Japanese photographer captures the beauty of Kyoto in the snow 【Photos】

Oona McGee
Feb 25, 2020

Visit famous tourist spots like you’ve never seen them before.

Japan
(Hosen-in • Kifune Shrine • Kyoto • photography • shrines • snow • temples • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • traditional Japan • travel • winter)

Studio Ghibli Museum closes due to coronavirus fears

Oona McGee
Feb 24, 2020

Sudden temporary closure has taken everyone by surprise.

Japan
(anime • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • news • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Mount Fuji plans to start charging compulsory fee to climbers

Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2020

Soon you’ll have to pay to climb Japan’s highest mountain.

Japan
(Fuji • hiking • Mount fuji • Mountains • Mt. Fuji • news • outdoor • outdoors • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Shikayose: The Calling of the Deer in Nara with acorns and a French horn

Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2020

With thousands less tourists in Nara due to the Coronavirus, this year’s winter celebrations seem strangely more magical.

Japan
(COK • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • Shika yori • SNJO • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • winter)

Shikadamari: The Nara deer summer gathering phenomenon that baffles visitors every year

Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2019

Why do hundreds of deer sit together for an hour at this spot in Nara Park every evening in summer? Our reporter investigates.

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

Foreign tourists blasted for chasing maiko and geisha on streets of Kyoto【Video】

Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2019

Tourists criticised for standing in front of traffic and treating the traditionally dressed women like objects.

Japan
(digital design • Fushimi Inari • Fushimi Inari Shrine • Fushimi Inari Taisha • Kyoto • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • Unreal Engine 4 • virtual reality • VR)

Nara deer dies with four kilos of plastic in its stomach, tourists cautioned to feed animals properly

Oona McGee
May 27, 2019

Increasing numbers of the nationally protected species are being affected by plastic bag consumption.

Japan
(deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • plastic • plastic bags • posters • sad • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

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