Fast food mascots come, fast food mascots go, but, of all the mascots, even though this little one IS gone, the vintage 90s ...

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Rail travel once linked Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, until war and air traffic shut it down. Now, major reconstruction plans aim to revive it over the next 15 years ...

Paul Lucas (@Paul_Lucas) as he explores one of Japan's novelty trains ... a normal ticket without a pass. The themed train connects Osaka to Fukuoka as it runs between the Shin-Osaka and Hakata ...

A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

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Of their Subarus, “Goodbye, Jacob! We love you, Gracie!” And the beloved children, free at last, can finally light up. Here ...

With rural Japan experiencing severe depopulation, unstaffed railway stations and vacant properties are being turned into places for tourists to stay – and it is proving a success.