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Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Dec 26, 2015
Catching the last of the season’s leaves at Shiba Daimon
When I exit the Oedo Subway Line's Daimon Station, I find myself inside an ebullient throng of Chinese tourists headed in the direction of the prominent Jodo-shu (Pure Land Sect) Buddhist Zojoji Temple. The temple's oldest structure, the elegant 1622 red-lacquered Sangedatsumon gate, is a National Important...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 26, 2015
Tokyo digs: It's hosteling, but not as we know it
A line of around 30 people queueing for snacks snakes around the inside of Izakaya Bunka, a Japanese-style pub, during its packed opening night on Dec. 14. Staffers at the Asakusa Ward spot have laid out an impressive buffet-style spread for all in attendance, set in front of a stack of nihonshu (Japanese...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 24, 2015
Relaxing with a cup of afternoon tea; ring in 2016 with music, Champagne; experience tradition with temple tour
Relaxing with a cup of afternoon tea
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 19, 2015
Bask in the warmth of Iheya Island
I thought I recognized the owner of the Iheya Kanko Hotel, her face fleetingly recalled as it passed over the screen at a Shinjuku showing of the 2012 film "Karakara."
WORLD
Dec 17, 2015
U.S. spending bill tightens visa waiver program for 38 countries
Citizens of 38 countries, including many in Europe, will face new restrictions on travel to the United States under changes to the "visa waiver" program tucked into a massive spending bill unveiled in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 17, 2015
A jazzy way to kick off the new year; enjoying lunch in chic, relaxing space; taking tea in luxurious atmosphere
A jazzy way to kick off the new year
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 16, 2015
Yahoo Japan agrees to buy travel site Ikyu for ¥100 billion
Yahoo Japan Corp. has agreed to acquire Ikyu Corp. for as much as ¥100.2 billion, using its biggest-ever deal to bolster its online travel business.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 12, 2015
The changing view of Onomichi town
Last September, the town of Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture became a headline-grabbing topic around the world with its Cat Street View project. In its first two weeks online, this Google-style map of the town, filmed from a cat's perspective, went viral, racking up 1.7 million views. CNN, Huffington...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 10, 2015
Tasting a towering chocolate delight; enjoying a delicious blue Christmas; great gateau to celebrate the holidays
Tasting a towering chocolate delight
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 5, 2015
Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan's diplomats
‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and Japanologist, arrived in Japan in 1862...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Dec 3, 2015
Enjoying a luxurious slumber party; cakes put the final touch on holidays; experience the finest tea in high style
Enjoying a luxurious slumber party
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Nov 28, 2015
The big-ticket gifts of Kumano-dori
As November grows chilly, I warm up with an urban hike to hunt out seasonal gifts for friends and family. Tokyo is a bastion of creativity and craftsmanship, and shopping the backstreets is like touring a gallery of desires you never knew you had. I exit the Ginza Line's Gaienmae Station, and trot off...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 26, 2015
Enjoy a calm, relaxing New Year's Eve; satisfying the holiday sweet tooth; delicious cakes add flavor to festivities
Enjoy a calm, relaxing New Year's Eve
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2015
Amid U.S. global travel alert, Obama assures Americans they can safely take Thanksgiving trips
President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans they are safe as millions of people traveled on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday, with security heightened at airports, New York City's parade festivities and other venues after the Paris attacks.
BUSINESS / TRAVEL INSIDER
Nov 24, 2015
SAS debuts new cabins; all-female Ethiopian crew; KLM redesigns interiors
SAS debuts new cabins
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 19, 2015
Christmas stay includes Santa visit; new desserts added to luxury lunch; elaborate cakes to celebrate holidays
Christmas stay includes Santa visit
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 17, 2015
Pentagon bans service members, civilian personnel from unofficial travel to Paris
The U.S. military has banned troops and civilian personnel from any nonwork-related travel to Paris, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, after deadly attacks across the French capital last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2015
Marriott's $12.2 billion Starwood buy signals innkeeper shakeup amid Airbnb blitz
Marriott International Inc.'s agreement to buy Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. in a $12.2 billion deal, creating the world's largest lodging company, signals more consolidation to come as hotel operators find being bigger is better to compete with each other and such upstarts as Airbnb Inc....
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 14, 2015
Nishinoshima: Oki's island of sanctuary
Were it not for the well-nourished faces of the passengers suffused with keen expressions of expectation and purpose, the supine bodies, unpacked food, luggage and blankets strewn across the hard flooring of the ferry's modern equivalent of steerage class resembled those of a migrant ship.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015
Aomori's moving castle and other architectural tales
Once every century, Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture experiences an unusual event — the Hirosaki Moving Castle Project — when the city relocates an entire castle using manpower only.

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