{"id":4106,"date":"2020-08-27T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T02:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2020-09-02T10:05:23","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T01:05:23","slug":"only-in-japan-special-villages-and-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/local-area-guides\/only-in-japan-special-villages-and-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Only in Japan: Special Villages and Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Japan is known\nfor many things, and its special villages and islands are things you can only\nsee in Japan. Check out our article on these special places in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan has many\ngreat sights to experience. There are so many things to go and visit that some\nplaces either get lost in the commotion, or they haven\u2019t been given enough\npublicity. These places are usually tucked away or on a small island next to\nthe main one. They can be great places to explore the many different sides of\nJapan. It can be one of the best adventures you have ever had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miyagi Fox Village<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can travel to\nMiyagi prefecture to go to the Zao Fox Village. The entire village is filled\nwith over 100 hundred foxes. You can feed and interact with them directly.\nThere are play areas for you to enjoy the foxes, and they have been around\nhumans so they like interacting with people. You can even get a special time\nset aside to enjoy a sleeping fox. The village is open all year round and it is\neven better during the wintertime. The snow backdrop with the foxes creates an\nalmost storybook setting. It is a great way to see sides of Japan that don\u2019t\nget enough recognition. Make sure to make your reservations ahead of time as it\nis a popular place in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nara Deer Park<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The park in Nara\nis located next to the station. It is an open area that has deer roaming around\nthe grounds. They have the entire area to themselves and are acclimated to\nhaving people around them. You can enjoy the bungalows around the park and feed\nthe deer the popular Shika senbei. There are vendors around the entire park,\nand you can buy the cookies from all of them. The deer are used to humans\nfeeding them and will approach anyone who has them. You should be careful as\nsome of the males get aggressive when they want some of the cookies. You can\neven get the deer to bow to you to get one of the cookies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you aren\u2019t\ninto the deer there is a museum on the grounds for you to enjoy. There is a\nrestaurant on the basement floor, and it serves hot food at decent prices.\nThere are a few shrines nearby as well and can be great to experience Japanese\nculture. They have festivals and events there as well, you can plan your trip\nduring those times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u014c<\/strong>kunoshima Rabbit Island<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is located off\nof Hiroshima and is home to hundreds of wild rabbits. They haven\u2019t had much\nhuman interaction but have no fear of people. They have become accustomed to\nbeing fed by tourists and have begun to follow visitors around. You only take a\n15-minute ferry from the mainland and you can enjoy the island filled with\nrabbits. You can buy rabbit food from the convenience store there and it is\nrecommended to do so to get the best experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a poison\ngas museum on the island that was made to alert people to possible poison\nthreats. The story is that they would run tests on the rabbits, and when the facility\ninitially shut down the rabbits escaped. The rabbits were left alone and\ngradually took over the island. Make sure to make reservations and plan your\ntrip accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aoshima Cat Island<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This island in\nEhime is crawling with felines. Most of the island residents have left the\nisland and now only a few people remain. It has become famous for the enormous\nnumber of cats that inhabit the island. The cats are wild but are used for\nhuman interaction and will walk up to people who visit. They will shower you\nwith love if you show up with food. You can only feed them in the city center, so\nif you wish to feed them, you will need to go there. There are no hotels or\nplaces to stay on the island so you will need to travel there from the\nsurrounding areas. The people on the island are mostly elderly so try to be\nnice during your time here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These are some of\nthe most unique experiences you can have in Japan. They are not hard to get to\nand can lead to some great memories. It should be a great experience for anyone\nthinking of seeing a different side of the country. Make sure you get all of\nyour reservations in order and you should have no issue enjoying the entire\ntrip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Japan is known for many things, and its special villages and islands are things you can only see in Japan. Check out our article on these special places in Japan. Japan has many great sights to experience. There are so many things to go and visit that some places either get lost in the commotion, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-area-guides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}