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Chow down on fresh fish at one of Japan’s liveliest seafood markets, packed with plenty of restaurants.
In operation since the mid-1700s and boasting more than 180 shops today, the Omicho Market is one of Japan’s most energetic fresh food markets. Vendors noisily shout out thei...

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A Hidden Gem For Toy Lovers
As soon as you arrive at the Bandai Museum, you enter a state of childish glee. From the parking lot, you can look through the tall glass walls and see a massive Gundam sculpture. I'm talking several stories tall here.
Bronze sculptures of Ultraman charact...

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Lights, Lasers And Dancing Robots Rule The Scene In The Fun-Filled Themed Restaurant 
HighlightsExperience one of Tokyo's biggest attractionsBe enthralled by a showing of robots, robot costumes, lasers and moreSpecial promotion on Robot Restaurant e-tickets
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Fairytale Views By Day Or Night
Located in a Hakodate, the southern gateway to Hokkaido, there is a famous tourist spot that gathers folks from all around the world. It is Mount Hakodate, with a rope-way giving you a smooth ride to the summit.
Once you reached the summit you will be ...

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Upmarket cafe and restaurant in Hamamatsu
Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture is a blessing to the vegan tourist with many places and foods to satisfy a vegan's choicest culinary needs. This write-up is about an upmarket Italian cafe called Brilliante IL Suzuki Salone. With its pricing,...

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Ninjas, a castle and a haiku poetry master—Iga is home to a whole host of traditional Japanese culture and history.
Tucked away in Mie Prefecture, Iga is known as the birthplace of one of Japan’s leading schools of ninjutsu. The ninjas from Iga played important roles througho...

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Tea house deep in the forests of Agano
This is an article I hesitate writing because I want to be selfish. I do not want to share this place with anyone. I do not want hoardes of people coming -- it was crowded enough on the Monday we went, still within the cautious period of Covid-1...

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A taste trip to the Japanese tropics
Sometimes, when travel is not possible (crossing prefectures is still strongly discouraged at the moment), local food can manage to transport you there somehow.
My spouse went to Okinawa for work and because we couldn't tag along, he brought back ...

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Impressive Views Over The Kanmon Strait And Shimonoseki
If you're visiting Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, there's no way to miss the dominant feature on the city's skyline - the Kaikyo Yume Tower. Completed in July of 1996, the tower reaches a height of 153 meters, with an obse...

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A mysterious village with more scarecrow residents than people.
At first glance, most visitors to Nagoro Village will see a sweet rural community of elderly residents spending their time blissfully tending to their gardens and fishing. Take a closer look, however, and you migh...

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