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For same-day Sagano Romantic Train tickets, please pay in cash or IC card payment (such as ICOCA or Suica) only. Valid Cards: ICOCA, Suica, toica, PASMO Unusable Cards/Passes: PiTaPa, credit card, ...

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Content creators are going viral for renovating abandoned Japanese homes for low prices - but is all as it seems? The Chinese government has been accused of using online nationalism as a useful ...