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Luxury Tourist Concierge Services Growing in Tokyo

  • Category:Tourism
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Everything seems to be about tourism these days — and how to cash in on the boom.
This has led to foreign-language-speaking staff and tax-free counters at major stores in Tokyo. We reported yesterday how a Shibuya fashion store has even made its own version of the famous Hachiko st...

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Sightseeing Center For Foreign Tourists to Open in Shinjuku Station

  • Category:Tourism
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Keio Corp. and its group companies will open an information center and travel-related facilities for the rapidly increasing number of foreign tourists at an underground mall in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station in July.
The group hopes to enhance the options available to such tourists by ...

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Wise Owl Hostels Tokyo Opens July with Eurasian Eagle-owl

  • Category:Stay
JAPAN TRENDS
 
Animal cafes continue to develop in Japan. Not content with just cat cafes of all varieties, there are also cafes with rabbits and hedgehogs.
One of the most popular types of animal cafe is the owl cafe, and this genre has even now spawned an accommodation spin-off.
Wise Owl Hostel...

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Traditional Japanese Holiday Gets Boost With An Injection of Cold Hard Cash

  • Category:Other
ROCKET NEWS
 
A lesser-known Yamagata Prefecture custom may just be what Obon needs to stave off invasive species of the holiday kingdom like Halloween, Christmas, and Easter.
Foreign holidays are fast encroaching on the Japanese landscape.
Valentine’s Day and Christmas are pretty firmly entrench...

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Shibuya Store Cashes In On Tourist Boom with New Hachiko Dog Landmark

  • Category:Spot
JAPAN TRENDS
 
After already breaking records for inbound tourism last year, the government hopes to double the number to 40 million by 2020.
So far this year, more than 10 million non-Japanese visitors have entered the country, indicating the government is on track to hit 20 million or more for ...

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Gov't Challenges Okinawa to Sue After Panel Fails to Back Governor

  • Category:Other
JAPAN TODAY
 
TOKYO — The government on Monday challenged Okinawa Prefecture to file a lawsuit after a dispute resolution panel last week refrained from siding with Gov Takeshi Onaga in his attempt to block the transfer of a key U.S. base.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga made the call afte...

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Summer Sweetness Arrives at Krispy Kreme Japan as Colorful Watermelon And Lemon Shaped Doughnuts!

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
The new summer offerings from Krispy Kreme Japan are not only mouth-watering, but also eye-popping as well!
Yes, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts have always delighted us with beautiful, tasty-looking seasonal offerings, and this summer is no exception.
This year, their summer doughnuts are l...

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Self-drip Pop-up Coffee Shop Minedrip Coffee Opens on Shinjuku NEWoMAN Rooftop

  • Category:Cafe
JAPAN TRENDS
 
The third-wave coffee boom in Japan continues with Minedrip Coffee, which has opened on the rooftop of Shinjuku Lumine NEWoMAN.
NEWoMAN, which itself only opened in March, already has an insanely popular branch of Blue Bottle on its ground floor (go check out the crowds of people a...

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Grill a Powerful Tool For Bento Preparation

  • Category:Gourmet
THE JAPAN NEWS
 
The Yomiuri Shimbun
On a busy morning, it can be challenging to prepare several dishes to pack in a bento lunch to eat later in the day. The fish grill of a Japanese kitchen stove can be a powerful tool for solving this issue.
Many recent stove models have grills that can heat fo...

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Enjoy an Alice In Wonderland Afternoon High Tea Party with Cozy Corner Bite-size Character Cakes

  • Category:Gourmet
ROCKET NEWS
 
The Mad Hatter and all his loveable friends are invited!
Popular Japanese confectionery retailer Ginza Cozy Corner is always surprising us with their array of stunning mini cakes, designed for everything from Easter to Father’s Day. They do a good job of supporting popular Disney mo...

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