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The fun starts at the front desk, but it’s time to find out how far the weirdness extends through the hotel.
Skip the stress of early flights by soaking in hot springs and board your flight feeling refreshed.
Here are four great places in Japan where you can enjoy both the fall foliage as well as a soak in the hot springs.
We find out if Booth is a safe haven in the midst of Tokyo’s notorious entertainment district.
Flying via Tokyo’s Haneda Airport? The Quintessa Hotel Tokyo Haneda Comic & Books is perfect for manga lovers with its 24-hour library and warm food.
Cooling beauty products, minty fresh sweets, and a beautiful hotel–what else could you want?
Besides being cute, these felines also lend a paw in running their respective establishments.
In true Dormy Inn style, the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet features regional specialties including pork dishes and mikuriya soba.
Rooms will come with all of the necessary kitty amenities to ensure you and your cat companion can travel in contentment.
Slowpoke buses, Slowpoke hotel rooms, and even a Slowpoke ferry pop up in Kagawa’s cities (but don’t worry because the service isn’t slow).
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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Studio Ghibli adds beanbag plushies to its anime merchandise store in Japan
Japan’s beautiful TeamLab art group opening its first permanent immersive museum in Kyoto【Video】
We enjoy sheer searing bliss with the help of a fun new torching tool from Family Mart
Final Fantasy IX gets its own pop-up store in Osaka and Tokyo for 25th anniversary
7-Eleven selling “Japan’s longest roll of toilet paper” that’s 7.11 times longer than normal
Identity crises abound with the Okonomiyaki Burger from Lotteria and/or Zetteria in Osaka
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Amazing ukiyo-e art exhibit gives you the chance to step inside a woodblock print and snap photos
Mt. Fuji climbing reservation website is now open, and here’s how to reserve your spot
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JR’s new overnight sleeper train will connect Tokyo and northern Japan, is private cabin-only
There’s a new museum in Japan, but almost all of its location is a secret
Official Spirited Away cookbook teaches how to make food from the Ghibli anime classic
Bento bankruptcies increasing as Japan’s boxed lunch shops struggle in the new dining landscape
Why you should be worried if someone calls you “Uehara-san” in the Japanese workplace
Chiikawa Park opens next month in Tokyo’s Sunshine City shopping complex
Totoro, Howl, and Spirited Away earrings and brooches ready to add Ghibli touches to your look
Mr. Sato orders a box of hot coffee from Starbucks Japan to our office
Sausage stepping in for increasingly expensive octopus at takoyaki stands around Japan
Foreign tourists outnumber Japanese ones at Kyoto hotels for first time ever
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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
Uniqlo releasing first-ever Pokémon T-shirts inspired by Trading Card Game artwork【Photos】- JR’s new overnight sleeper train will connect Tokyo and northern Japan, is private cabin-only
“Bumping men” are a uniquely Japanese class of criminals that are hard to deal with
Perfect instant ramen eggs every time! Cup Noodle’s Nissin creates Shirotama Maker kitchen gadget
Support Japan’s real-world Totoro Forest with special Studio Ghibli collection
Live-action Netflix One Piece Chopper shows face for first time – What do fans in Japan think?
7-Eleven Japan releases new must-try sweets that are a hit with customers
Japan’s most popular curry rice restaurant chain losing customers as it raises prices
Fewer Japanese people traveling domestically, government blames birth rate, others blame foreign crowds, costs
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Survey asks foreign tourists what bothered them in Japan, more than half gave same answer
Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
Japan’s deadliest food claims more victims, but why do people keep eating it for New Year’s?
[Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
Japanese convenience store Family Mart announces abolishment of eat-in spaces
Studio Ghibli releases Kodama forest spirits from Princess Mononoke to light up your home
Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys
The top 10 annoying foreign tourist behaviors on trains, as chosen by Japanese people【Survey】
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7-Eleven selling “Japan’s longest roll of toilet paper” that’s 7.11 times longer than normal
Identity crises abound with the Okonomiyaki Burger from Lotteria and/or Zetteria in Osaka
Who makes Japan’s best Spam-style onigiri convenience store rice ball? Let’s find out【Taste test】
Amazing ukiyo-e art exhibit gives you the chance to step inside a woodblock print and snap photos
Mt. Fuji climbing reservation website is now open, and here’s how to reserve your spot
Japanese yokai spirits enter the modern era in Nagoya’s new digital art experience
Humans are horrible at healing, according to Japanese researchers
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Pikachu-ear engagement rings and Pokémon wedding rings for him and her can now be yours【Photos】
Japan’s largest indie ice cream convention returns to Tokyo this Golden Week
Sausage stepping in for increasingly expensive octopus at takoyaki stands around Japan
Our lonely reporter goes searching for Japan’s search-for-a-spouse vending machine
Check out these photos from the British Museum’s beautiful Manga special exhibition【Photos】
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