JAPAN TRAVEL
Fine Dining And Sake Pairing In A Renovated Brewery
In January 2023, “Shozan” restaurant opened inside a renovated portion of the original Katsuyama brewery in central Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Serving French cuisine with a Japanese flare, the luxury dining experience brings to...

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Experience The Future On The Waterfront Of  Osaka City 
Venue: Yumeshimanaka When: Apr 13th - Oct 13th 2025
Japan has hosted two historical World Expos — Expo 1970 in Osaka and Expo 2005 in Aichi — and will be hosting a third World Expo, with the venue returning to Osaka.
The Expo i...

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A Tokyo-Based Café That Changes With The Seasons
If you're the kind of person who really appreciates photogenic cafés, one worth checking out in Tokyo is the Haute Couture Café. Centrally located along the Meguro River, the café specializes in aesthetically pleasing afternoon teas wi...

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Commemorating The Bounty Of Hokkaido
Watching the snowflakes swirl outside to the slow rhythmic sounds of koto strumming, I am transported to another world, spirited away inside an Ukiyo-e scene of a kimono-clad lady braving a winter blizzard with a bamboo umbrella.
I may be in a sk...

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A Summer Icy Favorite In The Peaceful Tokyo Suburbs
The summer months in Japan are notoriously hot and humid, but thankfully there are several ways to beat the heat – and some of them are through food!
Kakigori is a shaved ice dessert that comes topped with a variety of syrups and ot...

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Experience Making Everyone's Favourite Rice Cracker
You would be forgiven for thinking that senbei rice crackers were the ninja of Japanese food. Hiding in plain sight in literally every kitchen, store and duty-free shop around the country, senbei are the masters of concealment. If y...

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Enjoy These Limited-Edition Snacks At Various Niigata Stations
If you've headed through Tokyo Station, Narita Airport, or Haneda Airport, it's likely that you've seen Tokyo Bananas on the shelves before. The regular variety of this much-loved snack is a banana-shaped sponge cake, fil...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Tokyo stocks dipped Friday as market players took to position-squaring ahead of the weekend.
The 225-issue Nikkei average of the Tokyo Stock Exchange shed 27.38 points, or 0.12 percent, to end at 23,619.69. On Thursday, the key index surged 224.25 points to mark the highest finish s...

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INSIDER
 
·  Yomiuriland in Tokyo, Japan has announced that it will be offering an "Amusement Workation" package.
·  Starting at 1,900 yen ($17.94), it is available from October 15 and will allow visitors to work poolside with access to outlets and WiFi.
·  It even includes an hour on the Ferris ...

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A Feeling Of Home
Kanazawa is an incredible city vibrant with culture and life. Much like the nearby Kansai region cities, Kanazawa has many physical reminders of Japan’s past and more traditional elements with temples, entire districts untouched by the war with their classic archite...

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