“Remember that place I used to live, on the 5th floor"” If this was Emi’s way of asking if I could ever forget her tiny, damp apartment where we ...
22-04-2018 21:45
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If you’re not into gaudy key rings or personalized chopsticks, there’s a rather unusual way to trace your travels through Japan, and it’s called ...
19-04-2018 21:49
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Dress up, get driving.
For the most part, you probably won’t need to rent a car in Japan?especially not in Tokyo. The trains and buses will get you ...
18-04-2018 21:55
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Ikebana, which stands for “living flowers”, is the Japanese art of flower arrangement, which dates back to as early as the 6th century. It is rega ...
18-04-2018 21:55
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One of Tokyo’s best-kept secrets is?wait for it!?a 20-hectare forest slap bang in the middle of Shirokanedai district.
I didn’t believe my traveli ...
18-04-2018 21:55
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Tokyo is a bustling metropolis, a busy and populous neon city. If you?re visiting Tokyo but looking to slow the pace and enjoy the great outdoors, nea ...
18-04-2018 21:25
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Trains can be more than a way to get from A to B, experience the beauty of Japan’s hydrangea season from the most scenic railway journey in the coun ...
17-04-2018 21:46
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Asakusa Yabusame – April 21
One of the few chances to watch yabusame, the i ...
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The shitamachi (aka the eastern parts of Tokyo where the non-samurai population flourished in the Edo times, from the early 1600s to the mid- ...
17-04-2018 21:46
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Japanese game centers are must visit places on any trip to Japan, but in Tokyo, there is a place where you can time warp back to the 1980s and 1990s a ...
14-04-2018 21:43
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How to make sushi out of a live lobster, this video will show you how to kill a lobster humanely then how to cook the lobster and prepare sushi out of ...
14-04-2018 21:20
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Fukuoka is Kyushu?s largest city?and a growing, lively-yet-laid-back one. It?s a stunner of a place, mixing ancient and modern in a relatively compact ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Osaka already has enough shopping options as it is, what with its colorful Namba district being filled with shopping arcades, including Osaka’s larg ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Bamboo spears, speeding carts and log-riding are just some of the activities you can see at some of the death-defying celebrations in Japan.
It’s no ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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West of Japan, on Kyushu lies an area that come 2019 will be known to rugby fans around the world, Oita. So if you?re planning a visit, why not take a ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Hiroshima may not be the first name that jumps to mind when you think of eating out in Japan, but it could be. The coastal city is home to one of the ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Nara is the perfect day trip from Kyoto?plenty of delicious snacks, plenty of temples, and most importantly plenty of deer!
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12-04-2018 21:51
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The only way to make one of the most beautiful places in Japan even more stunning: these are all the best places to see the cherry blossom in Kyoto.
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Chances are, the first time you saw a Japanese price display, you gasped. If you?re used to dollars, pounds or euros, adjusting to what things cost in ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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The Japan archipelago runs on a roughly southwest to northeast axis, therefore the spring warmth?and the cherry blossoms?travel up the country from bo ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Kochi is a lovely town nestling on Shikoku?s southern coast. It?s compact and charming, and the palm-tree flanked boulevards add to a chilled ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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The Sapporo Snow Festival is amazing to experience, but Japan has plenty of other snow festivals to enjoy?from burning rituals to paper lanterns, ther ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Everyone knows about the local specialty takoyaki and even the Osaka-style okonomiyaki, but one of the most delicious treats to try in Osaka (aka Japa ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Naruko Onsen: A quaint little village full of free foot baths and (not free) wooden dolls.
These days, it’s tough to go “off the beaten track”, ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Mount Kobushi to Karisaka Pass hike overview
Altitude: 2,475m
Altitude change: ~1,400m
Difficulty: Medium – Hard
Season: Late spring to autumn | Win ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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If you’re based in Osaka exploring Kansai couldn’t be easier. From historical castles to ninja towns with islands and whirlpools in between, there ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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February is a month filled with winter wonderlands in the form of Japanese festivals to celebrate snow, oysters, demons and Chinese New Year! If it’ ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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It may not be Christmas, but that doesn’t mean there’s a shortage of events this December in Japan! Attend traditional festivals, run a marathon a ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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As “Japan’s Kitchen”, there are few better places than Osaka to create the perfect hanami picnic. And with spring in the air, here are the perfe ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Get ready for jelly legs and a glimpse of paradise.
I’d never been to Yamagata Prefecture, nor heard of Yamadera. Somehow I managed to spend seven y ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Cherry blossoms, spring festivals and the promise of summer: April is one of the best times to be in Japan, and these events are the best way to enjoy ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Most everyone has heard of Shirakawago, the picturesque thatched-roof village in Gifu Prefecture. But fewer know about Gokayama, another area with two ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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March is officially spring, and the quietest corners of Japan are waking from the winter hibernation for plum blossom festivals, fiery celebrations an ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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If you want to drink craft beer in Osaka you?re in luck. The city is littered with bars pouring the sweetest nectars and darkest brews from around the ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture) is one of the biggest cities in Japan and just 90 minutes from Tokyo. Yet it?s never really been on people?s must-visit lis ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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OK, so the cheapest options for staying in Japan are hostels, capsule and love hotels and maybe an internet cafe. But sometimes you need the comfort a ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Although it’s a quieter month than most on the festival front, there are still plenty of fiery festivals and New Year celebrations to choose from ac ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Troubled, scruffy and entirely enchanting, the streets of Shinsekai, Osaka were designed with the future in mind, but are full of the charm of years g ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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Sendai’s winter illuminations are worth seeing.
Situated about 350km northeast of Tokyo, Sendai is the capital of Miyagi Prefecture and the gateway ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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A rare chance to see horseback archery, a traditional Oiran Dochu procession, an everything-doggo festival and more.
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11-04-2018 21:52
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What is Golden Week" In Japan, the Golden Week is a series of four national holidays that take place within one week at the end of April to the beginn ...
11-04-2018 21:25
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When many people picture the beautiful scenery of Japan, they imagine the swaying springtime blossoms of ume, or plum, and sakura cherry trees. While ...
11-04-2018 21:25
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Pomme Souffle Recipe - Puffed Potatoes
In this video, I will show you 2 different ways to make pommes souffles.
*method 1.* The first method require ...
11-04-2018 21:20
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So you want to become a ski instructor and you?ve done some research into becoming one by doing a ski instructor internship (get put into a job once q ...
09-04-2018 21:49
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You?ve got just five days to explore one of the largest, most vibrant cities in the world ? Tokyo, Japan. With the help of this travel guide, you?ll b ...
06-04-2018 21:25
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Japan is famous for its green tea. If you ever drink tea in Japan, it’s most likely green tea. Among the famous types of green tea are Sencha, Genm ...
06-04-2018 21:23
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On this weekend: the last days of cherry blossom festivals in Tokyo, the colorful African Festival Yokohama, Buddha’s birthday celebrations, and the ...
04-04-2018 21:51
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So you want to live to be 100" The answers to living a long and happy life may come from Japan which has the longest average life expectancy in the wo ...
02-04-2018 21:49
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Jon Bear is a great new video blogger, and a man already known for producing super professional videos about traveling in Japan. My first book, Super ...
02-04-2018 21:23
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How to make uni sea urchin sushi.
The first part of this video will show you how to prepare live sea urchin otherwise known as "uni", and the second ...
02-04-2018 21:21
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For newcomers to Tokyo, it can come as quite a surprise that Tokyo’s main international gateway?Narita Airport?is not really very close to Tokyo at ...
30-03-2018 21:50
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There’s a lot going on this weekend: a slew of cherry blossom festivals, the infamous Penis Festival and more!
Nyan Creators Spring 2018: Cat Art ( ...
28-03-2018 21:52
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I live in the UK so sometimes I miss all the delicious Japanese food I could eat to my heart’s content when I lived in Tokyo. There are a few Japane ...
25-03-2018 21:44
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Ok, we know what you are thinking, that taxis are not the cheapo way. And that is true, seeing as taxis can be quite expensive in Japan?especially con ...
24-03-2018 21:53
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Sakura season is right around the corner and we want to make sure you don’t miss a single petal with our new 2018 Tokyo Cherry Blossom Forecast map. ...
24-03-2018 21:53
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While a signature is all you need to authorize a contract in most countries outside East Asia, in Japan?as well as Korea and to a lesser extent China? ...
24-03-2018 21:53
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According to the forecast, it’s a good weekend to see Tokyo’s iconic cherry blossoms. So get your picnics and cameras ready, it’s time for sakur ...
24-03-2018 21:53
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Spring is coming soon, so what better way to welcome the season than to go out and have some fun" If you’re not sure what to do, no worries?let our ...
24-03-2018 21:53
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Japan just can’t get enough of its iconic sakura (cherry blossoms)?they don’t just view them during the daytime, but also at night! They even have ...
24-03-2018 21:53
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Welcome to Japan!
If you’re going to be taking the Narita Express from Narita Airport to your accommodation in Tokyo, you might want to give this gu ...
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