JAPAN TRAVEL
Venue: Ikegami Honmonji When: Monday - Jan 14th 2019 ,  10:00am - 4:30pm
Hashigo-nori is a traditional performance that attempts to pass on the techniques and methods of fireman in the Edo period. The performance is held every year on the coming-of-age day (second Monday of January) ...

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JNTO
 
Osaka is famous in Japan as a foodie’s paradise, but in this teeming commercial center and former merchant town, high quality and bargain prices go hand in hand.
Osaka’s best-known dish is okonomiyaki. A kind of Japanese pancake containing diced meat and cabbage and flavored with Worcester...

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DEEP JAPAN
How can you make a good choice among so many Chu-hi drinks?
You will see an overwhelming numbers of Chu-hi cans lined up in a row
besides beer and wine in every convenience stores. Chu-hi is a
Japanese-shochu-based cocktail, which has now become a widely accepted
beverage nationwide in...

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GAIJIN POT TRAVEL
One of Nagasaki’s oldest-standing local hangouts.
Even though it is probably only known to the locals of Nagasaki, Nichieiyu Bathhouse has been the social hub for bathers since around the 1930s.
The sento (public bathhouse) is actually located near an important shrine in Nagasak...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
A unique tour through the forests of Iya Valley
In the Iya Valley on Shikoku lies the Oku Iya Monorail – the longest monorail in the world of its kind. This unique experience allows people to hike through the thick mountain forests without lifting a foot as they sit back and relax on...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
Experience the nostalgia of this once popular district
Kamata is a district within Ota City in Tokyo’s southeastern side, once a trendy and fashionable area famous for housing the Shochiku film studio (where Yasujiro Ozu got his start as a film director); Kamata was the place to be b...

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DEEP JAPAN
Time-slip back to Japan in the 1920s Here
One of my absolute favorite places in Yokohama is the Kanagawa Prefecture Headquarters, called “Kanagawa Ken Hon-cho”. Until air travel allowed visitors to come via airports, Yokohama was Japan’s front door to the world. Officials wanted this b...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
Garlic powered Kumamoto-style ramen
Operating since 1957, Kokutei (黒亭) is one of the most famous and popular ramen shops in Kumamoto, proudly serving the local Kumamoto style – a variation on the classic tonkotsu ramen that Kyushu is famous for.
Kumamoto style adds in chicken to th...

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JAPAN TRAVEL
At Togo Park's Momiji Festival
Venue: Togo Park When: Saturday - Nov 24th 2018 ,  6:00pm - 9:00pm
Togo Park (東郷公園) in Agano is renowned as one of the most best places to see the momiji (fall colors). Throughout the year, it is a beautiful park, dotted with streams, bridges, stone...

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DEEP JAPAN
 
 Visiting the wholesale market used by professional suppliers
When we think of the Marine Products Division of the Yokohama Market, we imagine the intermediate wholesalers, true professionals in the world of fish, all lined up, with other professionals in the world of fish—the fish m...

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