JAPAN TRAVEL
For Every Season And Time Of Your Life
Nestled in the Tanba mountains, Kyoto has more World Heritage Sites per square mile than anywhere else in the world. Its gardens and gracious ways enrich your mind, body and soul.
The dedication of artisans throughout the centuries has meant tha...

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Exquisite Pottery & More In a Traditional Setting
Most people travel to Mashiko to visit its famous pottery festival and/or to shop for Mashiko-ware along its main street. However, to gain a greater appreciation of what you are purchasing, a visit to the Mashiko Sankokan Museum is a ...

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Discover Tales of Pilgrims Along The Ancient Route
Follow into the footsteps and discover the tales of pilgrims along the ancient Nakahechi pilgrimage trail in Kumano.
Takijiri-oji shrine marks the beginning of the Nakahechi trail, one of several old pilgrimage trails that crisscross...

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Architectural Marvel and Experiential Science Museum
While some cities never quite recover from centuries of industrial production, the city of Komatsu in Ishikawa Prefecture has fused its manufacturing heritage with cutting edge science and architectural progress. One of the results...

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JAPAN TRENDS
Universal Studios Japan's Newly Opened Themed Area
If you are like me, when you heard that Universal Studios Japan was opening a Wizarding World of Harry Potter area at its theme park in Osaka, you couldn't stop yourself from ecstatically jumping around and promising yourself to chec...

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It makes sense that Takayama is sister city to Cusco, the culturally rich and picturesque Peruvian city with an Incan heritage that is set in the Andes. It is also sister cities with Lijiang, a city in Southwestern China known for its traditional architecture and spectacular views of nearb...

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Standing on the ramparts of the partially rebuilt and impressive Kanazawa castle, one can look out over this lovely, prosperous city to the gleaming sea of Japan and the rugged Noto Peninsula. I was there in October and foliage on the mountains to the east was just beginning to turn.
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Learn All About Traditional Sake Brewing 
Nowadays traditional sake brewing is rare amongst big sake brands as brewing methods has been modernized and transformed throughout the years. Hakutsuru brewery has abandoned some of its traditional methods but found a way to preserve the...

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A Lovely Women Only Sharehouse At The Centre Of Shibuya
The Fresh Share House Jingumae in Shibuya is one of many beautiful share houses in Tokyo, nestled in a quiet little area ten minutes away from Shibuya crossing. I know- ‘quiet’ and ‘Shibuya’ don’t tend to go together, but trus...

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FANCL Offers Food For Beauty Inside And Out
Occupying prime Ginza real estate a block away from the main Sukiyabashi intersection, the basement of beauty product powerhouse FANCL's building home to a great organic cafe. Lunch specials at Dorobushi Kitchen include a delicious all-yo...

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