Travel
Japan is one of the world's great travel destinations — and an emerging hub for travel industry innovation. JStories' Travel section covers the entrepreneurs and platforms reshaping how the world discovers Japan: Adventure Travel, Cultural immersion, Luxury Travel, and Wellness & Medical Tourism.
With inbound tourism booming and Japanese hospitality brands going global, JStories tracks the innovators at the frontier — ryokan owners digitalizing traditional hospitality, adventure operators opening Japan's hidden prefectures to global explorers, luxury curators matching high-net-worth visitors with Japan's finest experiences, and wellness entrepreneurs combining onsen culture with modern health tourism.
Exhibition promotes diversity through art
J-STORIES - In a building in Tokyo's bustling Marunouchi business district, works of art featuring a...
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We have entertainment for everyone
J-STORIES - We have prepared entertainment that transcends “language” to make you laugh and have fun. Comedy...
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Japanese startup launches ChatGPT for multilingual customer service: An AI-powered solution to address hotel staff shortages
J-STORIES - The hotel’s new employee has all the subtle skills expected of a concierge. Polite...
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Archive | Revitalizing regional economies through cancer treatment tourism in Japan’s geothermal springs
J-STORIES - Japan has a long history of what could be called therapeutic tourism, with people...
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Asia’s first ‘horizontal spaceport’ readies for liftoff
J-STORIES - Asia’s first horizontal launch spaceport is close to liftoff. It will be located at Oita Airport on...
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Sharing traditional Japan knowledge with the world
J-STORIES - There are many elements of traditional Japanese culture that might surprise non-Japanese nationals. For example,...
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A ‘zero waste’ town deep in the Japanese mountains
J-STORIES - The town of Kamikatsu, which is nestled deep in the mountains of the southern...
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Reinventing the wheelchair as a personal transport solution
J-STORIES - Wheelchairs are mainly used by people with impaired mobility due to age or disability. But...
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Picture books help save traditional foods
J-STORIES - Like many other countries, fast food is a staple of modern life in Japan, often...
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The blind leading the sighted
https://youtu.be/gFBrYN2-OoE Michinori Kinoshita never expected to find a job which actually required him to be blind....
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