JAPAN TRAVEL
A “Little Edo” in Ibaraki
In the Edo Period, travelers between the capital and Mito refreshed themselves at post towns along the Mito Kaido, one of the historic post roads of feudal Japan.
 
Tsuchiura City’s lodging and stores on this 115 kilometer route flourished. Modern trains and...

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Join the Holiday Jamboree
Venue: Tokyo Disney Resort When: Nov 8th - Dec 25th 2018 ,  8:00am - 10:00pm
 
Chirstmas has arrived at Tokyo Disney Resort, featuring new shows, beautiful decorations, as well as seasonal cuisine to help you get into the holiday spirit of the winter season....

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Kids of all ages...
While I thought it would be just an interesting shopping experience, the Tamiya Playmodel Factory turned into a 3 hour stop with my 8 year old son.
 
Three floors total. Bottom two are dedicated to models, radio-controled cars, and race cars kits for the second f...

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Local crafts meet contemporary design in Ueno
 
Nohga Hotel has landed in Tokyo's Ueno district, an area increasingly witnessing a transformation from a downtown, urban working hub to a tourist hotspot in its own right, providing superb access to local sights such as Ueno zoo, Shinob...

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A hot spring (onsen) in Shinjuku?
After the opening of the “super spa” luxury bathhouse Thermae-yu in Kabukicho in 2015, Shinjuku will get a new hot spring resort facility in the form of Onsen Ryokan Yuen Shinjuku, which opens in Shinjuku 5-chome in spring 2019.
Measuring 5,514 squ...

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A great hotel in Japan's snow country
As worthy as Hokkaido is of its fame, Niigata Prefecture's Echigo-Yuzawa deserves its share of the winter destination limelight.
Located literally a stone's throw away from Tokyo (well, 80 minutes by bullet train), the town was the setting for No...

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A hidden gem of Hiroshima City’s nightlife and a perfect place to sink your teeth into some okonomiyaki.
Osuga Cho, a hidden gem of Hiroshima City’s nightlife, is jam-packed with tiny restaurants and bars. The neighborhood’s nickname, Eki-nishi, gives a clue as to its convenient...

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Try Omikuji Fortunes at Shrines and Temples
Omikuji - おみくじ - are fortune papers from temples and shrines that offer advice for your health, career, and good luck in general. There are positive ones - marked kichi 吉 - and negative ones - marked kyou 凶. The most positive one is the...

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A rare exhibit of tengu figures of Noda City
When: Oct 6th - Dec 17th 2018 ,  10:00am - 5:00pm
Noda City Museum’s special exhibition, “Noda and Oosugi-sama”, brings together portable shrines, ritual objects and statuary used in the city’s summer festivals. Among the treasures are thr...

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Japanese Sake & Shochu Campaign
As part of the Japanese government's action program to promote tourism, the Tourism Agency and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport have teamed up with four international airports and with the domestic alcohol industry to promote Japanese...

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