“Train is the best way to get around Japan and collecting eki stamps is something everyone can do,” says Archie Peters, an avid collector and travel consultant at InsideJapan Tours.

Forbes Travel Guide, formerly Mobil, created America's original hospitality Star Rating system in 1958. Since then, its team of incognito inspectors have checked into thousands of hotels ...

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