Surprising and contradictory, Japan is a country balancing the scales like legs straddling a seesaw. Ultra modern, yet also elegantly historical and formal, cute, fun, serious, sensible and graceful are all useful words in describing Japan's character. Japan honours the geisha and sumo wrestler, the business man and huge eyed animae character.
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A city where the tradition of the sumo wrestler merges seamlessly with the lightening speed of the bullet train and the delicate aroma of a cherry blossom.
Go for: Gardens, Temples, Squares, Streets & Urban Spaces, Monuments & Landmarks, Museums
27 experiences:
Rikugien Garden, Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo's Sumo Central, The Great Buddha of Kamakura (Daibutsu), Shinkansen (Bullet Train), Hase Kannon Temple.
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Osaka has always been a merchant centre and a place to come for good food and rollicking entertainment. Once a maze of waterways, Osaka was bombed heavily in WWII and the rebuild went in for the modern, functionality of concrete over aesthetics. ...
Go for: Temples, Gardens, Parks, Visitor Attractions, Archaeological Sites
23 experiences:
Sakura season in Japan, Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, Momiji season in Japan, Katsura Imperial Villa Garden, Saiho-ji Moss Garden.
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The northern island of Hokkaido gets cold, very cold - with temperatures below zero for most of the winter – but nature has its own remedy in the form of hot spring baths. And, once seated around a table to eat in a traditional Japanese ryokan...
Go for: Hot Springs, National Parks, Snowboarding, Waterfalls, Lakes
14 experiences:
Snowboarding in Hirafu, Lake Onneto, Higashiyama, Noboribetsu Onsen, Shiretoko.
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Go for: Volcanoes, Museums, National Parks, Mountains, Sacred Places
38 experiences:
Asama, Shrines and Temples of Nikko, Waterfalls of Nikko, Fuji Hakone Izu National Park, Hakone Open Air Museum.
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Go for: Volcanoes, Visitor Attractions, Museums, Hot Springs, Festivals
18 experiences:
Unzen, Aso, Aso Town Fire Festival, Kumamoto Prefecture, Ibusuki Hot Springs, Mt Kaimon.
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Go for: Lakes, Snowboarding, Visitor Attractions, Entertainment, Canyons
7 experiences:
Alts Bandai Boarding, Go shiki numa (5 colors lakes), Bunraku and the National Bunraku Theatre, Oirase Gorge, Lake Towada.
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Go for: Sacred Places, Coastlines, Walking, Canyons, Waterfalls
29 experiences:
Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, San-in Coast, Osugidani, Nachi Falls, Mount Koya.
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Go for: Markets, Museums, Visitor Attractions, Traditional Cultures, Temples
6 experiences:
Tsukiji Fish Markets, Japanese Tea Ceremony in Jo-an Tea House, Tokugawa Art Museum, Toji Temple, Toji Temple Market.
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Go for: Tombs & Memorials, Sacred Places, Unusual Places to Stay, Islands
4 experiences:
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum, Miyajima and the Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Iwaso Ryokan.
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Kyoto retains the grace, refinement and cultural riches of its years as Japan’s capital, but today its coated in a work-a-day industrial layer. Once a place of geisha silks, parks carefully laid out to reflect the seasons, narrow cobbled streets and...
Go for: Historic Cities &Towns, Sacred Places, Gardens, Museums, Visitor Attractions
4 experiences:
Kyoto, Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Gion and Geisha, Zen garden of Ryoan-ji, Kyoto.
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