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Enjoy a taste of Tokyo

I'm sure if it's the early morning earthquake or the headline in that day's edition of the Japan Times that surprises me most. There, top right on the front page, next to stories on the Fukushima nuclear crisis and March 11 tsunami, is "Chef's fugu licence axed after diner hospitalised". Below is the account of a diner recently poisoned by the famously toxic puffer fish liver at a two-star Michelin restaurant in the city's glamorous Ginza district. But back in the hotel restaurant, most of the talk around our table is of the 5.3 earthquake that shook us all awake. So far my first morning has combined elements of a disaster movie with an episode of The Simpsons. Welcome to Tokyo. Ref. Source 2

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Friends Without Clothes and Vagabonding Without Shame: Tips to Find the Real Japan


If predictability and room service don't figure prominently in your personal mantra, anthropologist Stephen Le has some ideas on how to tailor a charmingly quixotic quest to discover Japan, on a bare-bones budget.
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Trains planes full as holiday U-turn rush peaks
Local Japanese News In English

The New Year holiday U-turn rush peaked on Thursday as thousands of holidaymakers crowded airports, train stations and expressways on their way home. (Japan Today)
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For Golden Week tourists flood a newly affordable Japan
Local Japanese News In English

The yen's sharp drop is transforming Japan's reputation as a prohibitively expensive place to visit, turbocharging the country's tourism industry long identified as a growth engine for the maturing economy. (Wall Street Journal)
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Foreign Travelers To Japan Mark New High In April
Local Japanese News In English

The weaker yen and easier visa requirements for some Asian tourists are making more people choose Japan as a holiday destination. (NHK)
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Godzilla named official tourism ambassador in Tokyo

Tokyo's newest tourism ambassador has historically not had Tokyo's best interests in mind. Ref. Source 6

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Japan embraces Muslim visitors to bolster tourism

Japanese entrepreneurs see lucrative opportunities in attracting Muslim tourists. Ref. Source 9u

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Weird things about travel in Japan

HOLIDAYING in Japan can be a surreal and unnerving experience. Here are four things that took this Australian by complete surprise. Ref. Source 8g.