Last spring, the Japan National Tourism Organization reported back-to-back months with more than 3 million inbound visitors, ...

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When he took business trips to Tokyo, he pretended to be from Fukuoka city. If he told the truth, he said, people would be astonished that “I was from such a horrific place.” Kita-Kyushu has ...

There are endless urban centers to visit in Japan beyond Tokyo and Kyoto. To shift in a different direction from those two heavily touristed cities, head southwest to the island of Kyushu and its ...