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Are Japanese temples on Mt Koya cashing in on the foreign tourism boom?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 16, 2026
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With more than 100 million yen in underreported income, questions are being raised over the morals of profiting from overseas tourists.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • culture • inns • Japan travel • Japanese accommodation • Koyasan • Mt. Koya • news • overtourism • religion • ryokan • shrines • shukubo • temple accommodation • temple lodgings • temple stay • temples • tourism • travel • Wakayama)

Japanese overnight sightseeing train returns for summer with ramen stops and ocean views

• Oona McGee
  Jul 2, 2026

This train turns the journey from Kyoto into a holiday highlight. 

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• Japan
• (Japan travel • JR • JR West • Kyoto • overnight trains • sightseeing train • tourism • trains • travel • Wakayama • West Japan Railway)

Say hello to Japan’s new stationmaster cat!【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 10, 2026

Feline railway legacy continues with two kitties inaugurated as stationmasters in Wakayama Prefecture.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • Kishi Station • Nitama • Tama • tourism • trains • travel • video • Wakayama • Wakayama Electric Railway • Yontama)

Wakayama senior uses AI to identify wild mushrooms, gets poisoned shortly after

• Master Blaster
  Nov 26, 2025

There’s mushroom for improvement.

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• Japan
• (AI • crazy • health • mushrooms • Nara • oyster mushrooms • shiitake • Shimokitayama • technology • tsukiyotake • Wakayama)

Japanese train station building set up in just two hours with the help of 3D printing

• Master Blaster
  Jul 25, 2025

It’s a license to print train stations.

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• Japan
• (3D printing • architecture • Construction • Hatsushima Station • JR West • technology • train stations • Wakayama)

Get a taste of paradise at Japan’s top 8 ocean view cafes

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 28, 2025

Surprisingly, only two of them are in Okinawa.

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• Japan
• (Awaji Island • beautiful • cafe • cafes • COK • drinks • food • Hakodate • Hyogo • Kanagawa • Marlowe • Ocean • Okinawa • restaurants • sea • tourism • travel • Wakayama)

Heroic fisherman who caught PM Kishida’s attacker now a fashion icon

• Master Blaster
  Apr 18, 2023

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear flashy vests.

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• Japan
• (crime • fashion • Fumio Kishida • heroism • vests • Wakayama • Workman)

Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route Newport sandals released by Keen

• Master Blaster
  Mar 7, 2023

Part of the proceeds goes to preserving the World Heritage Site.

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• Japan, USA
• (COK • fashion • hiking • Keen • kumano kodo • nature • outdoor • sandals • shoes • Wakayama)

One thing you should be careful of when visiting Japan’s Laputa Island

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2022

A trip to this remote destination ends up mimicking the Studio Ghibli anime film it’s named after.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • ferries • film locations • Ghibli • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Okinoshima • sea • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Studio Ghibli • Tomogashima • travel • Wakayama)

Cat becomes head priest at Japanese shrine

• Oona McGee
  Feb 25, 2022

Feline stationmaster takes on a new role at a special ceremony.

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• Japan
• (animals • Cat Day • cats • cute • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • Kishi Station • Nitama • pets • priest • shrines • stations • Tama • train stations • Wakayama)

Real Buddhist monk shows off hot (and sweet) EDM dance moves in Mount Koya video

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 3, 2022

To make matters stranger, the video is part of a promotional tie-in with a popular candy company designed to cheer on a certain group of students.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • cool • culture • dance • EDM • entrance exams • good luck • Koyasan • monks • Morinaga • music • Ramune • temples • video • Wakayama)

Mikan Gohan: Japanese soul food or…Japanese myth?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 6, 2021

An odd local specialty that’s surprised the nation. 

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• Japan
• (cooking • food • home cooking • japanese cooking • Japanese food • local specialties • mandarins • mikan • rice • twitter • Wakayama • weird)

Wakayama man stealing uniform from school caught by mysterious man in restroom in middle of night

• Master Blaster
  Jun 21, 2021

There’s a very thin line between lurking and guarding.

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• Japan
• (crime • high school • mystery • restroom • School Uniforms • theft • Wakayama)

The case of Hyde’s stolen hydrangea in Wakayama City

• Master Blaster
  Jun 8, 2021

On the bright side, he could probably write a song about this.

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• Japan
• (crime • flower park • flowers • Hyde • hydrangeas • L'Arc-en-Ciel • music • theft • Wakayama)

Refresh your mind, body, and soul at Temple Camp Daitaiji, the first temple to open to campers

• Dale Roll
  May 25, 2021

Enjoy nature and experience Buddhist traditions, all in one.

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• Japan
• (Buddhism • camping • Daitaiji Temple • Kii Moutains • kumano kodo • nature • RV camp • sauna • temple • Temple Camp Daitaiji • UNESCO World Heritage sites • Wakayama • Zen)

Wakayama high school students make life-sized DeLorean time machine replica from scratch

• Master Blaster
  Apr 8, 2021

Roads? Where this car is going, they don’t need roads…

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• Japan
• (art • back to the future • cars • cool • delorean • education • industrial arts • movies • video • Wakayama)

We tried cocoa soy-sauce paste and opened up a whole new world of possibilities【Taste test】

• Shannon
  Feb 23, 2021

You might not like it right away, but you’ll definitely be hooked.

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• Japan
• (japanese cooking • SNJO • SoraKitchen • soy sauce • tamari soy sauce • taste test • unique flavor • Wakayama)

Welcome to Inami Station, where these adorable frogs keep you company as you wait for your train

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 7, 2021

Once again, the reason for cute and quirky stuff in Japan is a pun.

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• Japan
• (art • cool • cute • frogs • stations • trains • travel • Wakayama • weird)

Elderly Wakayama woman arrested for hacking her local supermarket’s self-checkout

• Master Blaster
  Dec 12, 2020

Senior turned to computer fraud to get a discount on her eggs.

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• Japan
• (aging population • computer fraud • crime • discount stickers • elderly • Kainan • self-checkout • seniors • supermarkets • Wakayama)

Breathtaking real-world Secret of Mana Pure Lands found, then lost, in Japan【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 12, 2020

Photographer was in the right place at the right time, because now he can’t go back.

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• Japan
• (beautiful • nature • photography • Secret of Mana • Wakayama)

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