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In this article: Introduction The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of Japan’s great winter events, and its scale surprises first-timers. These are...
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In this article: Introduction Nara was Japan’s capital more than 1,200 years ago, and it holds temples of extraordinary scale and age....
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In this article: Introduction Some places are visited for pleasure and some for understanding. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is firmly the second....
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In this article: Introduction Kyoto rewards walking, and no walk is more fitting than the Philosopher’s Path. It follows a stone-lined canal...
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In this article: Introduction Most travelers photograph the Hachiko statue because it is next to Shibuya Crossing. Fewer know the story, and...
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In this article: Introduction The Arashiyama bamboo grove is a short path — you can walk its main stretch in ten minutes...
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In this article: Introduction Tokyo Skytree is hard to miss — it dominates the eastern skyline and is visible from much of...
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In this article: Introduction The remarkable thing about Shibuya Crossing is not that it is busy — plenty of intersections are busy....
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In this article: Introduction Tokyo does not have one anime district; it has several, each grown around a slightly different corner of...
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