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MATSUYAMA – A pilgrimage route stretching across Shikoku, one of Japan’s four main islands, has recently been attracting more non-Japanese visitors with various cultural and religious backgrounds.
Some of these pilgrims view the walk as a spiritual journey, while others want to make...

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Where Alternative Youth Culture and Fashion Merge
If you want to experience the epicentre of youth culture and fashion, a walking tour through Meiji Dori is highly recommended. I would suggest starting at the Shibuya train station, from there find the east exit. Meiji Dori will be di...

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Go Eco-friendly And Explore Kyoto on Two Wheels
Make like the locals do in Kyoto and rent yourself a bike to see the city with. With so many temples, quaint little alleyways, and canal-side pathways to cruise through, Kyoto is best done by cycle. Kyoto Eco Trip offers bike rentals fo...

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Enjoy a Range Of Art In a Beautiful Natural Setting
 
Ikeda Masuo was evidently something of a renaissance man. Raised in China and Nagano, he moved to Tokyo to become a painter, but also made movies, wrote an award-winning novel, and shone as a sculptor, engraver and ceramic artist,...

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The South of France in Aso’s Grand Volcano Caldera
Always in search of atmospheric cafes and restaurants in the Japanese countryside, chance would have it that I passed the inviting gate of Bonjour Provence after exploring the nearby Mt. Rakan Crags and the environs of Mt. Takagi. Ev...

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A Festival All Year Round
Tanabata is a traditional summer time festival taking place across all of Japan. The main attraction of the festival is the lines of majestic streamers hanging from bamboo poles that line city streets. These handmade works of art eagerly invite passerbys to ...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
By Nana Ando / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
About 450 cameras are on display in a large glass showcase, including such fine products as the much-coveted Nikon Model 1 — Nikon Corp.’s first camera, released in 1948.
On the second floor of Nikon’s headquarters near JR Shinagawa Sta...

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Negishi Horse Racecourse
Yokohama is the birthplace of western-style horse racing in Japan. Westerners who came to Yokohama brought their cultures and life styles with them so that they could live in the same way as they did back in their home countries. We have a lot of “the first i...

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The Residence of Sendai's Greatest Literature Figure
Doi Bansui (1871-1952), originally born Tsuchii Rinkichi, is Sendai's greatest literature figure. While you could learn a little about him at the Sendai Literature Museum, the more accessible and obvious choice is Bansui Soudou (晩...

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Discover Chichibu's Magnificent Views by Paleo Express
Nothing beats wandering through the majestic views of mountainous landscapes, across beautiful rivers and seeing local activities in rural areas. A journey through time: this is the Paleo Express that runs across east to west o...

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