Ticket on-sale dates also announced for Takarazuka Revue production inspired by Symphony of the Night.
Matcha fair includes gummies, freeze-dried strawberries, and a special secret gem from Gion Tsujiri.
Sakura Mikura branches have an interior feature more commonly found in traditional ryokan inns.
Doraemon Meets the Louvre in a Uniqlo T-shirt collaboration over 2,200 years in the making.
The lower-than-usual number of students points to both population-based and educational trends reflective of many other areas of the country.
After years of dealing with ill-mannered visitors, Watazumi Shrine has had enough with what it calls “the destruciton of Japanese culture.”
The statue offers a peek into the past based on actual skeletal remains and DNA analysis from southern Japan–and kind of looks like someone I know.




















Wisteria season starts early with blooming of Japan’s Great Wisteria in its beautiful garden
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Man bites woman at cherry blossom park in Japan, dies shortly after
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
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Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
No, that’s not French bread, it’s Japan’s crazy-big gobo!
Japanese sandals dyed with real Uji matcha are here to whisk you off your feet
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Fading Tokyo – Horikiri Station, the Arakawa River, and Kinpachi-sensei[Walking course]
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