”This is Japan, you know?” he asks, but others want to show him the ways of the modern world.
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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.”
Join our Japanese-language correspondent P.K. Sanjun on his whirlwind time-warping tour of Auckland, which still got him back in time for work on Monday.
Comparison video shot at Brazilian airport shows huge customer service gap.
New Chitose Airport Onsen isn’t just convenient and gorgeous, it’s an amazingly cheap place to spend the night too!
Tokyo’s trains are too crowded for just a top 10 list, and the worst is one that runs at almost double 100-percent capacity.
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