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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...
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...
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...
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...
Christmas Lights: Japanese Style!
During December, the larger cities of Japan go all out when it comes to Christmas lights. Over here, they call them Winter Illuminations and generally run from mid November through mid January. Some of them, such as those of Nabana no Sato run into Spring. Its an...
Go Fly A Kite! In Japan!
Kites are a big deal in Japan, and nowhere is this more apparent than just outside the city of Niigata. The Shirone River runs through the area and is the site of the largest Kite Battles in Japan. The tradition dates back to the mid Edo Period and as the story...
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