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07/25/2020

Location of the Movie Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

You may know that "Norwegian Wood" based on Japanese Haruki Murakami's novel was made into a movie in 2010. The location ...

07/04/2020

Sannomiya Center Gai Shopping Street is famous as a shopping district in Kobe, but there is a shopping district in the M ...

06/13/2020

Kawasaki is known worldwide as a motorcycle manufacturer along with Honda and Suzuki. Kawasaki World in Kobe is a corpor ...

05/23/2020

Mochi is a sticky traditional Japanese ingredient made from glutinous rice that is often eaten at events such as Japanes ...

04/25/2020

The Foundation Oriental Folk Museum in Nara City was founded in 1928 by Ojin Tsukumo as a private museum. The Renaissanc ...

04/01/2020

The Awaji Island Monkey Center is a facility where you can feed and interact with about 300 wild Japanese monkeys living ...

01/25/2020

In Hyogo Prefecture, which is represented by Kobe, there are many famous ramen shops. Among them, Kobe Cherie-tei is a f ...

12/28/2019

A short distance from Himeji Castle, a World Heritage Site, is the ancient temple Engyo-ji Temple. The tranquil temple w ...

12/07/2019

Iga City in Mie Prefecture and Koga City in Shiga Prefecture are famous as the birthplace of Ninja. Mie is not in the Ka ...

11/27/2019

The Ryosen-ji in Nara Prefecture was built in the 8th century, but since 1900, new facilities have been built one after ...