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Japan Travel Updates May 2023 |
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Japan Safe Travel Twitter – Stay Up to Date
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Explore Shizuoka – Night at a Traditional Japanese Farmhouse
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Celebrate the start of spring by spending a day helping local green tea farmers and enjoy a night in an authentic farm house in the beautiful countryside of Shizuoka. This experience allows you to immerse yourself with local farmers that practice the traditional tea-grass integrated system, offering you the opportunity to learn more about the production of Shizuoka’s famous green tea and partake in a authentic green tea experience
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Kochi Prefecture – Ogata Whale Watching
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One of the gems of coastal area of Kochi is 4-km long Irino Beach, so pretty that it is considered a “natural art gallery”. And Ogata Whale Watching, located at the end of this beach, has been offering whale watching tours for over 30 years. From April to mid-October, the coast is home to pods of Bryde’s whales, and we get to watch these majestic creatures (as well as dolphins) play and raise their young. Thanks to the warm Kuroshio Current, tours have a high rate of success in actually seeing whales during the season!
Kochi Visitors & Convention Association: inbound@kvca.jp
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Kyoto City Tourism – Aoi Matsuri Festival
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Dating back to the 6th century, celebrate the annual Aoi Matsuri festival held annually on May 15. As one of Kyoto's most famous festivals, highlights include a large parade in which over 500 people dress in the aristocratic style of the Heian Period and walk from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo Shrines. The parade begins at 10:30 at the southern gate of the Imperial Palace followed by ceremonies performed at Shimogamo Shrine from 11:15 and then ending at Kamigamo Shrine at around 15:30. Paid seating is available at the Imperial Palace and both Kamo Shrines and visitors are encouraged to arrive early to join the crowds at the Imperial Palace and Kamo Shrines.
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Toyooka Tourism Innovation – White Oriental Stork Conservation
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The stork once disappeared from the skies of Japan due to loss of habitat through harmful farming practices. Toyooka, the last place in Japan where storks were seen flying in the skies, has been working tirelessly to return storks to their home in the wild. Learn about Toyooka‘s efforts to return storks back to the wild. Discover the journey and the efforts undertaken by locals to protect this natural treasure. Visit the Hachigoro Toshima Wetlands and observe wild storks up close in a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention. Contact: info@toyooka-tourism.com
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Air, Cruise, & Rail Updates
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Planning Incentive Trips?
JNTO is here to help! We can provide you with updated information, advice, brochures, and more to make yours a trip to remember. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office between 9 AM and 5 PM Pacific Standard Time. We look forward to assisting you!
JNTO Hotline: (213) 623-1952
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Learn about Japan and become a Japan Travel Specialist (JTS)
Will your customers be able to find you when they click on that link from our website? If you have registered as a Japan Travel Specialist, the answer is yes. Just watch a few educational videos and take three short quizzes to become part of our JTS Program. See the website for details.
You can also contact our office for travel brochures and language handbooks. Please e-mail infolax@jnto.go.jp for more information. |
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THE FINE PRINT/LEGAL STUFF
Information is provided in this Japan Travel Update as a courtesy to readers of this newsletter. Though JNTO endeavors to ensure the information is accurate, users of the information are to act on such using their own judgment and at their own risk. Neither JNTO nor any holder of a copyright to the information shall be held responsible in any way whatsoever for any loss or misunderstanding, either direct or indirect, that is incurred as a result of utilizing the information. |
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