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Enjoy glamping among blossoms, soaking in herbal hot springs, and shooting virtual dinosaurs hiding among the trees on your next weekend away.
Kids, adults, and even students who don’t live in the city are told to limit their use of smartphones and other devices.
Our reporters set out to escape Tokyo with a modest budget, a direction to go in, and no other plan.
![Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/imgi_170_IMG_6363-2.jpg?w=640 "Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]")
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
Osaka factory design firm turned to Epic Games for advice on its motivation-boosting system.
Admire how molten candy is transformed into tiny works of art, and then brutally hack at them.
Chocolates, insulated bags, and tumblers featuring stars from Cardcaptor Sakura, Magic Knight Rayearth, and more.
Let the witches of joy, anger, grief, and pleasure inspire a dramatic new look this Halloween.
One climber reveals the key to climbing Mt Fuji successfully might be to do it more than once.
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