Articles in the Going Places in Japan Category
Osaka, Japan, is the third most populated city in Japan with a population of 2.6 million people residing in this city.
Osaka is also one of the major hearts of the Kansai region on Japan’s main island, Honshu, besides Kyoto. The city is also divided into 24 wards and has a reputation throughout Japan as an international and progressive business center besides known for its great food, castle, port, underground shopping arcade, shopping centers and Bunraku puppet theater. People in Osaka speaks a different dialect from those in Tokyo, they speak …
Japan, like its many other oriental companion countries takes huge pride in the profuse numbers of shrines and temples within the country. Some of them are dedicated to Shinto religion while some are of Buddhism origin. One such temple that I will write about this time is the Mimurodo-ji, which is also the 10th temple of the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage.
Japan too, as we might have noticed before is a country that place grave importance towards nature and and its surrounding. The Japanese love to fuse themselves with natural surrounding and …
Looking for a morning tour while in Tokyo? If so, Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo will certainly get your morning occupied.
You can make your visit to Tsukiji fish market as early as 5 a.m in the morning and see all kinds and variety if fishes, including the King, which is tuna fish being unloaded from the docks, laid on the ground in in a hangar-like building and numbered. It is said that there is about 450 kinds of seafood available here. Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo is a huge wholesale …
Japan is most well-known for its many outstanding and extraordinary build of temples and shrines, one temple that is very well-known is the Kiyomizu Temple or Kiyomizu-dera.
It will pretty wasted if you didn’t get the chance to actually seen Kiyomizu Temple with your own eyes, if ever you have the chance to visit Kyoto even for a shirt while. I can guarantee most tour groups to Japan will have a short stop here at Kiyomizu Temple. You can say it is one of the most famous tourist spot in Japan …
Yokohama – The second most populated city in Japan, is the capital of the Kanagawa perfecture located at Tokyo Bay, south of central Tokyo. It is also the city where the tallest building in Japan is located, which is the Yokohama Landmark Tower. You know how delicate Japanese people are with tall buildings. They don’t have much of it due to the frequency of earthquake all over the Japanese islands. Nevertheless, all the many kinds of attractions and development available in Yokohama have earned the city the title ‘The city …
Your trip to Japan may never be complete and thorough without a night stay at Japanese traditional inns or what they called as ‘Ryokan’ in Japanese language, which is ran by local families for generation. If you’re vacationing in Japan for a few days, it won’t hurt to arrange for yourself one night stay at a ryokan around your visited area at an affordable price. It will be worthwhile since this is something you won’t be able to experience elsewhere in the world.
Ryokan, is where Japan has reigned supreme …
Tokyo, the capital and the heart of Japan, cannot be briefly described in just a few sentences or even in a single post. There are a whole lot of things to tell when it comes to Tokyo since you can find a multitude of activities in this huge area of about 2,187.08 sq km². Tokyo is the most populated city in Japan, followed by Yokohama and Osaka. The population of Tokyo is about 12.79 millions of people residing within the area with a density of about 5,800 people per km². …



