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Best Hotels Near Ikoma Station | The Cable-Car Mountain Between Cities
Japan's oldest cable car climbs to a cliff temple and a toy funfair in the sky — twenty…
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Best Hotels Near Gakuenmae Station | The Museum Suburb
Nara's garden suburb with an art-museum secret — honest advice on the quiet stop between Osaka and the…
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Best Hotels Near Yamato-Saidaiji Station | The Junction by the Palace Field
Kintetsu's great crossing beside the ancient palace field — Suzaku Gate sunsets and every line of the old…
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Best Hotels Near Kintetsu-Nara Station | The Deer Park’s Front Door
Five minutes from bowing deer and the Great Buddha — and the town empties gloriously when the day-trippers…
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Best Hotels Near Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station | The Hankyu Garden Junction
The Hankyu junction of gardens and concert halls — with Takarazuka's revue one line north and Koshien's roar…
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Best Hotels Near Akashi Station | The Meridian Town of Octopus & Bridges
Japan's clock is set here — and so is its octopus standard: Uontana market, true akashiyaki and the…
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Best Hotels Near Kobe Station | Harborland’s Ferris-Wheel Quarter
The wheel, the mosaic decks and dinner over the water — plus the medieval port where Kiyomori moved…
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Best Hotels Near Sannomiya Station | Kobe’s Cosmopolitan Heart
Foreign mansions uphill, Chinatown downhill, harbor lights beyond — and Kobe beef sizzling in between.
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Best Hotels Near Tsuruhashi Station | Osaka’s Koreatown of Charcoal Smoke
Step off the platform into charcoal smoke — yakiniku alleys, kimchi markets and Japan's great Koreatown, honestly based.
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