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Good to Know Before Your Trip – Bathrooms in Japan
One of the absolute essentials to having a pleasant trip is to be able to go to the toilet without worries. Here is some information about bathrooms in Japan that you ought to know before you embark on your trip.
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Known for its high quality rice and clear, smooth mountain springs, Niigata prefecture brews some of Japan's finest sake. Click the link to learn how you can experience brewery tours and tastings of sake in Niigata!
Niigata sake is considered some of the very best available, even in the home of sake, Japan. The secret to this wonderful flavor is the high quality Niigata rice, the smooth water that flows down from Niigata’s mountains, and the techniques of the various craftsmen who continue to create quality pro...
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EXPERIENCE MAKING JAPANESE SWEETS IN SHIGA
“Kanou Shoujuan Sunai no Sato” is a well-known Japanese style confectioner, and is synonymous with Shiga Prefecture.
Along with sweet treats, they also offer the chance to make your own confections. Using ingredients carefully selected by the highly skilled Kanou Shoujuan staff, their workshop provides an opportunity to make Japanese confections imbued with a sense of the seasons.
...We invite you to enjoy this deliciously creative experience under the watchful guidance of skilled craftspeople.
DAYS: Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday (*May change depending on the season)
(*Other days may be possible for parties of 15 people or more)
TIME: 10:45 - 12:15 (Japanese confection making)
PARTICIPATION CHARGES: 2700yen (including tax) per person
NO. OF PLACES: 40 people (reservations closed once full)
WHAT TO BRING: Nothing in particular (aprons etc. will be provided)
APPLICATIONS: (Reception 9:00 - 17:00)
OTHER DETAILS: *Please make a reservation at least 4 days before the date on which you wish to participate.
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TATEYAMA KUROBE ALPINE ROUTE: FULL LINE OPEN 4/15!
The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a world famous mountain sightseeing route in the Northern Japan Alps that reaches elevations of over 9,000 feet. The total length of the route is nearly 60 miles. The route is closed during winter for heavy snow, but finally opened this year on April 15!
With the JR "Alpine-Takayama-Matsumoto Area Tourist Pass," you can easily enjoy the magnificent nature of Tateyama Kurobe while using tra...ins, buses and cable cars. With this pass, you can take a convenient round trip centered on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route from Nagoya to the charming area of places like Takayama, Gero, Shinano Omachi, Matsumoto, and Kisoji (Narai, Nagiso etc).
Click the link below for more information => http://touristpass.jp/en/alpine/
"It’s the birthplace of tonkotsu ramen and the home of one of Japan’s craziest festivals."
Fukuoka is just a two-hour flight from Tokyo and a three-hour ferry from Busan, South Korea, and yet few Americans ever set foot in Japan’s sixth-largest city. Nestled on the northern coast of Kyushu Island, it offers sacred shrines, world-class architecture, and one of Japan’s wildest festivals,...
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"What Tottori does have, in abundance, is sand: Undulating golden dunes stretch for about 10 miles along the coast here, so majestic they have been turned into a national park."
Officials in Tottori, Japan, are trying to attract more foreign tourists, and an exhibit of improbably intricate sand sculptures is central to the effort.
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"This set of scared rocks in the middle of the ocean represent a husband and wife (Meoto Iwa signifies "the Wedded Rocks"). The rope connecting them, called a shimenawa, is ceremoniously changed three times a year. On a lucky day it's possible to catch the sun rising between the rocks and the subtle silhouette of Mount Fuji in the distance."
