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Hakodate: A Great Port City on Hokkaido

Hokkaido is the northern large island of Japan and most people know of its capital city, Sapporo.  But another city you should consider visiting is Hakodate.  Hakodate is a port town on the southernmost side of Hokkaido situated on a peninsula jutting out into the...

Lake Nojiri

During our recent visit to Japan, we spent a few days in the Japan Alps on and around Lake Nojiri.  Yes, Japan has its own "Alps" and they are referred to as that, the Japan Alps.  We don't ski, but know from others that Japan has some of the best skiing in the world,...

OSAKA EXPO 2025

We just returned from a month in Japan and during our time there, we visited the Osaka Expo 2025 for two of the days.   Must say it was an amazing experience.  Despite some significant missteps in the first few opening days, by the time we arrived two weeks later,...
Japanese New Year – Knoxville

Japanese New Year – Knoxville

This past weekend, we were invited to present Uncharted Japan at the annual Japanese New Year event hosted by the Japan Outreach Initiative in Knoxville, TN.  JOI is a cross cultural program of the Japanese government to increase knowledge of Japanese culture in the...

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Osaka EXPO 2025 Is Here!

Osaka EXPO 2025 Is Here!

This will be the biggest event in all of Japan in 2025.  Its Osaka Expo 2025 and it has been twenty years since the last time an expo was held in Japan, and likely another twenty years till the next.  Therefore, if you are visiting Japan, you simply must include a...

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Record Number of Tourists For 2024

Record Number of Tourists For 2024

The Japan National Tourism Organization announced this week that Japan saw a record number of foreign tourists visiting Japan in 2024.  For the year just ended, approximately 36.8 million foreigners came to Japan, and it sometimes feels as if they are all in Kyoto at...

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The Most Beautiful Garden in Japan

The Most Beautiful Garden in Japan

Japan is well known for its amazing gardens.  There are several types that follow different criteria and one of the finest, yet most overlooked is the Adachi Gardens and Museum just outside the town of Matsue.  Matsue is located on the Sea of Japan on the southwestern...

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An  Excellent Day Trip From Hiroshima

An Excellent Day Trip From Hiroshima

Hiroshima is one of the more popular destinations in Japan, and for good reason.  Of course there's its unique history with the atomic bomb drop on August 5, 1945 which is memorialized at the Hiroshima Peace Park and Atomic Bomb Dome.  Then there's the iconic...

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The Best Open Air Museum in Tokyo?

The Best Open Air Museum in Tokyo?

We recently discovered the Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum on the edge of Tokyo.  It was an exceptionally nice find.  If you have only one day or two in Tokyo and want to get a true sense of its history through its architecture and culture, then you simply...

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