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Photos courtesy of Guam Visitors Bureau
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#instaGuam: Exchanging snow for sand - fun on a budget

While many might think that traveling to paradise is a costly affair, living out your tropical dream doesn’t require you to completely empty out your pockets. There are countless activities on Guam...
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Did you know?: Guam popular destination for Japanese

For Japanese, Guam is one of the most popular overseas tourism and wedding destinations. More than 900,000 Japanese visit the island, which is more than 70 percent of all visitors each year. Two-night tour packages to Guam are cheap and the three-and-a-half-hour flight from Japan alleviates the typical jetlag.
Nautia, left, and Phoenix will travel through Europe and South Korea on their way Guam, a multiple-day journey that will cost their owners $11,592. (Courtesy of Kenneth and Emily Sanders)
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Navy couple faces nearly $11,600 bill to move pair of dogs to Guam

Early last month, Kenneth and Emily Sanders learned the Navy was transferring them from Norfolk to Guam at the end of February.
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Pair of Guam airmen face trial on sex offenses in unrelated cases

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A pair of airmen assigned to Andersen Air Force Base on Guam face separate courts-martial there in the coming weeks for sexual and related offenses.
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Cuisine: American

Tasty waffles, pancakes served up at CC's in Chatan, Okinawa

“Why, American people!!??”
Much like Atsugiri Jason’s sentiments about Japanese people, I found myself questioning Americans and their desire to mix fried chicken with waffles - a breakfast delight.
Source: Business Insider Japan
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Cuisine: Café

The World’s Biggest Starbucks is Open for Business in Tokyo!

The biggest Starbucks in the world has just opened up its glorious new doors in the trendy Tokyo neighborhood of Nakameguro.
Source: YouTube, Mark Wiens
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Cuisine: Japanese

Affordable Omakase Sushi Restaurants in Tokyo

If you’re looking for something new, fresh, and original then this will work wonders for you: ask for omakase. So, what exactly is omakase?
Source: Reader's Digest
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Guide to Japanese Table Manners and Dining Etiquette

Before you sit down to your first piping hot bowl of ramen or a fresh piece of nigiri sushi, there are some things you ought to know about Japanese table manners and dining etiquette.
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Karen: Taiwanese restaurant near Futenma serves up tasty dumplings

When Peter Tsai moved from Taiwan to Okinawa one of the first things he noticed was that there were no Taiwanese restaurants here. Certain that the rest of us on island didn’t know what we were missing, he decided to remedy the situation.
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Japan has cure for a hangover

Turmeric, or “ukon” in Japanese, is a kind of ginger, known as a spice for Indian curry, and in Japan, it is mostly recognized as a food that can help avoid hangover.