Have you ever wondered why sacred ropes, called shimenawa, are tightly wrapped around certain trees when you visit shrines in Japan? These trees, known as goshinboku, are found throughout Japan and play significant roles in culture and spiritual...
Traveling with a reusable water bottle is becoming more and more common as a way to limit single-use plastic waste. Kyoto city, which is a popular tourist destination, will attempt to accelerate the growth of this trend. It announced that it will...
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd carried out a virtual tourism event for tourists in Tokyo in early November. The company utilized IoA Virtual Teleportation ® Technology to connect Marunouchi, Tokyo with Kumamoto, through a series of simulations...
To tackle the problems of population imbalance and an increasing number of vacant homes, a new group has come together to promote long-stay tourism to old Japanese houses. The Kominka Tourism Promotion Council was established on July 9 by travel...