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Hakone’s Curry Bread and Footbath Combo is Selling Like Hotcakes

A unique combination of mouth-watering Japanese bread and natural foot massage is packing them in at a bakery in the popular tourist…

Nara Dreamland: How It Became a Nightmare

It was meant to be a paradise. But it ended up a nightmare instead. The story of how Nara Dreamland came to…

Tokyo Tower’s Aquarium is in Trouble

Japan loves the ocean (it's surrounded by it, so it's almost a survival instinct), and a favorite Japanese pastime is going to…

My Encounter with an Endangered Japanese Whisky

A fateful encounter in Tokyo with a bottle of Hibiki 17 led me to explore why Japanese whiskey is flying off shelves…