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Off-the-beaten-tourist-track observatory tower in Tokyo has great views of the city…for free!
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Casey Baseel
Nov 9, 2024 - Tweet
- Japan
- (COK • cool • Funabori • observation deck • observatory • SNJO • tourism • tower • Tower Hall Funabori • travel • view)
Eat at a kotatsu while enjoying the view from Osaka’s Harukas 300 Observatory this winter
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Krista Rogers
Nov 7, 2023
Enjoy your choice of two of Japan’s favorite hotpot dishes from the toastiest seats ever on top of the second-tallest building in Japan.
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- (Abeno Harukas • dining • Harukas 300 • hotpot • Kakomu de Kotatsu • kotatsu • observatory • oden • Osaka • shabushabu • view • viewing platform)
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