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Characters from Akira, Cardcaptor Sakura, Ghost in the Shell, and more explain the basics of Japanese manners at Shinkansen stations.
“People wearing their backpacks on their backs” and “people holding their backpacks in front of them” both rank high on list of train riders’ annoyances.
After years of dealing with ill-mannered visitors, Watazumi Shrine has had enough with what it calls “the destruciton of Japanese culture.”
Survey finds 10 things to avoid as Japan experiences record-breaking, sometimes patience-testing levels of inbound international tourism.
You can’t put a price on love, but Japan does put a price on how much you should give a newlywed couple.
Ryokan workers share the little things they appreciate travelers doing before check-out, and the things they’d rather you skip.
Behind the calm, polite face of a Kyotoite is an angry woman who wants to shout at you for being so uncultured.
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Japanese airlines offer discounted fares to international tourists
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Japan’s first “smartphone dementia” clinic opens in Tokyo and online
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- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Sailor Moon Museum will finally make its outside-Japan debut
Japanese airlines, including JAL and ANA, enacting new mobile battery carry-on rules this month- 60th Anniversary Sanrio Exhibition opens this month to celebrate the Japanese culture of cute
This Japanese train station has its very own hot spring bathhouse, right on the platform【Photos】
Domino’s releases new “Crispizzaburger” in Japan- Rental grandma service growing in Japan, can help cook or break up with boyfriends
Japan Railway-affiliated Tokyo shopping centers issue warning over point card scam
Starbucks Japan adds a Shine Muscat Grape Frappuccino to the menu for a limited time
Hachiji juppun mae – A Japanese phrase that even Japanese people can’t agree on the meaning of
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- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid- Sailor Moon Museum will finally make its outside-Japan debut
JR’s new overnight sleeper train will connect Tokyo and northern Japan, is private cabin-only
New unlimited-ride JR Japan rail pass is perfect for a laid-back trip in east and northeast Japan- Japanese airlines, including JAL and ANA, enacting new mobile battery carry-on rules this month
There’s a new museum in Japan, but almost all of its location is a secret
Studio Ghibli adds beanbag plushies to its anime merchandise store in Japan
What is kasshayaki, the Japanese street food only one prefecture is lucky enough to love?
Official Spirited Away cookbook teaches how to make food from the Ghibli anime classic
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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?
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- We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
- Studio Ghibli releases free-download board game — Here’s how to play it without reading Japanese
- Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
Nintendo history you can feel – Super NES, N64, and GameCube controllers become capsule toys
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Experience the “Color of Water” from a 250-year-old Japanese confection maker!
Japan’s first “smartphone dementia” clinic opens in Tokyo and online
Strongest-ever Dodekamin energy drink approved by Japan’s Home Economics Dragon
Walk the streets of Japan in style with bushido-influenced men’s summer kimono range from Kyoto
The top 10 manga/anime heroines from Shonen Sunday chosen by fans in general election【Survey】
Soon you’ll be able to spend the night in a convenience store parking lot when traveling in Japan
Big dam Godzilla appears in Japan as power-washer art on side of 195-foot dam【Video】
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Foreign tourists on Shinkansen bullet train break suitcase etiquette, angering local passengers
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