tourism (Page 7)
Our northern Kanto reporters team up and head to Gunma for a look at this part of Japan that gets overlooked by tourists.
Japan is now at a cultural tipping point, where foreign influences threaten to destroy local customs.
After seeing how far away from Tokyo we could get with 5,000 yen, (US$33.80), the winner of our challenge hits the beach.
Enjoy glamping among blossoms, soaking in herbal hot springs, and shooting virtual dinosaurs hiding among the trees on your next weekend away.
Our reporters set out to escape Tokyo with a modest budget, a direction to go in, and no other plan.
![Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/imgi_170_IMG_6363-2.jpg?w=640 "Two days to hunt down all of Tottori’s 20 Pokémon manhole covers [Part One]")
With a Pokéfuta in every municipality, Tottori lets you explore the entire prefecture on your quest to catch ’em all.
Designed to let foreign goods in while keeping foreign ideas out, this Nagasaki neighborhood is one of the most historically significant places in Japan.
One climber reveals the key to climbing Mt Fuji successfully might be to do it more than once.
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Finding this adorable train can feel like an RPG sidequest, but when the reward is this cute, we’re game.
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