Kanto Region Onsen: The Rundown Nasu-onsen-kyo Hot Spring Village It is believed that a deer was witnessed healing its wounds in this hot spring about 1400 years ago. Seven hot springs are spotted on the slope of Nasu-dake Valley. Its main hot spring, Nasu-Yumoto-onsen, includes a historical spot called “Sessho-seki,” a stone that is believed...
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Kanto Region Onsen: The Rundown Nasu-onsen-kyo Hot Spring Village It is believed that a deer was witnessed healing its wounds in this hot spring about 1400 years ago. Seven hot springs are spotted on the slope of Nasu-dake Valley. Its main hot spring, Nasu-Yumoto-onsen, includes a historical spot called “Sessho-seki,” a stone that is believed...
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Customs and Culture
January 4, 2015 2:44 pm
Mathew Ryan
Customs and Culture
January 4, 2015 2:44 pm
Mathew Ryan
Festivals in Japan run throughout the year, especially during the summer season. There are a number of local festivals all over the country and larger festivals in Japan’s bigger cities; like Tokyo, Sapporo, and Osaka. Here is a brief overview of the most famous festivals. Festivals In Japan: A Quick Look The Sapporo Snow Festival...
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Festivals in Japan run throughout the year, especially during the summer season. There are a number of local festivals all over the country and larger festivals in Japan’s bigger cities; like Tokyo, Sapporo, and Osaka. Here is a brief overview of the most famous festivals. Festivals In Japan: A Quick Look The Sapporo Snow Festival...
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Quick, fresh, tasty and cheap; or at least very reasonable priced, these are the words you would associate with Japanese food chains and quick restaurants. There are a lot of different food chains in Japan offering Japanese as well as Western kitchen. These include fast food restaurants, which are different from most western fast food...
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Quick, fresh, tasty and cheap; or at least very reasonable priced, these are the words you would associate with Japanese food chains and quick restaurants. There are a lot of different food chains in Japan offering Japanese as well as Western kitchen. These include fast food restaurants, which are different from most western fast food...
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Shopping in Japan is a national pastime, which makes it one of the greatest places in the world to go shopping. There are an amazing amount of unique and special items one can find, including high tech electronics, super cute products, and weird objects found only in Japan. Here is a brief rundown of shopping...
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Shopping in Japan is a national pastime, which makes it one of the greatest places in the world to go shopping. There are an amazing amount of unique and special items one can find, including high tech electronics, super cute products, and weird objects found only in Japan. Here is a brief rundown of shopping...
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Kyoto, sometimes called “City of Ten Thousand Shrines” was the former imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years. Located in the Kansai region, it is a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Kyoto is one of the best preserved historical cities in Japan. Kyoto houses the most famous temples in Japan,...
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Kyoto, sometimes called “City of Ten Thousand Shrines” was the former imperial capital of Japan for more than one thousand years. Located in the Kansai region, it is a major part of the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area. Kyoto is one of the best preserved historical cities in Japan. Kyoto houses the most famous temples in Japan,...
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