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On Japan’s Rural Coast, One Sleepy Town’s Locals Are Vying For the Megacities’ Travelers
In a bid to attract visitors frustrated by Japan’s crowds, one coastal corner of Fukui prefecture offers genuine connection ...
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Japan's Nagoya Pays People to Stand Still on Escalators in Bid to Enforce New Etiquette
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Nagoya, a city in Japan, is paying people to stand still on escalators for six hours a day. The ...
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This City Has the Most Hidden Gems in Japan—and It's Not Tokyo or Kyoto
Nara City (the capital of the eponymous prefecture of Nara) is home to a little over 367,000 people and is located just 20 miles east of Osaka and 28 miles southeast of Kyoto. It is well-connected to ...
Not Nagasaki, but this city was first target of atom bomb, US changed its decision due to….
During the Second World War, America dropped atomic bombs on two cities of Japan - Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But do you know, ...
US planned to drop atom bomb at this Japanese city instead of Nagasaki during World War II, but changed its decision due to...
These attacks killed tens of thousands of people and turned both cities into ruins. But very few know that Nagasaki was not ...
Japan’s Yokohama city govt, companies look to help elderly live longer, healthier with makeup
TOKYO: The Yokohama city government and companies are encouraging the elderly to apply makeup and care for their skin, hoping ...
Cosplayers shine light on historic home in western Japan city
An old residence in the western Japanese city of Kitakyushu has served as the backdrop for a modern phenomenon. Cosplayers ...