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Explore Kites From All Around The World In Niigata
The Shirone area of Niigata has a long and colorful history with kites. The region has an annual kite festival with origins dating back to the mid 1800s, but if you're not nearby at the time of the festival the Shirone Kite Museum is...

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Three Dimensional Art Fun
 
My daughter first visited this museum on a field trip with her gakudo (after school program). She enjoyed it so much she cajoled us to go as a family on one of those calendar holidays.
Social media photos of sidewalk and street artists and their amazing 3D...

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Enjoy These Limited-Edition Snacks At Various Niigata Stations
If you've headed through Tokyo Station, Narita Airport, or Haneda Airport, it's likely that you've seen Tokyo Bananas on the shelves before. The regular variety of this much-loved snack is a banana-shaped sponge cake, fil...

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Grilled Sweet Potato Triangles
Strolling through Kawagoe's famous Kurazukuri Zone (Old Storehouse Zone), we spied a sign advertising sweet potato onigiri. Curiosity and hunger made us duct into a small and dark shopping alley where we found Imotaro, a humble shop run by men who seeme...

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Discount Ticket To Hakone
If you live in the Kanagawa and Tokyo areas and want to spend a day or two to relax and unwind, then Hakone is the place. Get the Hakone Freepass discount ticket to get there and enjoy the beautiful scenery and the many activities that Hakone has to offer.
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Three generations of Ogami take care of guests
Kaminoyama Onsen south of Yamagata City is not far from Zao Onsen and its legendary snow monsters. The ski slopes here are not nearly as famous as those of the Zao Ski Resort, but Kaminoyama has a stop on the Yamagata Shinkansen line, ...

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Only During Autumn, Visit This Fresh Fig Cafe In Chiba
Pizza, pasta and curry. These amazing foods apparently are taken to the next level by adding figs to them. That's right, figs: a fall fruit in Chiba. So, like all good things in Japan, why not make it an entire cafe theme?
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Snow Monsters, Mascots and Fireworks at Zao Onsen
Venue: Zao Onsen Ski Resort When: Feb 6th - Feb 7th 2021, 10:00am - 5:00pm
Zao Onsen's Snow Monsters are famous throughout Japan but there are other creatures of great popularity. I would never have thought that mascots in man-size wo...

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Enter A World Of Kawaii At This Limited-Time Event
Venue: Harajuku Box cafe & space When: Nov 6th - Jan 17th 2021, 11:00am - 9:40pm
A limited-time pop-up cafe dedicated to all things Sumikko Gurashi is taking place at the Harajuku Box cafe & space until January 17th 2021.
 
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Temple of the Legendary Prince
Otori Taisha, who’s name translates as Great Bird Shrine, was once the Ichinomiya, or First Shrine, of the ancient Izumi Province. Izumi, along with nearby Settsu and Kawachi Provinces were eventually merged to form what we know as Osaka Prefecture. U...

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