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This hot spring near Osaka’s Kansai Airport resolves the pick-two-out-of-three bathhouse dilemma

• Casey Baseel
  6 hours ago
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Perfect for when you’ve got to fly, but want to soak.

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• Japan
• (airports • baths • hot springs • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • onsen • Osaka • Osaka Prefecture • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect

• Casey Baseel
  19 hours ago

What to be aware of as Japan tightens the rules for tourists saving 10 percent on their purchases.

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• Japan
• (Japan travel • shopping • society • tax refund • tax-free • tourism • travel)

Japan’s mini Shikoku Pilgrimage walking tour left us feeling immensely satisfied

• Casey Baseel
  21 hours ago

The full pilgrimage takes weeks to complete, but if you’ve got a couple hours, this Matsuyama experience will show you what makes the tradition so special.

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• Japan
• (COK • Dogo Onsen • Ehime.Dogo • Japan travel • matsuyama • Shikoku • Shikoku Pilgrimage • SNJO • temples • tourism • travel)

Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone

• Elliot Hale
  5 days ago

Combining palanquins and muscle suits to make historic sites accessible for all.

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• Japan
• (accessibility • COK • exosuits • Hikone • Hikone Castle • Japanese castles • Mediaid • Muscle Suit • palanquin • Shiga • tourism • travel • wearable assist suits • yamakago)

Shinkansen online ticketing service reports customer data leak

• Casey Baseel
  6 days ago

Online reservation system handles tickets for Shinkansen’s “Golden Route” and Kyushu.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan travel.Smart EX • JR Central • JR Kyushu • JR West • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

Japan getting a brand-new batch of Pokémon manhole covers in eastern prefecture this fall

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 27, 2026

Five new reasons for Pokémon fans to head north from Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (anime • Gunma • Japan travel • manga • manhole covers • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Pokémon manhole covers • tourism • travel • video games)

Visiting the “world’s most precarious temple” in China, where getting there is half the battle

• Master Blaster
  Oct 27, 2026

Xuankong Si is surprisingly both extremely out of the way and extremely crowded.

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• China
• (Jinxia Gorge • Mt. Heng • sightseeing • temples • The Hanging Temple • travel • Xuankong Si)

This Tokyo snack shop can send your taste buds on a trip around Japan for just 1,000 yen

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2026

There’s a new sweets curator in downtown Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Japan travel • Marui • senbei • shinjuku • snacks • SNJO • sweets • tourism • travel)

Flying Mud Boat teahouse is a hidden gem in Japan that boggles the mind

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2026

This site takes traditional architecture to new heights, like a Ghibli world come to life.

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• Japan
• (architecture • buildings • cool • design • Flying Mud Boat • Ghibli • japanese architecture • Nagano • SNJO • teahouse • teahouses • Terunobu Fujimori • travel • treehouses)

Eight low-key great places to spend the day (or half a day) in Japan this fall

• SoraNews24
  Oct 19, 2026

Fall means an abundance of good weather but a shortage of time in Japan, but here are eight spots that are quick to see but you’ll remember for a long, long time.

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• Japan
• (anime • Arakawa Amusement Park • art • Attack on Titan • beautiful • COK • Evangelion • Hakone • Hakone Open-Air Museum • Hitachi Seaside Park • Imperial Palace • Japan travel • manga • nature • Oita • parks • Shimane • Smal Worlds • SNJO • Tocho • Tokyo • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • tourism • travel)

Japanese taxi drivers granted right to kick rude passengers out of their cabs before destination

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 17, 2026

If passengers can’t be polite, then they can be walking.

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• Japan
• (buses • COK • customer harassment • etiquette • Japan travel • manners • society • taxis • tourism • transportation • travel)

Studio Ghibli creates illustrated Kyoto sightseeing map, available at any 7-Eleven Japan store

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2026

Zen and Ghibli map also makes for a beautiful mini poster.

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• Japan
• (anime • Japan travel • Kyoto • manga • Studio Ghibli • temples • The Boy and the Heron • tourism • travel • Zen and Ghibli)

New Studio Ghibli stamp rally set to start in Japan, with exclusive merchandise for anime fans

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2026

All the details on how to collect the stamps and get the commemorative prize.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • Donguri Kyowakoku • Friday Road Show and Ghibli Exhibition • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • Ghibli Exhibition • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • saga • stamp rally • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli Exhibition • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Tokyo Monorail, other east Japan rail networks announce discontinuation of magnetic paper tickets

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2026

Changeover includes old-school solution for stations yet to upgrade to new technology.

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• Japan
• (East Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR East • Keikyu • Keisei • Tokyo Monorail • tourism • trains • travel)

Foreign travelers sitting on sidewalks of Tokyo’s Ginza are Japan’s latest tourism culture clash

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2026

Just when Japan thought the jibetarian were gone for good…

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• Japan
• (COK • etiquette • Ginza • Japan travel • manners • tourism • travel)

American man runs out of money in Japan, gets arrested for overstaying tourist visa

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 14, 2026

Says he wants to go home, but the police are holding onto him for now.

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• Japan
• (arrest • COK • crime • Japan travel • society • travel • visa • visa overstay)

New craft beer made from Japanese udon noodles celebrates centuries of Mizusawa food culture

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2026

Noodles loved by hot spring fans and temple pilgrims become a very unique brew.

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• Japan
• (alcohol • beer • craft beer • drinks • food • Gunma • Ikaho • Japan travel • Mizusawa udon • Noodles • tourism • travel • udon)

This shrine in Japan invites you to hit and kick its god of poverty statue for good luck [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2026

Instead of praying to the binbogami, you’re supposed to fight him off.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • funny • god of poverty • Japan travel • Nagano • shrines • SNJO • tourism • travel • weird)

What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 13, 2026

We spend the night in the new rising-star class of hotels in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • container hotels • hotels • Japan travel.SNJO • tourism • travel)

Free-flowing cocktails, natural onsen water, and custom pillows make this Osaka hotel a steal

• Elliot Hale
  Oct 11, 2026

Room-only stays usually mean no perks, but this hotel throws them at you, all in the name of having a good sleep.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • COK • Gussuri Kenkyujo • hotel • hotel plan • hotels • Jibun Makura • Marie Morimoto • Osaka • ReFa • SNJO • Super Hotel Premier • TEARTH • tourism • travel)

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