This promotional video series will leave you with chills, planning your next trip to Japan
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It turns out that life ain’t so bad for a single lady when she’s in the company of these handsome hosts.
Sakura season is coming to Japan much earlier than usual this year, and here’s when to expect them to be their most beautiful.
Hanami flower-viewing season begins nine days earlier than average as the city’s official “sample tree” sprouts its first blossoms.
This is one of the most unusual onsen in all of Japan.
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Inspired by the works of Japan’s most celebrated anime icons, short animated video captures the magic of the state across the Pacific.
The coffeehouse carries on Japanese traditions in Uji, the country’s most famous tea-growing town.
Visitors to the new Top Deck viewing platform get to enjoy VIP treatment along with the stunning Tokyo skyline.
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The Tokyo-area’s much-maligned international air hub is giving us a new reason to actually enjoy going there.
Aging, shrinking human population says it can no longer take care of all of the frisky felines.
Test program reserves space for parents traveling with kids, would possibly mean fewer crying babies on adult-accessible carriages.
Japan Ninja Council sending delegation to speak, show their shinobi skills at National Diet House of Representatives session.
Commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency claims the country isn’t exciting enough to appease the Western crowd.
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Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
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