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Japan Has 14,125 Islands: Here Are the Most Famous Ones, And the Ones Worth Visiting
Japan consists of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260–400 are inhabited. This number only recently changed due to advancements in surveying technology where the number increased from a 1987 Coast Guard report with a figure of 6,852 islands. ...
The World's Most Accessible Country for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers: Why Japan Leads
Japan is the most comprehensively designed country in the world for blind and visually impaired navigation. And, what makes this remarkable is that the infrastructure is not a recent accessibility retrofit but rather it is a systematically developed ...
Which Japanese City Has the Most Cherry Blossoms? The Sakura Capital Debate
The annual sakura season is one of the most famous recurring natural spectacles in the world. For two to three weeks each spring, Japan's cities, rivers, roads, and temple grounds disappear beneath a canopy of pale pink and white flowers. The questio...
Japan Beyond Tokyo
The famous Japan loop – Tokyo, Hakone, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka – is famous for a reason. It's extraordinary. But Japan is the kind of country where every corner you don't reach on the first trip becomes the reason for the second one. Here are the places t...
Solomon Islands Crafts and Markets
The Solomon Islands has one of the richest material cultures in the Pacific. Long before tourist souvenir shops, Solomon Islanders created objects of great beauty and spiritual significance with many of these traditions continuing today. For traveler...
The Marshall Islands: Nuclear History, Ocean Culture, and a Nation Between Tides
The Marshall Islands occupy 1,225 islands and islets forming 29 coral atolls in the central Pacific — a nation that has endured one of the most devastating legacies of the 20th century and continues to face existential challenges from rising seas. Un...
Guam: America's Tropical Secret in the Pacific — Who Lives There, What's Going On, and Why You Should Visit
Quick quiz: What is 30 miles long, sits in the western Pacific Ocean, has stunning tropical beaches, World War II history everywhere you look, a unique indigenous culture, and belongs to the United States? If you said Guam, congratulations — y...
Nauru: The World's Smallest Island Nation and Its Extraordinary Story
Nauru is a single raised coral island — just 21 square kilometers — making it the world's smallest island republic and third-smallest country (after Vatican City and Monaco). It has no capital city, no rivers, no mountains, and about 12,500 people. Y...
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CultureJapan Has a Vending Machine for Almost Everything
Did you know Japan has roughly 4 million vending machines — about one for every 30 people?…
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CultureKyoto's Shrine of 10,000 Gates
Did you know roughly 10,000 vermilion torii gates wind up the mountain at Kyoto's Fushimi …
Fushimi Inari, Kyoto
Did You KnowUp to 3,000 People Cross Shibuya at Once
Did you know as many as 3,000 people can cross Tokyo's Shibuya Crossing in a single light …
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