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If you’ve spent time in Japan, you know cities clear out and airports, train stations and tourist traps are all abuzz from late April to early May. It’s a time of year that presents “golden” opportunities to travel Japan – or to stick close to home and bask in an empty city free from the crowds and mayhem.
Bringing together two unique Japanese art forms, anime and traditional sword-making, the Evangelion and Japanese Swords exhibition opened at the Sasebo City Museum Shimanose Art Center on Apr.
One downfall to Tokyo nightlife is that, despite being served by the unbelievably punctual and extensive labyrinth of public transport, alas, the subway doesn’t run all night.
On a fine day in February, my wife and I went hiking in Chichibu to see the yellow plum blossoms. But as it turned out, we saw much more than blossoms.
When François Verny and other French engineers founded Yokosuka Iron Works in 1871, it became Japan’s first Western-style shipyard with dry docks.
