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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Jan 9, 2009

And the dog can come too

The Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa in Kanagawa Prefecture is welcoming man's best friend with a dog-friendly stay package for up to five people and up to two dogs in a private cottage.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2008

Walking the body electric

At long last, scientific researchers in Tokyo are looking into the city's greatest surplus — pedestrians. Panels installed at Tokyo station and in Shibuya have started to generate electricity from human steps, enough energy in its research phase to illuminate Christmas lights and display boards. These...
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 5, 2008

'Kyoto Winter Special'

Following its great success last year, the "Kyoto Winter Special" promotional campaign returns with a "Four Nights for the Price of Three" accommodation package at the Hyatt Regency Kyoto from Dec. 7 to March 18.
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JAPAN / LETTERS FROM KOBE
Sep 5, 2008

'Life keeps right on moving'

Ashes and rubble covered the devastated land as far as the eye could see.
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LIFE / Travel
Aug 22, 2008

Between Sword and Spear in the Japanese Alps

I opened my eyes: clouds broke against the ridgeline, sending their tendrils skyward in the eastern updraft, high above the vertiginous vista that stretched away to distant, snow-touched mountains. I was taking a breather on a narrow ledge close to the pinnacle of Tsurugi-dake — Sword Peak — the...
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LIFE / Travel / FREEWHEELIN' ACROSS JAPAN
Apr 18, 2008

Salvation sought in Sendai

Second of two parts
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Apr 4, 2008

Bamboo kaiseki and all-you-can-drink bubbly in Tokyo this month

Seasonal buffet at New Otani At the lunch and dinner buffet of the Hotel New Otani's Top of the Tower restaurant, you can enjoy seasonal spring ingredients and panoramic views of the Tokyo metropolis from its 40th-floor perch.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2008

Police priorities crossed in stabbings

Eight plainclothes police officers on the lookout for a 24-year-old man were unable to stop him from going on a stabbing spree in and outside JR Arakawaoki Station in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on March 23. One man was killed and seven other people were injured, two of them critically.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 28, 2008

David Zuddas at the Cerulean, Japanese wines at Beige

Hilton Odawara resort activities The Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa in Kanagawa Prefecture has put together a "Resort Activity" package for weekday use of seven of its most popular facilities.
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 7, 2008

Ritz-Carlton's anniversary and Arrogant Bastard ale

Ritz-Carlton anniversary plan To mark its first anniversary March 30, the Ritz-Carlton Tokyo is offering a "First Anniversary" accommodation plan from March 7 through April 30.
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Reference / Special Presentations / WITNESS TO WAR
Dec 20, 2007

A long life of peace that sprung from war

Twelfth in a series
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LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 7, 2007

Hotpot, hot springs and cold beers Nabe Fair at Westin Tokyo

Nabe Fair at Westin Tokyo The Mai Japanese restaurant at the Westin Hotel Tokyo is holding a Nabe Fair through Feb. 29.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Nov 20, 2007

Watching them watching us

A s many non-Japanese are well aware, today is "G Day," or "F Day," or whatever cute name you'd like to assign to it: The day that the government begins fingerprinting virtually all foreigners — or "gaijin," or more appropriately "gaikokujin" — entering Japan. And those of us who will be subjected...
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Aug 17, 2007

Summertime and the grazing is easy

It's holiday time and the Food File is off for a break, but not before tidying up a few loose ends. This column is a summer miscellany — call it a chop suey (from the Cantonese shap sui, meaning "odds and ends") — on a few of the places we've visited and enjoyed in recent months.
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JAPAN / UPPER HOUSE SHOWDOWN
Jul 30, 2007

One thing's sure: Status quo doesn't cut it

An electorate dismayed by a seemingly endless series of scandals involving the ruling bloc went to the polls Sunday to decide the fate of the current leadership in the House of Councilors.
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LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Jun 1, 2007

To infinity and beyond

At the southern end of Edogawa Ward, Kasai Rinkai Koen Seaside Park dips its toes in the Pacific Ocean. From there, it's possible to see Tokyo Disney Resort across the water in Urayasu.
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LIFE / Travel
Apr 27, 2007

Under the lonesome trees

Picnic areas. Fishing holes. Camp grounds. Onsen. Hiking trails galore. The Okutama area, with all that it has to offer, might be called the playground of Tokyo, and a weekend visit proves that the great outdoors on the capital's doorstep is a crowd-puller.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Jan 5, 2007

Chiyoda's good circulation

Many consider Chiyoda the heart of Tokyo, and no wonder. The ward pumps lifeblood in and out with circadian regularity.
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LIFE / Travel / WALKING THE WARDS
Dec 1, 2006

Katsushika a cut above all your expectations

Many of Tokyo's award-winning swordsmiths choose to live in Ka-tsushika. Why? "Land has always been cheap here," said Shoji Yoshihara, 61, designated an Important Living Cultural Property of the ward and deputy head of All Japan Swordsmiths Association. "The process of making swords is noisy and smoky,...
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CULTURE / Music
Sep 8, 2006

Hyde Park

When and where: Saitama is really part of Tokyo, except when you get far enough out and places like Inariyama Park in Sayama feel a bit like Woodstock. That's even more the case on Sept. 9 and 10 (noon to 8:30 p.m.), when more than 20 bands perform at the Hyde Park Music Festival.

Longform

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?