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Soho Odaiba: 13 Floors of Ultra-Colorful Shared Offices
A fan of modern architecture? You'll love taking a stroll on Odaiba Island! Besides the Fuji TV headquarters designed by the Japanese Metabolist king Kenzo Tange, you'll also find some gems for photography and architecture enthusiasts, notably the Soho Odaiba.
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Tobu World Square: The Theme Park That Shrinks the World
Just a stone's throw from the Kinugawa hot springs lies a curious park where monuments from all corners of the globe stand side by side. Take a guided tour for a trip around the world in 80 minutes!
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Totoro Train 7022: Heading to Ginza!
A charming rural train reminiscent of Totoro, taking travellers on a scenic journey toward Ginza.
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Mizuki Shigeru Road: Meeting the Yokai
An 800-meter promenade in Sakaiminato lined with bronze statues of yokai characters honors manga artist Shigeru Mizuki and his world of GeGeGe no Kitaro.
Dorogawa Onsen, the Mountain Keeps Watch
Pilgrim inns, a black river, lanterns over the asphalt and a medicine bitter enough to keep monks awake: at the foot of Mount Omine, Dorogawa has been the base camp of Japan's mountain ascetics for 1,300 years, and an onsen for only forty.
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The Forgotten Church of Mount Fuji
An unusual and now forgotten place where Western-style weddings and reinvented traditions came together.
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The Forgotten School of Silent Hill f
Lost in the mountains of Japan, an old forgotten school seems frozen in time, between reality, memory and the universe of Silent Hill f.
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Omihachiman: Between Rituals and Canals
Omihachiman, a picturesque Japanese town on the shore of Lake Biwa, rich in history and tradition, combining old-world charm with unique experiences.
The Contrasts of Gion
A famous district, often over-anticipated, where Kyoto shows all of it at once: its elegance, its staging, its rituals, its crowds, and its most ordinary details.
Iwaya-Iwakage: The Sun Beneath the Rock
In the woods of Gero, huge blocks of stone shelter a tiny shrine and a whole stack of stories: Jōmon traces, a monster legend, a solar calendar hypothesis. At Iwaya-Iwakage, the rock is the setting, the archive and the question mark. Here, stones have long memories, and possibly the exact time.
The Institute: The Silence of the Cages
An abandoned Japanese institute: rows of rusted cages, operating tables, rooms for animal experimentation. A place where the emptiness keeps everything rather than erasing it.
Namu Daishō Fudōson: Fire at the Edge of the Fields
In Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, a small Fudō altar stands at the edge of the rice fields, right before the forest takes everything back. A red torii, a wooden pavilion: behind the calm watches Namu Daishō Fudōson, deity of fire.
