Articles in the Tourist Attractions in Japan Category

[ by admin | 6 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 402 views ]
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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 | 8 Oct 2010 | No Comment | 594 views ]
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More weird stuffs from Japan! And it’s edible again.
We all know Japan has many fascinating things to offer and also shocking things too. You can really feel their desire of wanting to be different a lot when you experience things you could never imagine and impossible to see, touch and taste elsewhere.
Do you like ice-cream? I know I do, and I’m pretty much aware that many do too. However, how would you like weird ice cream flavors? If you do, ice cream in Japan can offer you a wide range …

[ by admin | 5 Oct 2010 | One Comment | 234 views ]
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Looking above at Fujisan, The Highest Point in Japan

The highest mountain in Japan at 3,776m or 12,388 ft above sea level. Fuji san is the most loved and treasured by the Japanese. Located on the border of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures in central Honshu, Fujisan boast a superb conical form that has become famous throughout the world as a symbol of Japan and has inspired generations of Japanese artists and poets. Due to its location which is just to the west of Tokyo, it can be seen from the highest …

[ by admin | 19 Aug 2010 | No Comment | 401 views ]
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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 | 21 Jun 2010 | No Comment | 632 views ]
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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 …

[ by admin | 25 Apr 2010 | One Comment | 843 views ]
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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 …

[ by admin | 14 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 1,081 views ]
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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 …