The name “Narita” instantly brings to mind the huge airport that services the Tokyo metro area. But the city that’s home to the airport, as well as the one alongside it, are actually atmospheric, full of history, and well worth working in before or a
Tokyo is a city of many neighborhoods. In about one hour, you can take the above-the-ground, glass-windowed JR Yamanote line, on a 34.5 km (21.4 miles) loop around the center of the city. Some of the major station include Yūrakuchō (Ginza area), Shi
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As part of a series of articles on our favorite neighborhoods in Tokyo, JapanQuest Journeys takes you to Yanaka, in many ways the best preserved area of old Edo. Strolling through Yanaka is like a trip back in time. On each occasion that I wander
Before 1873, the Japanese New Year was based on the Chinese lunar calendar but following the Meiji Restoration Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar and it is now celebrated on January 1st. It is considered by most Japanese to be one of the most impor
With contributions from Tripatini members including Ed Wetschler: From crawling through Buddha's nose at Todaiji Temple to finding peace in Hiroshima, "To Japan with Love" takes readers along on an eclectic range of experiences, including horseback r
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"Tokyo: Japan will offer 10,000 foreigners free airfares to visit the country next year, in an attempt to boost the tourism industry which has been hit by the ongoing nuclear disaster, a report said on Monday.
"The Japan Tourism Agency plans to ask w
Canyons Japan is run by New Zealander Mike Harris, the hard to miss kiwi who stands at 6ft something with viking like features and impressively long ginger dreadlocks is spearheading the revival of Minakami Machi - a previously declining onsen town i
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One of the world's great cities, the country's sometimes overwhelming capital stir-frys shiny futurism with echoes of traditional Nihon. More info in English: www.TCVB.or.jp, www.Tourism.Metro.Tokyo.jp, www.TokyoEGuide.com, www.Tokyotopia.com, www.T
Read more…In Japan's Nikko and Kinugawa-onsen areas, two hours north of Tokyo along the Tobu Railway Nikko and Kinugawa lines, special moon-viewing festivities with light-ups are being held from September through November.
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During Japan's hot and sultry summer, everyone tries to cool off by the water. In historic Tochigi City, affectionately called Koedo or "Little Old Tokyo," just 70 minutes north of Tokyo's Asakusa Station on Tobu Railway's Tobu Nikko Line, the ann
