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“25 Potential Culture Shocks from around the World” infographic offers tidbits of travel wisdom

Krista Rogers
Jul 11, 2016
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What could be hard about taking a pee in Poland? Where are you likely to see camel racing with robotic jockeys? Answers to these and more below!

Global
(countries • culture shock • etiquette • foreign • infographic • manners • travel)

Tokyo’s tea taxis will serve you a cold drink while giving you a lift this summer

Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2016

Suntory is adding even more hospitality to Japan’s famously classy cabs.

Japan
(cool • drinks • green tea • hospitality • Suntory • taxis • tea • Tokyo • travel)

Akihabara’s new capsule hotel has a bar with craft beer and sake, hot spring-style mineral bath

Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2016

Capsules are only the beginning of what this new Tokyo capsule hotel has to offer.

Japan
(Akihabara • alcohol • beer • capsule hotels • hotels • otaku • sake • Tokyo • travel)

The differences between French and Japanese love hotels can be downright frightening

Master Blaster
Jul 1, 2016

Our reporter Yuichiro Wasai visited a love hotel in Paris, France to see how they differed from Japanese ones, and left emotionally scarred.

Europe
(france • love hotels • paris • travel • Yuichiro Wasai)

Free Wi-Fi is coming to Mt. Fuji this summer

Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2016

Service will be available on four different hiking routes to Japan’s tallest peak.

Japan
(free • hiking • internet • Mt. Fuji • nature • travel • Wi-Fi)

Show your love of Japanese cuisine with cute range of sushi backpacks

Oona McGee
Jun 29, 2016

Bring the crazy spirit of Harajuku fashion culture to your wardrobe by adding a giant slice of raw fish to your outfit.

Japan
(backpacks • bags • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • cute • Harajuku • Japanese cuisine • Japanese food • LOL • sushi • travel)

Foreigners reveal photos they take of Japan on their phones while on holiday

Oona McGee
Jun 27, 2016

From whacky, head-scratching sights to mysterious places of exotic beauty, this video clip reveals Japan through the eyes of travelling foreigners.

Japan
(Ask Japanese • culture • Harajuku • photos • Tokyo • tourism • tourists • travel • videos • YouTube)

Kyoto’s primeval forest to come to life in beautiful interactive light art display 【Video】

Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2016

Trees will “breathe” with light and sound as their beauty takes visitors’ breath away.

Art, Culture, Japan
(art • beautiful • culture • Kyoto • nature • shrines • travel)

Japanese readers rave about new book illustrating differences between Kanto and Kansai regions

Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2016

Kuraberu Tōzai presents an easy-to-understand compilation of regional differences between Tokyo and Osaka in terms of cuisines, art, and cultural traditions.

Culture, Food & Drink, Japan
(books • culture • food • Kansai • Kanto • Kyoto • Osaka • Tokyo • tourism • tourist spots • travel)

“Sleeping Cat” and “Three Wise Monkeys” at Nikko’s Tōshō-gū Shrine removed for restoration work

Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2016

If you’re planning a trip to the UNESCO World Heritage sites at Nikko in the near future, you’ll be missing out on two of the most famous original wood carvings in the area.
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Art, Culture, Japan, News
(cats • Nemuri Neko • Nikko • shrines • temples • Three Wise Monkeys • tourism • tourist sites • travel • UNESCO)

Use this Japanese-style toilet properly, or else “you are gonna fall down on s***”

Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2016

Pardon my language, or actually this tourist center restroom poster’s language.

Culture, Japan, Lifestyle
(funny • Hokkaido • Japanese toilets • Toilets • travel)

Free Wi-Fi coming to McDonald’s Japan branches

Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2016

McDonald’s Japan is famous for listing “free smiles” on its menu, and soon it’ll be offering free Internet access too.

Food & Drink, Games & Tech, Japan
(fast food • free • McDonald's • restaurants • travel • Wi-Fi)

Three bridges in Okinawa Prefecture offer the most spectacular panoramic vistas of the sea【Pics】

Krista Rogers
Jun 14, 2016

Who wants to play hooky with us down in the islands next weekend?

Culture, Japan, Lifestyle
(beautiful • bridges • Miyakojima • Ocean • Okinawa • scenery • travel)

BonAppetour startup lets you cook and dine with Tokyo locals in their homes

Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2016

We visited Mariko’s home near Shinjuku for a variety of unique cultural experiences, including a lesson in making gyoza and a homemade feast complete with sake and shochu.