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Top-grade Kobe beef restaurant, superb customer service
If you’re going to Kobe, then you’re going to be trying the world-famous Kobe beef. That’s a given. The harder question becomes: where? Covering the region are restaurants brightly advertising the city’s specialty, with a wide r...

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Culture, history, and food, food, food. Come hungry!
Nankinmachi, the name of the Chinatown district in Kobe, is famous not only for its cultural and historical significance, but also its status as a great tourist destination.
 SEEING AND DOING
The primary draw to Chinatown is food, ...

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KYOTO - The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto has launched its “Enjoy The Summer” accommodation plan, available until Sept 30. The hotel is offering a 10% discount off regular rates of accommodation, and includes complimentary breakfast, allowing guests to make the most of the many traditional Ja...

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An Alice in Wonderland themed boutique
There are many things to do in Harajuku: a visit to the Meiji Shrine, a walk down the popular fashion street Takashita, and window shopping around the larger streets, where popular brands from all over the world have built their flashy multi-flo...

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A peaceful oasis in Jiyugaoka
Within the busy shopping district of Jiyugaoka, there is a secret garden behind an old Japanese house. If you follow a stone path under the maple trees you will notice a room at the back, where people sit on straw mats, having their tea in the traditiona...

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Enjoy tasty, hearty Japanese comfort food
An absolute Mishima institution, Jun has been serving up hearty, affordable 'Japanese Western' comfort food to the locals since 1955. Just round the corner from Sanshin Zen Gallery a few minutes' walk from the JR station, it's a good place to...

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Where our childhood memories reside
I wasn’t even aware of the existence of a lovingly put-together Snoopy Museum in Roppongi until a friend mentioned it to me. As a big Snoopy fan, paying a visit to this museum was a dream come true.
 
Located just around the corner of Roppongi 5-Ch...

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One of 12 Japanese castles with an original main keep
Although many castles can be found around Japan, Uwajima-jo is one of only twelve with an original main keep. Sometimes referred to as
Tsurushima-jo, it was built by the local feudal lord, Takatora Todo, in 1596. The area was rule...

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Dinner and theatre cruise across Tokyo Bay
Tokyo is rife with waterside experiences up and down the Sumidagawa river and around the Tokyo Bay area, with both traditional yakatabune dinner boats and modern cruise ships hoping to attract those looking to escape the concrete jungle. Mee...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
Japan’s third-wave coffee revolution continues with the opening of Home, the first “share roaster” coffee shop in the country opening July in the hip neighborhood of Minami-Senba in Osaka.
Managed by Hoop, a company dedicated to connecting the world through coffee. In much the styl...

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