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76Japanese Fall Traditions - Colorful Autumn Leaves
Japan is a scenic country all year round, but spring and fall battle it out for the most beautiful seasons. It's hard to pass up the wonder of cherry blossom season, but the colors of fall are truly...
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72Eating Giant Okonomiyaki in Japan
Everyone knows that the Japanese eat sushi, and tempura, and miso soup. But what about okonomiyaki? I lived in Japan for two years and it still took me a couple of months to discover this most tasty of dishes....
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66Sculptures and Art Around Hokkaido’s Lake Toya
Lake Toya in northern Japan is about to get famous: the G8 Summit will be held there in July 2008. But what will the politicians be able to see in their time off? Basically, a vast and beautiful lake with a...
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80Hokkaido’s Mount Usu Volcano is Smoking
Perhaps the least visited large island of Japan is Hokkaido in the north, since it's relatively far away from the main cities of Tokyo or Osaka, and doesn't have the fame of places like Hiroshima or Okinawa....
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76Attending a Sumo Wrestling Tournament in Japan
You might think sumo wrestling is just a bunch of really fat guys throwing each other around; and in a way you’d be right. But watching a sumo tournament is a fantastic quintessential Japanese...
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72Tips for Seeing Japanese Cherry Blossoms
There are many beautiful aspects to Japan, but for me the absolute winner is seeing Japan in cherry blossom season. The bountiful gorgeous blooms that might cover historic temples or pop up between skyscrapers...
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75Boiling Eggs in Yumura’s Natural Hot Springs
On the northern coast of Japan, above Osaka in Hyogo prefecture, you can find the small but well-known town of Yumura. Its claim to fame is as an onsen town: volcanically hot spring water flows through it,...
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83A Three Day Itinerary for Osaka, Japan
Osaka, Japan’s “second city”, often gets overlooked in favour of its more glamorous capital, Tokyo, or the more historically well-known cities like Kyoto or Hiroshima. But this exciting...
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71Tips for a Holiday on the Island of Okinawa
If you think of Okinawa, you might think of the Okinawa Diet and the island where people live longer anywhere else on earth. Two of the reasons for the longevity of Okinawans are good food and a relaxed...
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68How to Get to the Top of Mt Fuji
I’d seen Mt Fuji before, a short glimpse from the shinkansen (bullet train) as I sped from Osaka to Tokyo. At that time it was covered in snow, looking like a very elegant white volcano – a...
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