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Japanese Imperial Palace’s colorful garden captured in new picture book

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JAPAN DAILY EXPRESS
 
The beauty of Japan’s Imperial Palace, especially of its gardens, has long mesmerized people young and old who have visited it in Kyoto. Such was the case with painter and architect Eizo Kinoshita, whose hobby is to go to places where the history of the country’s Edo Period ...

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Dragonair upgrade offers; Nagoya-Jakarta direct flights; Milan expo carriers

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Starting this month, Dragonair will upgrade its business-class and economy-class cabins and install a new comprehensive in-flight entertainment system on its fleet of 15 A320 aircraft.
 
Since early 2013, the airline has been upgrading all cabins across its A330 and A321 fleet, whic...

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Indonesia’s JKT48 all-girl entertainers to promote tourism from Japan

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JAPANTIMES
 
The Jakarta City Tourism and Culture Office has named JKT48, a sister troupe to Japan’s own AKB48, a tourism ambassador for the city to encourage people to visit from Japan.
 
Haruka Nakagawa, a former AKB48 member who transferred to JKT48 and moved to Jakarta two years ago, told a n...

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Fancy halal whale meat? No problem, as halal tourism takes off in Japan

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BIZNEWS
 
Japan is a largely homogeneous country with only around 100,000 practising Muslims, and so far, Muslim travellers have reported not feeling particularly comfortable there. That’s changing, as Japan follows other countries, including Russia, by waking up to growing demand from Muslim tra...

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Entranced by the Autumn Colors of Kyoto

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GAIJINPOT
Mid to late November is a great time to make a trip to Kyoto. The temples are amazing, but the backdrop of brilliant fall colors, or Koyou, is STUNNING. An autumn trip to Kyoto is candy for the eyes and soul.
 
Two popular ways to arrive to Kyoto Station are by JR Shinkansen or Overnigh...

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Funassyi Restaurant

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TOKYOTIMES
Seems like Funassyi is just everywhere! If you didn’t know, this cute pear character first started off as the unofficial yuru-kyara mascot for Funabashi, which is located in Chiba Prefecture. He became well known and now even has his own cafe called the Funa Cafe. He also shows up on T...

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Japanese school backpacks win the hearts, wallets of Chinese tourists

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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Chinese tourists swarmed over the Yorozu and Nagomi duty-free shops at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 7, the final day of a holiday period to celebrate the founding of their nation.
 
Many were drawn to a corner selling a mainstay of generations of Japa...

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