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Typhoon makes Kansai International’s runway indistinguishable from the ocean around the island, turns 5.7 million-pound boat into instrument of havoc.
After carrying passengers to Hokkaido, the Hokutosei is now taking guests to slumberland with a great location and special beer.
How could you when the haunted room is filled with bloodstains, cobwebs, severed limbs, and a hidden switch that’ll whisk you into a nightmare world?
Pikavee Special Trains let you ride the rails with Pikachu, Eevee, and their pals, and can even take you to the Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo superstore.
”This is Japan, you know?” he asks, but others want to show him the ways of the modern world.
Just when we thought we’d seen the best from this talented Japanese art collaborative, they come out with another mind-blowing museum in Tokyo.
When the airport employee found out she was in the islands alone, he gave her a tongue-in-cheek romantic worksheet to finish before heading home.
Torii gates always have an elegant allure, but none quite like this shrine’s.
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The country was proud when “emoji” and “anime” became part of English-speakers’ vocabulary. But when the British government uses the Japanese word for “train gropers?” Not so much.
Mountain hiking trail looks as congested as any Tokyo-area expressway.
Tokyo-based company has a clever solution to one of the most common problems visitors face when traveling in Japan.
We all expected Snoopy-themed rooms to be cute, but we never imagined they’d be this stylish, and even romantic.
There’s more to theme parks in Japan than just Disney Resort and Universal Studios; there’s also ninjas, go-karts and looking through your legs.
Visitors to one of the most beautiful places in Japan document the four-legged mafia’s adorable M.O.
Company is tired of people thinking the chime means “Feel free to knock people over if they’re standing between you and your train.”
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