I've traveled beyond Japan's popular Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route. There are 4 day trips I'd actually recommend.

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I left a corporate job in Canada to spend more time with my family. It took moving to 2 countries to get it right.

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Brendan Pon and his family moved from Canada to Thailand and then to Japan in search of a slower life.

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A junior high teacher who beat a student for comparing him to an anime character was given a 10% pay cut for 3 months: Japan officials

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Junior high school students attend the ceremony first day of their new academic year at a school in Japan.
Junior high school students attend the ceremony first day of their new academic year at a school in Japan.

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I moved to Japan having never visited. Here are the 7 things I found surprising after living there for 17 years.

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A busy street at dusk in Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto, Japan.

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Japanese prosecutors have demanded a controversial streamer pays a fine after he played music in a restaurant

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JohnnySomali streaming on Kick.

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I rode on Japan's world-famous bullet train that reaches speeds of up to 186 miles per hour. It was an incredible way to travel.

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The needle-nose tip of the bullet train at Osaka Station.
The needle-nose tip of the bullet train at Osaka Station.

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