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Catch The Bug This Summer
Kemasakuranomiya Park is known for its beautiful cherry blossoms that bloom in the springtime, so when I visited in late July there were only a small handful of locals there. Even though it couldn’t really be called a tourist attraction at this time of year,...

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Enhancing The Ghibli Experience With Delicious Food
The Straw Hat Cafe is located in Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, Tokyo. It is a most adorable cafe with gorgeous interior that reminds you of Ghibli movies everywhere you look, and serves the most delicious food - all made with organic ingre...

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Ponyo's Inspiration and Wolverine's Japanese Getaway!
By Sophia Warren  
In recent years this quaint port town has garnered much attention as it’s been an inspiration and filming location for several films. Ghibli enthusiasts will be quick to find a resemblance of  Tomonoura and the ...

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An Ideal Place to Find Love and Listen to Wind Chimes
By Sophia Warren
Kawagoe’s Hikawa Jinja, separated from the main Omiya Hikawa Shrine over a century ago, is a great quaint location to end your day. As Kawagoe is an older town, many people visit the shrine wearing traditional Jap...

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Mecca for Hayao Miyazaki's Japanese Anime
By Miwa Kaneoya 
The Ghibli Museum is a Mecca for Japanese anime created by the well-known animator, Hayao Miyazaki. Located in Mitaka, Tokyo, it is so popular that you have to buy a ticket for a specific date and time (purchased at Lawson co...

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The Kyoto shrine famous for thousands of vermilion torii gates will spirit you away to a mystical world of beauty this weekend at its famous annual night-time festival.
 
Fushimi Inari Shrine (or “Fushimi Inari Taisha” in Japanese) ranks as one of the top must-see sightseeing spots ...

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A Special Milieu In The Heart of The Honshu Mountains
By Manuel VUILLERME
I am writing this article from a tatami matted room in an Onsen or hot springs town in the mountains of northern Honshu. Its name - Tamagawa Onsen.
Tamagawa Onsen is a hot springs town in the mountains of north...

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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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An Amazing and Charismatic Film Developing Shop
Tokyo in particular is very well known and attractive to photographers, due to the incredibly sized market aimed towards us. Head to Shinjuku and you’ll find the camera mega-stores of Yodobashi and Bic Camera, as well as a huge amount o...

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Hidden Shrine With a Mystic Atmoshpere
Whilst in Tokyo I highly recommend visiting Jiyugaoka and exploring the streets. It’s a very popular location for shopping and generally relaxing for the day. It’s also a very sought after place to live! The main shopping street runs for a long ...

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