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    Aomori tops Japan festival destination

    Published on 19/07/2015

    » TOKYO — Aomori in northeastern Japan is the most popular prefecture for festivals, surpassing Kyoto prefecture, one of the top tourist destinations in the world, a survey by a major domestic travel agency showed.

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    Universal studios, JAL join hands to attract more visitors

    Published on 12/05/2015

    » OSAKA — The operator of Universal Studios Japan (USJ) in Osaka and Japan Airlines said Monday they have formed a partnership to attract more visitors to the theme park and increase air passengers by making the most of USJ's customer base and the airline's flight network.

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    Local food specialties boost Japan tourism

    Published on 02/09/2015

    » TOKYO — From dumplings to fried noodles, more and more municipalities in Japan are promoting specialty dishes as a way to attract tourists and revitalise their economies.

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    Tourists flock to Japan's new industrial heritage sites

    Published on 12/07/2015

    » FUKUOKA — Many tourists visited the "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution" on the first Saturday after the sites were added to the Unesco World Cultural Heritage list.

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    Tokyo DisneySea to open new ride

    Published on 20/05/2015

    » TOKYO — The operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan will open a new attraction featuring the Disney/Pixar "Finding Nemo" animated film series at the Tokyo DisneySea Park in spring 2017.

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    Legoland indoor park opens in Osaka

    Published on 24/04/2015

    » OSAKA — An indoor amusement park filled with Lego blocks opened Thursday in Osaka, the second in Japan for Danish toy maker Lego Group, which opened a similar theme park in Tokyo in 2012.

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    DisneySea to have area themed on 'Frozen'

    Published on 29/04/2015

    » TOKYO — The operator of the Disney theme parks in Japan said Tuesday it will set up a facility featuring the hit Disney movie "Frozen" in the Tokyo DisneySea amusement park as early as 2017 as part of its 500 billion yen (138 billion baht) investment plan.

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    Sapporo Snow Festival begins as quake recovery continues

    Published on 04/02/2019

    » SAPPORO: The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japan's most celebrated winter events, officially opened on Monday in the Hokkaido capital, with locals' minds still on the massive earthquake that shook the nation's northernmost main island five months earlier.

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    The innocent isle

    Brunch, Published on 21/01/2018

    » A country just beginning to realise its tourism potential can be a wonderful place to visit. You can enjoy its natural delights free of the scams and overcrowding associated with more famous destinations that have had their charms tainted by the very industry that first put them on the map.

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    Japan's first outdoor Legoland park opens in Nagoya

    Published on 01/04/2017

    » NAGOYA - Japan's first outdoor Legoland park fully opened in Nagoya on Saturday as a major attraction aimed at bringing more foreign tourists and an economic boon to the country's third largest business area.

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