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The Kurobe Gorge Railway runs along the full 20.1km of Kurobe Gorge, Japan's deepest V-shaped gorge, from Unazuki Station to Keyakidaira Station. The trip takes around 1 hour 20 minutes eac…
Major travel agency H.I.S. Co. has been forced to cancel a sales campaign offering customers the chance to travel with "beautiful girls" from the University of Tokyo aft…
On Friday I finally got to do something I had been wanting to do for a long time: to visit the Toyota Museum, located on the edge of Toyota (the city), near Nagoya, the 3rd biggest city in Japan. So …
By Greg Rodgers Updated December 22, 2014. Golden Week in Japan is an incredibly busy time to travel as many families take advantage of consecutive national holidays. Parks, attractions, hotels, and …
Watching colorful fish swim in large tanks is so relaxing. When the weather is hot, it might cool you down, too. If you are visiting Japan with kids and are looking for fun things to do, visit one of…
The state of press freedom in Japan is now worse than that in Tanzania, according to a new ranking from the non-profit group Reporters Without Borders. Japan came in 72nd of the 180 countries ra…
japan " guide " japanese festivals " matsuri list " sanja matsuri posted by John Spacey, August 14, 2014 Sanja Matsuri is Tokyo's bigg…
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With lessons learned from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, mobile phone carriers and media organizations on Friday rallied to offer crucial communications services to victims of the Kumamoto qu…
RICE FARMING IN JAPAN For three millenea rice has been raised in a sustainable way in Japan. The hills and mountains are covered by rice terraces. Woodlands are preserved as a source of compost. In r…