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The World’s First Pokémon Airport Aims to Boost Japan’s Noto Region Post-Quake
Ishikawa Prefecture is renaming Noto Satoyama Airport as 'Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport' from July 7, 2026, making it the world's…

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Ishikawa Prefecture is renaming Noto Satoyama Airport as 'Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport' from July 7, 2026, making it the world's…
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Japanese summer is impossible to imagine without hanabi taikai, the riverbank fireworks displays that pack millions onto seawalls every July and August.…
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Every summer, neighborhoods and remote mountain villages across Japan ring with taiko, flute, and shuffling feet. Bon Odori is Japan's quietly extraordinary…
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While inbound tourists mainly clog up the Golden Route, domestic Japanese travelers make full use of hisho-chi, highland summer resorts.
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A growing destination, Fukuoka is managing the potential pitfalls of overtourism through a mix of yatai and downtown development.
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As more tourist hot spots look at dual pricing, Japan's government prepares rules to ensure it's implemented legally.
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Sometimes, it really is more about the journey than the destination. Here are some romantic train rides in Japan that prove it.
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The number of accidents parallels similar incidents across Japan as travelers take unnecessary risks and expose themselves to danger.
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