Articles in the Big Cities in Japan Category

[ by admin | 6 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 402 views ]
 Thumbnail

Famous attractions in Osaka City, Japan
Besides being the famous city of trade in Japan as well as having their own dialect, Osaka has a lot more attractions to offer. What to look for while you’re in Osaka? Plenty of things from foodstuff to interesting places.
For those who love historical sites, ancient Japanese landscape and Japanese history related subjects; there is the Osaka-jo or Osaka Castle, Shitennoji Temple, Sumiyoshi Shrine, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Kamigata Ukiyoe Museum, National Bunraku Theater and there is also the seasonal Sumo Spring Grand Tournament. …

[ by admin | 19 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 401 views ]
 Thumbnail

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 …

[ by admin | 2 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 410 views ]
 Thumbnail

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 …

[ by admin | 9 Oct 2009 | One Comment | 2,017 views ]
 Thumbnail

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. …