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8 Most Popular Flea Markets and Shopping Areas in Kobe

Jul 27, 2018 By Justin Hanus

From intensive retail therapy to quick souvenir shopping, Kobe has a score of places where you can explore and discover...[ Click to read more ]

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8 Most Popular Beer Pubs and Breweries in Kobe

Jul 27, 2018 By Justin Hanus

One of the best places to visit at night are where the drinks and food are. After a long day...[ Click to read more ]

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Tokyo’s rise of the premium BBQ sites

Jul 27, 2018 By Jason Gatewood

As long as we have known fire, we’ve also known barbecue. Most of humanity would agree that there’s nothing beating...[ Click to read more ]

Furnishing your New Japanese Home

Jul 27, 2018 By Jason Gatewood

Though the chances of finding your new home in Japan thoroughly barren of even light fixtures and nothing short of...[ Click to read more ]

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Bon Odori Dancing Festivals in Tokyo

Jul 27, 2018 By Jason Gatewood

Obon is an annual event where Buddhists and Confucians celebrate their ancestors.  Buddhists and many Japanese people in general believe...[ Click to read more ]

Buying Summer Yukata in Nagoya

Jul 27, 2018 By Bert Wishart

If you have been to any of this summer's fireworks festivals around Nagoya and Aichi you may have noticed many...[ Click to read more ]

Tokyo’s Beer Gardens

Jul 25, 2018 By Bert Wishart

It could be argued that one of the greatest things on Earth is sitting outside on a warm summer’s day...[ Click to read more ]

Staying Cool in the (Japanese) Heat

Jul 25, 2018 By Jason Gatewood

  Our latest weather woes have made international headlines recently, with an unprecedented heatwave that has set records across Japan....[ Click to read more ]

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Celebrate Mountain Day by Hiking Around Aichi

Jul 25, 2018 By Bert Wishart

One great thing about living in Japan is the fact that there are so many holidays. Between New Year’s Day on...[ Click to read more ]

Celebrate Bon Odori By the Kobe Seaside

Jul 25, 2018 By Justin Hanus

Bon Odori festivals are well known as an entertaining and interesting summer events across Japan, and Kobe’s seaside fest is...[ Click to read more ]