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Train to off-the-beaten-path onsen town gives you a taste of Japanese bathing culture even before you arrive at your destination.
People who didn’t win the official New Year’s greeting card lottery now have a new chance to win discounted or even free entry to certain hot springs.
Pressured to review outdated prohibitions, an entire prefecture says goodbye to “relics of the past”.
Look up “bittersweet” in the dictionary and you might just see the Merry Christmask train.
Uga Valley campground makes a very convincing argument to take a detour from the standard Tokyo-Kyoto travel route.
Outing will soon be officially out in Mie.
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Centuries of samurai history are on display, and we’ll teach you what to look for in appreciating the beauty of a Japanese sword.
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Motorsports, hot springs, huge ramen, and an amusement park: All reasons to visit Suzuka Circuit
Mie Prefecture’s Suzuka is the home of Japan’s most famous racetrack, but there’s more than cars to get excited about.
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