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Every city, dish, and spot with more than one local roundup — pick one to see everything locals said.
- Hotels & Onsen21 Japanese roundups
Onsen (Japanese Hot Springs)
“I'm from Wakayama, and I tell people that if you're going for a day out the south is fine, but h…”
- Travel Tips & Honne14 Japanese roundups
Japan Etiquette (What Japanese People Actually Do)
“I don't want it done right next to me, but watching a face come together bit by bit from a dista…”
- Travel Tips & Honne10 Japanese roundups
Shinkansen (Japan's Bullet Trains)
“The greatest irony: the quality of the trains keeps improving while the quality of the people ri…”
- Hotels & Onsen5 Japanese roundups
Business Hotels in Japan
“In the end you never use the amenities you took home.”
- Places & Hidden Gems4 Japanese roundups
Universal Studios Japan (USJ)
“A lot of it is for the atmosphere, so I can forgive it.”
- Travel Tips & Honne4 Japanese roundups
Cycling in Japan (Rules Japanese Riders Follow)
“The roads are narrow basically everywhere… and they're full of parked cars.”
- Places & Hidden Gems3 Japanese roundups
Tokyo Disney Resort
“I was thinking "huh, cheaper than I expected" — oh wait, that's because there's zero souvenir mo…”
- Places & Hidden Gems2 Japanese roundups
Nishiki Market
“That line at the end — “I hate the stance that any quality is good enough as long as the custome…”
- Travel Tips & Honne2 Japanese roundups
Japanese Shrine Etiquette
“They should have stopped at "please refrain" and never added the part about it becoming meaningl…”