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Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station Guide | Japan’s Loneliest Shinkansen Stop & Where to Stay
Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide · Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station Okutsugaru-Imabetsu Station: Japan’s Loneliest Shinkansen Stop —Cape Tappi, the Seikan Tunnel &…
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Best Hotels Near Shin-Aomori Station | Nebuta, Jomon Sites & Shinkansen Junction
Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide · Shin-Aomori Station Shin-Aomori Station: Aomori’s Bullet Train Gateway —Nebuta, Jomon Ruins & the Best…
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Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide: Tokyo to Hakodate Under the Sea
Shinkansen Line Guide · Hokkaido Shinkansen Hokkaido Shinkansen Guide: Under the Sea to Hokkaido —Tokyo to Hakodate Through…
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When to Book Hotels in Japan: A Season-by-Season Timing Guide
Introduction: Japan Doesn’t Have a “High Season” — It Has Several Very Specific Ones In a lot of…
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Community & Conservation: How to Find Legitimate Volunteer Programs in Japan
Introduction: Volunteering in Japan Is Real, But It’s Scattered Unlike countries with a single well-known national volunteer-tourism clearinghouse,…
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Volunteering in Tohoku: Walking the Reconstruction Story With a Local Kataribe Guide
Introduction: Visiting With a Purpose, Not Just Passing Through Fifteen years on from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and…
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Rice Planting & Harvest Volunteering: Joining a Japanese Farming Community for a Weekend
Introduction: Two Weekends a Year Anchor Japan’s Rice Calendar Rice planting (田植え, taue) in May and June and…
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Satoyama Workcamps: Volunteering to Clear Bamboo & Restore Japan’s Forests
Introduction: The Camp-Style Volunteering Model NICE (Never-ending International workCamps Exchange) is Japan’s main international workcamp organization, part of…
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WWOOF Japan: How to Work on an Organic Farm in Exchange for Food & a Bed
Introduction: Work a Few Hours, Get Room and Board WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is a…
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