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Traditional Japanese ceramics given new life in AR, delivered straight to...
Add a touch of class to your home or video game. Hasami-yaki is a type of porcelain crafted in the town of Hasami in Nagasaki Prefecture which draws on techniques from China and Korea that migrated...
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New Shinkansen bullet train design revealed for Nagasaki extension
Kamome will let travelers figuratively fly to west Kyushu. For many years, Japan’s high-speed Shinkansen rail system could only take you as far from Tokyo as Fukuoka, on Japan’s southwest island of...
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Why a Nagasaki graveyard is one of the best places in Japan to find a seat
When your feet are killing you, rest in peace at the cemetery! Particularly for people coming to Japan from other countries, one common gripe is the severe lack of outdoor seating such as benches....
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Heading to Nagasaki with Peach’s random gacha capsule plane ticket discount
Home is where the discount is. Last month low-cost airline Peach began a promotion in which people could get discounts on airfare to certain location in Japan. These locations, however, were...
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Power up with this positively scrumptious kakuni braised pork Pac-Man manju...
Famous Kyushu specialty meets classic video game in this gastronomic dream team. Take a trip to Nagasaki Prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu and one of the regional specialties that you’re...
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Japan’s West Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train service to Nagasaki is set to...
JR Kyushu reveals the starting date for the newest stretch of Shinkansen in southwestern Japan. Once you’ve ridden a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, you’ll never want to travel any other way....
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Japanese teacher suspended for selling a lot of cows without telling the school
The man’s actions were udderly despicable. On March 30, the Nagasaki Prefectural Board of Education announced that they had suspended a 48-year-old male teacher at a prefectural high school for six...
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It’s pretty amazing buses in this Japanese town don’t crash into this...
Nagasaki bus drivers handle hairpin with centimeters to spare. In Japan, the most respected performance drivers on the street aren’t stoplight drag-race warriors, but those who can skillfully carve a...
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Nagasaki Lantern Festival is like Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away in real life
Local resident reveals the secret spots you won’t want to miss during this breathtaking festival. At the beginning of every year, a spectacular lantern festival takes place in Nagasaki Prefecture,...
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We investigate a block of abandoned Russian territory in Nagasaki
And in Soviet Nagasaki, the block investigates us! Generally, when someone says “there’s a little slice of Russia” in their neighborhood, they’re talking about an authentic restaurant or marketplace....
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These are the hidden-gem catspotting neighborhoods of Nagasaki【Photos】
Two off-the-beaten-path parts of Nagasaki City that are perfect for feline fans. In Japan, February 22 is Cat Day, when feline fans celebrate their favorite animals in cute and creative ways, like the...
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Is this the rudest parfait in all of Japan?
“Prohibited Parfait” brings new meaning to nude food. Japanese parfaits are famous for being beautifully designed with careful attention to detail, often looking like works of art that are perfect for...
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“Hey, Japanese taxi driver, take us to the best chanpon noodles in Nagasaki!”
It also turned out to be the supposed birthplace of chanpon. In our experience at SoraNews24, Japanese taxi drivers can recommend some of the best local eateries in Japan. So when our...
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Koikeya giving snackers a chance to compare chips made from potatoes in 3...
Taste all of Japan by tasting all of its potatoes. Drinks like sake and wine are often appreciated for their regional characteristics that are deeply rooted in the environmental conditions within. It...
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Four things you should eat at Japanese chain Ringer Hut, according to staff...
We thought we knew everything that was on the menu, but there was one dish that surprised us. Ringer Hut is a Japanese fast-food chain that specializes in Nagasaki-style chanpon (sometimes spelled...
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Reading Barefoot Gen, manga about the Hiroshima atomic bombing, for the first...
Our Nagasaki-born reporter, the grandchild of A-bomb victims, gives her thoughts on the series. August 6 and 9 respectively marked 83 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World...
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Cruising around Gunkanjima, Japan’s otherworldly “Battleship Island”【Photos】
Our Nagasaki native gets her first up-close look at the whole-island ghost town. In recent years, Nagasaki Prefecture’s Hashima Island, better known as Gunkanjima, or “Battleship Island,” has become...
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Take it from a local: This resort island off the coast of Nagasaki is totally...
It’s the perfect weekend getaway for Nagasaki locals…and the perfect place to add to a visitor’s itinerary! Nagasaki Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, is full of islands. In fact, it has one of the...
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Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world
Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food. Our reporter Egawa Tasuku has visited a lot of Japanese restaurants in his time, but even he was blown away when he was taken to...
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We visit one of the last rooftop amusement parks in Japan and feel like we...
Our reporter returns to a place of her childhood that’s still going strong after decades of operation. It’s no secret that Japan is changing, letting go of many of its older buildings and landmarks...
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