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Snow Crystal Museum 雪の美術館 in Hokkaido
Hokkaido’s Snow Crystal Museum is a small themed “museum” dedicated to snowflakes that has caught the attention of visitors from around the world. Japan is famous for these focused museums and the Snow Crystal Museum will not disappoint. The museum is reminiscent of a European castle and is
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Review of 4* Kawagoe Prince Hotel
Directly connected to Hon-kawagoe Train Station, staying at the 4-star Kawagoe Prince Hotel makes a great base for exploring Kawagoe city. The hotel is about one hour away from the heart of Tokyo by Seibu Railway Special Express ‘Koedo-go’ train. The 110 rooms are spotlessly clea
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Goryōkaku Star Fort at Hakodate City in Hokkaido
The Goryōkaku 五稜郭 is a western-style fort completed around 150 years ago at Hakodate city in Hokkaido. Sometimes known as Ryuya Castle, Goryōkaku was designed by Takeda Hisaburō based on the designs of French architect Vauban. It is shaped like a five-pointed star allowing for a greater num
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Takinoue Park in Hokkaido: Painted Pink with Shibazakura
Takinoue 滝上町 is located about 2 hours north of Asahikawa in Hokkaido and is famous for its pink Shibazakura ‘moss phlox’. Takinoue Park 滝上公園 is covered with a bright pink carpet of moss phlox flowers from early May to early June which draws thousands of visitors annually.
Takinou
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Shiga Prefecture
Overshadowed by its famous neighbor, Kyoto, very few tourists go to Shiga Prefecture 滋賀県 in the Kansai region, even though it boasts many historical sites and museums. Furthermore, over 37% of the land is set aside as natural parks, the largest percentage of any prefecture.
Japan’s largest
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Kiyomizu
Kiyomizu-dera 清水寺 or “Kiyomizu Temple” is located on the side of the Higashiyama Mountains in Kyoto City. See the article on Kiyomizu-dera on and the Kiyomizu-zaka area on Japanesesearch.com!
Kiyomizu-dera Kiyomi’s walk
Is a very famous temple, not only in Kyoto city but
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Shiga Prefecture Picture Tour
Just over an hour from Kyoto by fast train, Shiga Prefecture has many interesting destinations, festivals and sights like Hikone Castle and the amazing Lake Biwa, the largest freshwater lake in Japan. Please enjoy these Shiga Prefecture pictures from castles, ninjas and mischievious monkeys
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Ichinoseki Beer Festival in Iwate Prefecture
The 17th annual Ichinoseki Beer Festival in the south of Iwate Prefecture was held over 3 days (Aug. 22-24, 2014) in Ichinoseki City. The beer festival served up more than 200 varieties of beer from local breweries across Japan as well as from Germany and Belgium. The festival had live enter
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Recommended: Travelers Series Guide to Tokyo Disneyland & Tokyo DisneySea: 2nd Edition
Sometimes reading about Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea on websites like JapaneseSearch.com are great but sometimes it is nice to curl up with a book and plan your adventures offline. The Travelers Series Guide to Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea – 2nd Edition by Travis Medley is on
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Shiro
Shiro-Hige’s Cream Puff Factory 白髭のシュークリーム工房 is located in Tokyo and makes the so-cute-you-do-not-want-to-eat-them Totoro Cream Puffs which are officially sanctioned by Studio Ghibli. Shiro-Hige is a white-mustached pig baker which is the Cream Puff Factory mascot. This is not a Studio Ghibl
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Himeji Castle Renovations Reveals its Original Appearance
Aug 2014 – Most of the major renovations of Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture have been completed revealing the original building’s beautiful brilliant white appearance. While beautiful before, the black coloured highlights were caused by mildew that was making it black! The four year
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The 123 Torii of Motonosumi Inari Shrine
Motonosumi Inari-jinja Shrine 津黄龍宮の潮吹 is a branch shrine of Taikodani Inari Shrine located in Tsuwano Town, close to Nagato City in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was established in 1955 following a divine revelation from the white fox. It is most famous for its tunnel of 123 red Torii gates stret
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Snorkelers Paradise: Yaeyama Islands 八重山諸島 in Okinawan
The Yaeyama Islands 八重山諸島 known in Okinawan dialect as Eema are a group of islands in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture. The Yaeyama Islands are the remotest part of Japan from the main islands and contains Japan’s most southern inhabited island, Hateruma Island, and most western inh
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Good Deal: City of Kobe offers “KOBE Free Wi
The City of Kobe is now providing over 3,000 “KOBE Free Wi-Fi” hotspots in main tourist areas and travel routes in the city for free as of July 31, 2014 to foreign tourists. By offering this free Wi-Fi service, the city hopes it makes Kobe 神戸市 more tech-friendly for non-Japanese tourists to
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'Travel Pad' Makes Your Kyoto Trip Easier
Some enterprising Ritsumeikan University students set up a new rental tablet company in Kyoto called ‘TRAVEL PAD’ which is making the city more accessible for foreign tourists. Contents included in service will let you manage your travel time more efficiently, and give you more o
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Video Tour of Kiyosu Castle 清州城
Rachel & Jun visit Kiyosu Castle 清洲城 which is located in Kiyosu, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is noted for its association with the rise to power of the Sengoku period warlord, Oda Nobunaga. The current partial reconstruction dates to 1989 and was built as a centennial celebratio
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Kyoto Temples and Shrines Autumn Illumination 2014
Introducing the evening autumn illuminations in Kyoto filmed in November 2014 by Discover Nippon. Explore the natural landscape that turns red and yellow as autumn leaves in popular shrines and temples throughout Kyoto such as Kiyomizu Temple, Kodai-ji Temple, Eikan-do, Daikakuji burst into
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Autumn leaves in Nikko National Park 2014
Autumn leaves in Nikko is a beautiful HD video shot by Discover Japan in 2014. Located 125 km from Tokyo, Nikko National Park is one of Japan’s most beautiful nature locales. The park spreads over four prefectures: Tochigi, Gunma, Fukushima, and Niigata, and was established in 1934. Ni
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Share your Kyushu Trip Contest!
Write about, and share, your memories of your trip to the Kyushu region of Japan and win some exciting prizes including airfare and accommodation for 2! The contest is open to all Foreigners who either; stay in Japan, or; who stay overseas and have travel experience in Kyushu.
All submitted
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Autumn leaves in Urabandai, Fukushima 2014
Autumn leaves in Urabandai, Fukushima HD video is set at Osawa Pond in Bandai-Asahi National Park in Urabandai, in the north of the Aizu Basin. This park is surrounded by mountains, forests and many lakes. The area is covered in snow for half of the year. With its beautiful seasonal changes
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