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A father-son team turned their family's old apartment building into the world's largest toy museum, displaying 45,000 toys from a collection of over one million. For just 50 pesos (about $1 USD), visitors can explore four floors of everything from vintage wooden toys to entire rooms dedicated to Barbie and Snoopy.
Momoyo Nakamoto Kelley survived the atomic bomb in 1945, and at age 100, she just met the Japanese baseball stars she's watched for years. Her grandson made it happen at Coors Field, where Shohei Ohtani knelt down to shake her hand.
A new Okinawa hotel is using powdered roof tiles from the 2019 Shuri Castle fire to honor the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Royal Park Hotel Iconic Naha opens January 30 with cultural touches throughout its design.