travel (Page 28)
Ryokan workers share the little things they appreciate travelers doing before check-out, and the things they’d rather you skip.
Free perks and beautiful design features make this more like a ryokan than a business hotel.
Pilgrimage town of less than 3,000 residents received almost 1.4 million tourists last year.
Sailor Moon’s real-world home neighborhood wants to help visiting fans feel extra welcome.
A pair of factors combine with pent-up post-pandemic Japan travel desire to break the one-month record.
Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park
Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting.
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Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
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