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Your chance to win a bottle of Irish Whiskey this St. Patrick’s Day!
Murphy’s Irish Bar in Akashi is one of the first Irish bars owned and operated by an Irishman in Japan. This St. Patrick’s Day they are celebrating over the weekend and giving away two free 700ml bottles of Jameson Irish Whiskey! One bottle on Saturday 16th and one on Sunday 17th. This is an exclusive…
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New Commuter Car to start on JR Kobe Line
Beginning March 16th JR will start a special commuters car, the A-Seat, on the JR Kobe line. You can pay an extra ¥500 onboard and have a guaranteed seat. The car includes 46 seats. Leg room has been extended, free wi-fi is available and each seat has a power outlet to keep your devices charged.…
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Unique Experience – Make Your Own Tatami in Akashi
Experience the feel and smell of traditional Japan with Tatami. This straw flooring made of rash grass or igusa can be found in Japanese houses, shrines, temples, tea ceremony rooms and more throughout Japan. Now you can learn about the history and make your own small tatami mat to take home. Akashi city, just west…
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Arima Setsubun Cosplay Festival
It sounds like a strange combination, an onsen resort town, traditional setsubun activities and a cosplay festival but that is exactly what will be taking place on Sunday February 3rd. Arima Onsen in the north of Kobe turns into a street cosplay festival. From 10am to 6pm you can enjoy strolling the streets of the…
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Experience the Morning Sunrise at Himeji Castle
JTB in collaboration with Himeji City have been running a morning sunrise experience at Himeji Castle but now this is coming to a close. The final day is February 15th. Meeting at 6:15 at Himeji Station and cycling to get amazing morning views of one of the best castles in Japan. At dawn, the castle…
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Rugby World Cup Japan: How not to get arrested.
Here is some advice to rugby fans (especially fellow Aussies) coming to to Japan for the Rugby World Cup kicking off on the 20th September 2019. If you act like a fool, get in a drunken fight, do drugs, or break the law and try to get away with it, no matter how minor it…
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Capybara Spa at Kobe Animal Kingdom
How about seeing capybaras relaxing and frolicking in hot spa ? Kobe Animal Kingdom has a “flower shower” event at the hot tubs during the weekend. The capybaras are hanging out with maras and tortoises. Most of the time they are in the hot tubs but sometimes they come out to roll around on the…