
MapZamurai
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MapZamurai
@MapZamurai
Map-based travel discovery for Japan 🇯🇵 Find it. Read it. Visit. Exploring beyond the Golden Route. https://t.co/krZiuQS3lO



Ise-Shima #NationalPark reflects harmony of people & nature 🌳! Featuring the roughly 2,000-year-old shrine Ise Jingu ⛩️ and Meoto Iwa ("wedded rocks"), this Mie Pref. park is home to endangered sea turtles & one of Japan's leading pearl-producing regions. japan.travel/national-parks…


How to see sumo in Japan and feast like a wrestler: 5 tips for visitors s.nikkei.com/4svGyMj

Once a week, 85-year-old Makiko Kimura mans the register at a sweets shop in western Tokyo. Rather than a chore, the senior citizen says continuing to work ‘makes me happy just to leave the house.’ ebx.sh/6USNlU

Unwrap the art of mizuhiki, made from washi paper cords! This traditional papercraft of Nagano Pref.'s Iida City is still made by long-established @TanakaHideaki7, blending past and present with gift adornments, capsule toys, & more. #CraftingJapan

Yamagata, Japan.





Visiting #Kumamoto? Start at Suizenji Jojuen Garden, with its koi ponds, mini Mt. Fuji, red torii gates, and a teahouse 🌿 Then head to Kumamoto Castle, one of Japan’s three premier castles, known for its striking black exterior 🏯 ➡️ See more: en.japantravel.com/feature/golden… #Ad



Saitama, Japan. 🌸

There's this Japanese food with almost zero calories, made from the konjac root. Called konnyaku, it's a traditional favorite for adding volume and texture to dishes without the extra calories.

Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵

Often celebrated as a vintage shopping haven, Shimokita is so much more than that. It’s a neighborhood where retro charm meets youthful energy, and where Tokyo’s alternative spirit is alive and thriving. Learn more about it below.

Cherry blossoms in Kanagawa, Japan. This is the moment.