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Mascot characters, a hometown hero, and creative ice cream make this a great place to pull over in Japan’s northernmost prefecture.
If you don’t get here half an hour before opening, chances are they’ll already be sold out.
We’d have fallen in love with this Harajuku spot even if they didn’t give you free dessert (but they do).
We hardly recognized this beef bowl joint’s sign, and another surprise was waiting inside.
We hop on the open-air mobile restaurant for dinner, drinks, and some of the Tokyo area’s most unique night views.
Diehard lovers of Japan’s infamous fermented soy beans can now get a glimpse of the sticky production process.
Beanbags with character…from My Neighbour Totoro, The Boy and the Heron, and Spirited Away.
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