JAPAN TRAVEL
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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Taking a stroll down the quirky, frog-themed Nawate Dori
If you’re travelling to Matsumoto, Nagano, chances are a visit to Matsumoto Castle is at the top of your list. Along the way you may pass by Nawate Street, where the journey might just be the destination.
Located south of Matsu...

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Scenic waterfalls often visited by the domain lord
Tsuwano is a castle town nestled in a narrow valley, between the Aonoyama and the Shiroyama mountains, the latter loosely translated as "castle hill". From its snowfall in winter and bountiful rain in other seasons, it is a perfect...

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A good value business hotel in a great location
Every autumn I go to Shizuoka for the Daidogei street performance world cup, a very fun event that takes over the city for four days. In order to be close to everything I try to stay as centrally as possible, and it would be hard to fin...

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The efficiency of the Japanese production system
My wife was required to work one day in Higashikurume, a bedroom community in northeast Tokyo. I Google researched what was in the area and found a Coca Cola plant that offers tours. Miwa and I had taken the Atlanta, Georgia headquarte...

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Green tourism in full view of Mt. Fuji
For those looking for a great weekend escape from the city, the Green Tourism options in the Otsuki City area are not to be missed. Just an hour from Shinjuku Station by Central Express Limited, Otsuki City in Yamanashi Prefecture offers an appe...

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