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TRAVEL

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
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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.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015
Cheers to Hirosaki's latest use of its apples
If you ask someone about Aomori Prefecture, it is likely that the subject of apples would pop up in conversation sooner or later. The city of Hirosaki boasts the title of holding the highest apple crop yields in Japan, producing 160,000 tons of apples per year, and being home to more than 6,000 orchards...
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Nov 7, 2015
Sewing the seeds of new craft ideas
'I never thought I'd be taking over my father's position. At first, I wasn't even interested in the tradition of the stitching," says Sadaharu Narita, president of crafts company Hirosaki Kogin Kenkyujo. "But now that I'm in that position, I feel grateful that I can seek out and produce new values...
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2015
Japan urges caution for travelers considering Sinai flights
The Japanese Embassy in Egypt on Thursday issued an advisory for travelers to exercise caution taking flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh following a deadly Russian airliner crash in the region last week.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Nov 5, 2015
Plan offers an exciting holiday stay; Latvian chef serves global creations; enjoying a tasty Thanksgiving meal
Plan offers an exciting holiday stay
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Oct 31, 2015
Sensory overload in Aomori's capital city
I nearly walk by Aomori's Furukawa market on the first pass, expecting something akin to the cacophony of Tokyo's central wholesale fish market (known casually to most as Tsukiji). Sliding open the door to the squat building, however, I am assaulted with the not unwelcome scent of fresh seafood, an encouraging...
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 31, 2015
Stepping out of her comfort zone
Risotto ... pizza ... pasta. Oh. My. God.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2015
China's graying migrants have stash of money ready to spend
Migrant worker Guo Huailiang is planning to live it up a bit in his retirement.

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