TRAVEL NEWS FROM THE JAPAN TIMES
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‘Japanese pastry has matured into its own distinct identity’
In Los Angeles, Courtney Kaplan says sake is having a moment
Can Japan’s take on fandom help drive spending?
Meeting new colleagues and introducing yourself in Japanese
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan
The cold complexity of ‘pure’ Japanese cocktail ice
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Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
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Michelin awards stars to 172 restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka
New York’s Brooklyn Kura becomes first U.S. sake exporter to Japan
Attempting the classics: The world of <em>waka</em> poetry
11 in Japan win Asia’s 50 Best Restaurant honors, but Gaggan is tops