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Unmissable Events

1. Comic Market
   A fan’s festival of manga and anime
2. Design Festa
   A bonanza of art and creativity
3. Kashima Gatalympics
   Mud, mud and more mud
4. Koenji Awaodori
   Music, dance and euphoria
5. Yabusame
   Horseback archery samurai-style
6. Miyako Odori
   Kyoto’s geisha dances
7. Sapporo Snow Festival
   A winter wonderland
8. Asakusa Samba Carnival
   Tokyo de Janeiro
9. Hanami
   Cherry Blossom Parties
10. BOAT RACE
    Power, speed and gambling
11. Fuji Rock Festival
    Music in the mountains

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Japan’s Unmissable Sleeping Experiences

1. Night Train
   Wake up a Thousand Miles Away
2. Minshuku
   Bed and Breakfast without the Bed
3. Manga Kissa
   Slumber in a World of Comics
4. Temple Lodging
   Peace, Beauty and Tranquillity
5. Business Hotel
   Accommodation at its Most Efficient
6. Ryokan
   Sleep like a Samurai
7. Karaoke Box
   Sing the Night Away
8. Capsule Hotel
   Sleeping in a Box
9. Love Hotel
   Fantasy Made Real
10. Luxury Hotel
    Modern Japan’s Prime Offering

Hotel Chapel Christmas
Visit Santa all year round

Sleep Tight

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Unmissable Tokyo Experiences

1. Golden Gai
   A Surviving Fragment of Old Tokyo
2. Kabuki-za
   Theatre from the Samurai Era
3. Tsukiji
   The World’s Biggest Fish Market
4. Shimokitazawa
   Tokyo’s Coolest Neighbourhood
5. Manin Densha
   Train Travel Sardine-Style
6. Shibuya
   A Playground for Japan’s Youth
7. Shinjuku Station
   The World’s Busiest Station
8. Meiji Jingu
   Tokyo’s Royal Shrine
9. Super Sento
   Getting Naked with Strangers
10. Depato
    Temples to Consumerism

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Unmissable Volcanic Experiences

1. Mount Fuji
   Beautiful but ferocious
2. Aso
   Living inside a crater
3. Sakurajima
   Eruptions every day
4. Unzen
   A deadly mountain
5. Hakone
   The great boiling valley
6. Kusatsu Shirane
   Hot crater lakes
7. Usu and Lake Toya
   A trail of destruction

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Everything Else

1. Superdry 極度乾燥（しなさい）
   A lingual conundrum
2. Only in Japan: Products you’ll find nowhere else
3. Animal Tails
   Japan’s newest fashion phenomenon
4. Rolling Stones
   An alternative view of moss
5. The World’s Fastest Train
   China, Europe or Japan?
6. Pasona Urban Farm
   Growing rice in an office building
7. Serving Sake
   Drinking from a box
8. 変な日本語 (Strange Japanese)
   Misuse of Japanese the world over
9. Japanese Wildlife
   Beautiful, weird, scary and cute animals
10. Cycling in Japan
    Bicycles everywhere
11. The Self Defence Force
    Japan’s ‘not an army’
12. Kyudo
    Archery meets Zen
13. Urban Fishing
    Outside, inside and at restaurants
14. Japan’s Trains
    A smorgasbord of locomotion
15. Hanafuda
    Gambling with flowers

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Book a Cheap Ryokan

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Traditional Marriage Customs

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Unmissable Books about Japan

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Bonus

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