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Onsen & BathStandard kazoku buro家族風呂a private bath you can book

Onsen & BathStandard ganbanyoku岩盤浴lying on heated stone to sweat, a dry alternative to soaking in a bath

Onsen & BathStandard kyodo yokujo共同浴場a small shared hot-spring bathhouse run for and by local residents

Onsen & BathStandard gensen kakenagashi源泉かけ流しhot spring water used once and let overflow, with nothing recirculated

Onsen & BathStandard Ibusuki no sunamushi onsen指宿の砂むし温泉a hot sand bath on a beach warmed by hot spring water

Onsen & BathStandard sento no penkie銭湯のペンキ絵the big painted mural, usually of Mount Fuji, on the wall of a public bathhouse

Onsen & BathStandard utaseyu打たせ湯a hot water fall you sit under for a shoulder massage

Onsen & BathStandard datsuijo脱衣所the changing room at a hot spring or public bath

Onsen & BathStandard jigoku meguri地獄めぐりa tour of boiling hot spring pools known as hells

Onsen & BathStandard yu no hana湯の花hot-spring mineral flakes

Onsen & BathStandard yumomi湯もみstirring hot spring water with long wooden boards to cool it down

Onsen & BathStandard yuzame湯冷めcatching a chill after a hot bath, as your body cools down too fast

Onsen & BathStandard uchiyu to sotoyu meguri内湯と外湯めぐりhopping between a hot spring town's public bathhouses in a yukata

Onsen & BathStandard nyutozei入湯税a small local tax that bathers pay at hot spring facilities

Onsen & BathStandard bandai番台the raised attendant's seat at the entrance of a public bath

Onsen & BathStandard ryokan旅館a traditional Japanese inn

PlacesStandard Odaibaお台場the waterfront district built on reclaimed land in Tokyo Bay

PlacesStandard feri to ritoフェリーと離島the ferry networks that connect Japan's thousands of smaller islands to the mainland

PlacesStandard Gero Onsen下呂温泉a hot spring town in the mountains of Gifu, famous for its smooth alkaline water

PlacesStandard Ginza銀座the expensive shopping district named after a silver mint

PlacesStandard sakurajima桜島the active volcano that drops ash on a city of 600,000

PlacesStandard Sanjusangendo三十三間堂the 120-meter hall in Kyoto holding 1,001 statues of Kannon

PlacesStandard Shurijo首里城と沖縄the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom in Okinawa

PlacesStandard Ueno Koen上野公園the Tokyo park holding the national museums, the zoo and the cherry trees

PlacesStandard Kinosaki Onsen城崎温泉a hot spring town in northern Hyogo known for its seven public bathhouses

PlacesStandard Nagasaki and Dejima長崎と出島the port that was Japan's only window to Europe, and the second atomic bombing

PlacesStandard Tokyo Sukaitsuri東京スカイツリーthe 634-meter broadcasting tower in eastern Tokyo

PlacesStandard Tokyo Eki no ekisha東京駅の駅舎the red brick station building of 1914, restored in 2012

PlacesStandard Nijojo二条城the Kyoto castle where the shogun gave power back to the Emperor

PlacesStandard Nikko Toshogu日光東照宮the shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined, covered in carvings

PlacesStandard Byodoin平等院鳳凰堂the eleventh-century temple hall on the ten-yen coin

PlacesStandard Beppu and Yufuin別府と湯布院the biggest hot spring town in Japan and the quiet one next to it

PlacesStandard Hokkaido no hirosa北海道の広さhow much bigger Hokkaido is than most visitors expect

PlacesStandard Arima Onsen有馬温泉the old hot spring town in the hills behind Kobe

Pop CultureStandard otakuオタクsomeone obsessively into a hobby

Pop CultureStandard gachagachaガチャガチャcapsule toy vending machine

Pop CultureStandard karutaかるたthe card game where you race to grab the right card

Pop CultureStandard ganpuraガンプラplastic model kits of robots from the Gundam anime

Pop CultureStandard kyarakuta bunkaキャラクター文化characters attached to everything

Pop CultureStandard gemu sentaゲームセンターvideo game arcade

Pop CultureStandard kosupureコスプレdressing as a character

Pop CultureStandard Janpu to shukan mangashiジャンプと週刊漫画誌the manga magazine where reader postcards ranking each week's chapters can decide a series' fate

Pop CultureStandard tamagotchiたまごっちa handheld digital pet

Pop CultureStandard baraeti bangumiバラエティ番組Japanese TV variety programs

Pop CultureStandard famikonファミコンNintendo's first home video game console, sold abroad as the NES

Pop CultureStandard purikuraプリクラphoto sticker booths

Pop CultureStandard yuru-kyaraゆるキャラlocal mascot characters

Pop CultureStandard raito noberuライトノベルan easy-to-read novel for young readers, with anime-style illustrations

Pop CultureStandard rorita fasshonロリータファッションa modest, Victorian-inspired street fashion born in Harajuku, built around long skirts and frills

Pop CultureStandard otoge音ゲーrhythm games

Pop CultureStandard hanafuda花札the flower card game

Pop CultureStandard kissaten to moningu喫茶店とモーニングthe free breakfast set old-style coffee shops add to the price of a single coffee

Pop CultureStandard Koshien no oen甲子園の応援the organized brass-band and stand cheering that fills the stadium during the national high school baseball tournament

Pop CultureStandard Kohaku Uta Gassen紅白歌合戦the New Year's Eve song contest on public television

Pop CultureStandard yonkoma manga四コマ漫画a four-panel comic strip

Pop CultureStandard kamishibai紙芝居the paper theater a storyteller carried on a bicycle

Pop CultureStandard jidaigeki時代劇the period drama set before the Meiji era

Pop CultureStandard Showa retoro昭和レトロa nostalgia trend for the look and feel of Japan's postwar Showa decades

Pop CultureStandard oshikatsu推し活supporting your favorite

Pop CultureStandard seiyu声優voice actors