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Art & Culture
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Now Recruiting Participants for the Trial Tsubame Industry Sightseeing Tour!
Tsubame City in Niigata Prefecture has numerous metalworking factories and is world-famous as an area producing metal house wares and Western tablewar...[ 2011.09.01 | Art & Culture, Events | | PermaLink ]
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Celebrating the Matsumoto Castle, Nagano
Matsumoto Castle, which is listed as a National Treasure of Japan, took 3rd place of "Must-see Attractions in Japan Awarded by Inbound Travelers" by T...[ 2011.07.04 | Art & Culture, History | Rie | PermaLink ]
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Craft Fair Matsumoto
Last weekend, I went to the event Craft Fair Matsumoto. The Craft Fair Matsumoto is the 27th annual outside arts and crafts event in the city of Mat...[ 2011.06.01 | Art & Culture, Events | Rie | PermaLink ]
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Pottery Festival in Kasama, Ibaraki
I went to the pottery festival in Kasama city during the Golden Week holiday. Kasama city is known for its pottery, Kasama-yaki. This pottery festiva...[ 2011.05.19 | Art & Culture, Shopping, Spring | Kazumi | PermaLink ]
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Sendai Kaleidoscope Art Museum
Akiu Onsen Village also houses the world's first kaleidoscope museum. Once you walk through the doors of this museum, you'll immediately be drawn in ...[ 2009.04.01 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]
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Akiu Craft Village
Akiu Onsen's nearby craft village gives you a unique chance to see some original Japanese woodworking and other crafts up close. Sendai is famous for...[ 2009.03.25 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]
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Sakunami Kokeshi
The traditional Japanese dolls known as kokeshi were first made in the Tohoku region of Japan. Sendai's Sakunami Onsen area is home to a particular v...[ 2009.02.25 | Art & Culture, Sendai | Team JTB Sendai | PermaLink ]
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The Sleek Black Walls of Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture
About one hour away from Kyoto by limited express train, Nagahama City in Shiga Prefecture opens up onto the Hokkokukaido, a historical route linking ...[ 2008.12.03 | Art & Culture, History, Travel | Hiro Imaizumi | PermaLink ]
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Tokushima Prefecture's Naruto City: Birthplace of German & Japanese friendship
I'd like to talk about the Naruto German House in Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku. In 1914, during Japan's offensive in German-occu...[ 2008.12.03 | Art & Culture, History, Travel | Hiro Imaizumi | PermaLink ]
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World Heritage Site Nikko & Kegon Waterfall Tour Report!
On 3 September 2008 I tried one of our Sunrise Tours for myself, and visited Nikko and Kegon Falls! Leaving from Tokyo, I got to experience all of the...[ 2008.09.12 | Art & Culture, Nature, Sunrise Tours | Kazumi | PermaLink ]
