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Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum wants to take you back in time to an old-school summer festival.
Warner Brothers Studio Tokyo Making of Harry Potter lets you visit everything from the Great Hall of Hogwarts to the closet Harry lived in at the Dursley’s.
Exhibit enters its second phase, which will still be open when Japan reopens to international tourism.
If you can’t get one of the limited number of Ghibli Park tickets, the Ghibli Exhibition will still give you a taste of the magic.
Hokkaido Kaitaku no Mura is a golden opportunity to explore Japanese history and earn some otaku cred.
Hogsmeade Station serves as inspiration for closest stop to new permanent Harry Potter museum.
Excavator Pikachu and a few of his extinct pals want to teach us about real-world fossils.
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Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki gives up driving, donates beloved car to Ghibli Park
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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely
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