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The Kyoto Whopper is available for a limited time at select Burger King restaurantsin Japan.

Only in Japan: Burger King unveils saucy new Whopper named for historic Kyoto

The Kyoto Whopper introduces a well-seasoned beef patty atop a rice patty grown domestically and developed exclusively for the sandwich. Add zesty flavors, including Japanese ginger sauce with four types of dashi and Japanese spices, and you’ve got a limited-time item worth trying.

Japanese college students hold signs and play instruments as they walk down a street.

Annual Japanese music festival combines jazz and rock over 3-day weekend

Dulcet vocals, dynamic saxophone solos and lively marching pieces reminiscent of New Orleans were just a sampling of the genres on display at this year’s Yokosuka Tomodachi Jazz 2024 and Yokosuka Jazz Rock Festival.

The International Antarctic Centre in the Harewood suburb of Christchurch opened in 1992. It features several Antarctica experiences, including a polar-storm room chilled to 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit with a tent and a snowmobile.

Experience chilly Antarctica in warm and comfy New Zealand

The International Antarctic Centre, outside the international airport at Christchurch, New Zealand, features several Antarctica experiences, including a polar-storm room chilled to 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit with a tent and a snowmobile.

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The view of Honolulu, Hawaii, is worth the strenuous hike up Diamond Head State Monument on the island of Oahu.

Get inspired by the climb up Oahu’s iconic Diamond Head

At Oahu’s popular and iconic Diamond Head State Monument, which spans more than 475 acres near the eastern edge of Waikiki, a steep hike and an amazing view await.

A driver drifts through a turn at Mobara Twin Circut during a Butcher Style Racing 88 event in Chiba, Japan, Sept. 7, 2024.

Get fast and furious at drifting and grip racing events near Tokyo

Butcher Style Racing 88 events brings people from many backgrounds together to experience and appreciate drifting and the car culture.

Grilled cheese and dill soup from Cafe RoJean in Tokyo's Setagaya ward.

Cozy cafe in Tokyo specializes in down-home American cooking

Using a whole cucumber as bait, a child tries his luck at catching a kappa at Kappabuchi Pool in Tono, Japan.

Win 10 million yen for catching a kappa, Japan’s most elusive mythical critter

Grab a stick, tie a cucumber to it and try to capture this mythical water-dwelling creature at Kappabuchi Pool in Tono, a city in Iwate prefecture.

The Bookshelf Theatre at Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokorozawa, Japan.

Explore Japanese culture from Kurosawa to anime at Kadokawa museum

The Kadokawa Cultural Museum, in Tokorozawa city north of Tokyo, fuses museums of art, anime and oddities with a huge, reader-friendly library.

Chorizo tacos from Crispy Pork Town, a taqueria in Seoul, South Korea.

Swing on down to Crispy Pork Town for the best tacos in South Korea

Delicious ingredients provide a flavorful harmony in every bite that is elevated by the base of every taco: the corn tortilla.

Tortilla chips and guacamole at Mesilla Kitchen in Okinawa city.

Mesilla Kitchen’s hefty portions bring big taste of New Mexico to Okinawa

Mesilla Kitchen near Gate 2 Street in Okinawa city does brisk business. The new restaurant with tasty Southwestern cuisine was packed with off-duty service members and American families.

Gardens Park Golf Links in Darwin, Australia, is a fun place to work on your skills without going far from the city center.

Work on your golf swing while deployed to Down Under in Darwin

The nine-hole course near George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens bills itself as a golf oasis in the northern Australian port town of Darwin.

A nearby mountain range looms over Hoʻomaluhia, a city botanical garden in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii.

Oahu garden a ‘peaceful refuge’ in a world of plants

Four hundred acres of flora from all over the world await you at a botanical garden surrounded by the misty covered Koolau Mountains of Hawaii. It was built more than 40 years ago by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of a flood-control project in the city and has been a relaxing place to enjoy ever since.