JAPAN TRAVEL
Hip art and music centered around live goldfish
 
The Eco Edo Art Aquarium is an ultra-modern exhibition that forces us to reconsider our traditional concepts of "art."  Since becoming an annual summer event in Tokyo, the exhibit has become a must-see for people of all ages and inter...

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Discover Odaiba by Boat, Train or Simply Walking
If you want to escape from the busy city of Tokyo and see something completely different, it is a good decision to visit Odaiba. It is a popular newly redeveloped waterfront area, built on an artificial island.
 
To reach Odaiba you wo...

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For a fee, visitors to Kyoto will have the chance to illuminate one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks with a color (or two) of their choice!
The new service, which started in September, offers the romantically-inclined the chance to surprise unsuspecting companions with a bre...

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Featuring The Happiness Illuminations
Back in the winter I wrote a story on the Sagamiko light show and mentioned I had reservations for Myoko this summer.  We finally made the trip to APA Myoko Pine Valley Resort in Niigata Prefecture.
The weather was very uncertain and the predicti...

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Enjoy a unique soda made with Kamakura plums
 
Just as Naoshima is famous for its Shio (salt) cider, Kamakura is famous for its Ume (plum) flavored cider. Plum is grown locally in Kamakura, and so popularly used in dishes in the city that even the 100 yen stores have packaged plums f...

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Wonderful flower park in Ashikaga
Fuji is not only the name of the famous volcanic mountain in Japan; it is also the name of the flower known as Wisteria.
 
One of the best places to view Fuji flowers is at the Ashikaga Flower Park in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture. Ashikaga Flowe...

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Sail Away to Cloud Island
Grey clouds of steam and mist swirl like a dragon in the sky. Mysterious, primal, brooding. A storm is gathering over Inujima, a small fishing and farming village. In the film Cloud Island, the forgotten life of the folk in the Islands of the Seto Inland Sea...

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A Dash of Spain In The Heart of Shibuya
In the heart of Shibuya, among the neon lights, karaoke boxes, love hotels and all the other weird stuff the area is packed with, there is a peculiar little street called in Udagawa-cho, popularly known as Supein-zaka ("Spanish Hill").
 
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Enjoy a Range of Art in The Middle of The City
As well as being a pleasant, relaxing space to stroll through or throw a frisbee around, Shirakawa Park is also home to a couple of interesting museums. Nagoya City Science Museum has six floors of fun exhibits on every aspect of science...

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Enjoy Mario With a Couple of Drinks
One of the most fascinating things I have experienced whilst in Japan has been the recent trend of gaming bars which have been cropping up all over Tokyo. A chance to fritter your time away with your old pals Mario and Luigi once again, these new J...

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