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Jigokudani Yaenkoen.  You might not have heard that name but you have probably heard about a place in Nagano where you can see "snow monkeys" (Japanese Macaque) taking an onsen.   I had often heard about Jidokudani and even driven past the entrance on the way up to Shiga Kogen more ...

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For most people, getting to fly first class in an airplane to some far off destination is a fleeting dream, too expensive to actually accomplish. So for those of you wishing you could enjoy free slippers and a dedicated cabin attendant but don’t want to shell out half a year’s sala...

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THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
A woman from Tokyo became the 1.5 millionth visitor to the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum dedicated to Hiroshi Fujimoto, the manga artist best known for the internationally popular “Doraemon” series.
 
Officials said the milestone was reached Sept. 20 at the museum, which opened in Kawa...

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The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge is the world's largest suspension bridge, linking the Hyogo Prefecture city of Kobe on Honshu with Awaji Island, the largest island in the Seto Inland Sea. Spanning a total length of 3,911 m, its main towers reach a height of about 300 m above sea level, making it taller ...

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Japan isn't a country to which you just show up and wing it. For foreigners, the language barrier can be intense, the technology overwhelming and the prices terrifying for just about everything other than instant ramen.
 
The key is preparation.
 
We've taken care a lot of that for you with the t...

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In Japan's Sagano Bamboo Forest, on the outskirts of Kyoto, towering green stalks of the famously versatile plant sway in the wind, creaking eerily they collide and twist, leaves rustling.
 
The sun filters through the densely packed grove, projecting thin slashes of light onto the dozens of came...

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The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in the first half of 2014 hit a record high of 6.26 million thanks to the yen's weakness and increased international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport, a government body said Wednesday.
"If this pace continues for the remaining months of the year,...

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Japan has a reputation as a very expensive place to travel, but it is trying to raise its profile as an international destination with some deals available just for foreign visitors. We have gathered all the information together in one place for your travel-planning pleasure, so now you have no e...

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