JAPAN TRAVEL
Be amazed by the spectacular show of lights
Winter season is here and one of Japan's best winter illuminations is Nabana No Sato, in Mie prefecture. Even though the annual illuminations have been ongoing annually for more than ten years, visitors are still mainly from within Japan, a...

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Overlooking Lake Tazawa is spectular Tazawako Ski Hill
Now that the first snow has fallen and some of the ski resorts are open, it's time to think about ski and snowboard. Tazawako Ski Resort has one of the best panoramas of any ski resorts in Tohoku if not Japan. It's overlooking be...

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Bi-annual expo showcasing manga
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight When: Dec 29th - Dec 31st 2017,  10:00am - 5:00pm
The Comic Market (Comiket) is a marketplace where individuals can offer their own self-produced creations to a community that appreciates and supports such creative personal activ...

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Traditional and modern examples of the doll making art
You can meet elegant court ladies, fierce warriors, sweetly smiling babies, shrine maidens, feudal lords, entertainers, and people in period dress in Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City which is the home to a historical Doll Town.
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Feast your eyes on Odaiba's new Unicorn Gundam
Gundam fans and everyone else, rejoice. Odaiba's much-loved full-scale replica Gundam is back – even bigger and better than before. Say hello to the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam replica from the Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn series. Parked in front ...

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An adventure park, strolling garden, and temple oasis
The sprawling grounds of Shimizu Park, situated on the grounds of a temple, is appealing to all kinds of visitors in every season.
The park was established in 1894 when a local soy sauce merchant family leased land around Konjoin ...

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Haneda Airport welcomes the New Year in Edo era style
Venue: Haneda Airport When: Jan 1st - Jan 3rd 2018,  11:00am - 7:00pm
To welcome the New Year, Haneda Airport is hosting a unique, unmissable event: the Haneda Edo festival, recreating the era of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa. Between Ja...

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TOKYO - Well, we are in December and the countdown has finally begun to the most wonderful time of the year — and no I don’t mean the release of the latest "Star Wars" movie.
Christmas and New Year are a big deal in Japan these days. The Japanese have adopted traditionally western i...

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Ibaraki Shinto shrine with lone torii gate by the ocean
Japan boasts many beautiful sights but the Oarai Isosaki Shrine in Oarai, Ibaraki, is distinguished by its alluring lone torii gate on a rock by the ocean.
While the shrine has three torii gates, the most famous one is Kamiiso-n...

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Novel bowl of Miso Curry Milk Ramen in Aomori City
Serving up one of Aomori's more modern soul foods, Aji no Sapporo Onishi offers up a unique ramen dish unlike any other – Miso Curry Milk Ramen.
 
While soy sauce / niboshi (dried sardine) ramen typically dominates up in the Aomori...

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