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Streets, Beats & Eats – Tokyo Posted by on Mar 27, 2017

Streets, Beats & Eats - Tokyo

Tokyo is a fascinating city. It’s not only the Japanese capital, but the largest metropolitan area in the world. As it’s made up of 23 wards that are all unique, it’s basically a collection of cities. On a short visit to Tokyo, you can check out a few of them and have a totally different…

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24 Hours in Nagasaki (Part One) Posted by on Nov 23, 2016

Next up in our video tour of Japan, we head to Nagasaki on the island of Kyushu. One of only two cities to ever be hit by an atomic bomb, Nagasaki has rebuilt and transformed itself since the end of World War II. In Part One of the video, take the bullet train into the…

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Exploring Kyoto Posted by on Sep 27, 2016

Kyoto (京都) was once the capital of Japan for an entire millennium. In fact, the name can actually be translated as “capital city,” although that distinction now belongs to Tokyo. During its long reign as the center of Japan, the city acquired countless palaces, shrines, and temples. Kyoto managed to largely escape the bombings of…

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Famous Japanese Temple in Kyōto Posted by on May 28, 2011

Kyōto is a city that has some of the best Buddhist temples in Japan. For example Kinkakuji (金閣寺) is one of the most popular temples in Japan. It’s name means ‘Golden Pavilion Temple’. It’s called that because two stories of the temple are covered in gold leaf. Kinkakuji is a temple that houses relics of…

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