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Best Hotels Near Matsusaka Station | The Beef Castle Town
Japan's beef capital is also a lovely castle town — sukiyaki temples, samurai terraces and a great scholar's…
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Best Hotels Near Kintetsu-Tomita Station | The Hikers’ Junction
The junction where cement trains and flower-mountain hikers share a platform — a plain-spoken base north of Yokkaichi.
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Best Hotels Near Kuwana Station | Clams, Conder & the Resort Next Door
The grilled-clam town of the old Tokaido — a Conder villa, castle moats, and Japan's wildest coasters ten…
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Best Hotels Near Tsu Station | The One-Syllable Capital
Japan's shortest city name hides a National Treasure temple town, a great Kannon, and an unagi habit worth…
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Best Hotels Near Kintetsu-Yokkaichi Station | Teapots, Tonteki & Factory Constellations
Mie's biggest city — purple-clay teapots, garlicky tonteki, a toy-gauge railway, and industrial constellations after dark.
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Best Hotels Near Fushimi Station (Nagoya) | Museums, Planetarium & the Quiet Side of Downtown
The giant silver planetarium, a Modigliani-hung museum, theater nights and grown-up calm — downtown Nagoya's quieter side.
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Best Hotels Near Sakae Station | Nagoya’s Neon Heart
The TV tower over the park, department-store canyons, Nishiki's neon and Osu's arcades — Nagoya's fun lives here.
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Best Hotels Near Kanayama Station | Nagoya’s Smart Second Hub
Three railways, one smart choice — airport directs, Atsuta's sacred forest one stop away, and calmer rates than…
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Best Hotels Near Kusanagi Station | The Sword Shrine & the Rodin Wing
Named for the legendary grass-cutting sword — with a hall of Rodins, tea-hill views and Toshogu gold on…
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