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Traditional Japanese tatami room with futons overlooks a garden and koi pond at sunset.

Unique Places to Stay in Japan: Temples, Machiya, Capsules

Skip the generic hotel chains: real unique places to stay in Japan run $23 capsule pods to $665 ryokan nights, with prices and booking windows for 2025.

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A traveler silhouette bowing at a Shinto shrine, with shoes at a genkan and a dining tray with chopsticks in the frame.

Shoes to chopsticks: japanese etiquette for travelers

Most tourists slip up on tatami and tips - this japanese etiquette for travelers guide covers shoes, bowing, chopsticks, and trains, updated for 2026.

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Pokémon Center store in Japan with colorful plush and merchandise displays

Pokemon Center Japan: Which Stores Are Worth Your Time

A 2024 ranking of 8 Tokyo-area Pokemon Center Japan stores put TOKYO DX first at 67/70. Here's which flagships earn the detour in 2025.

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Hirokawa's golden ginkgo grove in Fukuoka, a dense stand of amber leaves over fallen gold

Yellow Spring Road Japan: It's in Fukuoka, Not Wakayama

Yellow Spring Road Japan is 450 km from where most sites place it. Taibaru no Ichō is in Hirokawa, Fukuoka - open 7 days a year, verified address inside.

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Japan's cat islands with distant rocky islets and resting cats

Cat Island Japan: Tashirojima vs Aoshima, Tested

Tokyo day trips to Aoshima cost double Tashirojima and skip lunch entirely. Here's which cat island Japan actually rewards the ferry ride.

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