Be inspired to visit more than one popular destination in Hyogo, a stone’s throw away from Kyoto and Osaka!

Kobe

-Nada Sake District: Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewery Museum, Hamafukutsuru, Sakuramasamune Museum Sakuraen, Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum, Kobe Shushinkan

-Kitanocho: Weathercock House, Moegi House, Kitano Foreigner’s Association, Kitanocho Square, Kitano Tenman Shrine

-Sannomiya

-Harborland, Meriken Park

Mount Rokko Area

-Rokko Garden Terrace

-Alpine Botanical Garden, Musical Box Museum

Arima Onsen

-Arima Cider

-Taikou-no-Yu Hot Spring

Himeji

-Himeji Castle

-Nada no Kenka Matsuri

Takeda Castle Ruins

Kinosaki Onsen Area

-Public bathhouses

-Toyooka

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Traveling in Japan for weeks at a time while packing just a carry-on: Is it feasible or even possible? Find out on this episode of JTS!

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It's time to get you up to speed with the wonderful world of Japanese convenience stores, as well as the relatively low key supermarket offerings. What sets them apart? How do you ask the clerk for a fork or refuse a shopping bag? And why even care about supermarkets in the first place? Find out in this episode!

Supermarkets

-Aeon Group supermarkets (Aeon MaxValu, My Basket)

-Seiyu

-Ito-Yokado

-Life Supermarkets

-Co-op

Convenience stores

-7-Eleven

-Family Mart

-Lawson

-Ministop

-Daily Yamazaki

-New Days

-Seicomart

Common interactions

-Fukuro ni oire shimasu ka? / Fukuro wa irimasu ka? / Fukuro o tsuke shimasu ka?

-Pointo kādo wa omochi desu ka?

-Obentō o atatamemasu ka? / O-atatame shimasu ka?

-Ohashi o otsuke shimasu ka?/ Fōku/Supūn o otsuke shimasu ka?

-Shīru de yoroshii deshou ka?

-Fukuro o owake shimasu ka?

-O-shiharai hōhō wa ikaga desu ka?

-Reshīto wa yoroshii desu ka?

-Otsugi no kata dōzo! / Otsugi no okyakusama dozo!

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