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Rather than forget the horrors of the disaster, this coastal town has set up daily reminders of the tsunami on the streets.
Less than $US40 a night gets you two luxury meals and a room with a private rotenburo bath attached.
Shut-down goes into effect almost immediately, follows previous request for people with cold-like symptoms to refrain from visiting the parks.
There are only three of these adorable verdant vehicles out on the streets — flag one down if you get the chance!
After years of complicated and added-expense hoops to jump through, JR will start letting international travelers buy their passes online and inside their home countries.
Visitors to Kyoto have plummeted, prompting a new series of ads showing sites like the Arashiyama bamboo forest totally devoid of people.
With thousands less tourists in Nara due to the Coronavirus, this year’s winter celebrations seem strangely more magical.
Get to know three of the people behind the “sexy” English-language voice announcements you’ll hear on public transport in Japan.
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