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Tokyo City Guide - What to do in Tokyo - japan-guide.com
Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō) is Japan's capital and the world's most populous metropolis. It is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, consisting of 23 central city wards and multiple cities, towns and villages west of the city center. The Izu and Ogasawara Islands are also part of Tokyo. Prior to 1868, Tokyo was known as Edo. Previously a small castle town, Edo became Japan's political center in 1603 ...
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Entering Japan - Immigration and Visa Matters
Staying in Japan Inside Japan, most immigration-related matters, such as extending residence permission or changing the status of residence, are handled by the Immigration Services Agency, which has bureaus across the country. Residence card All new foreign residents are issued a residence card (zairyu card) upon initially entering Japan at Narita, Haneda, Kansai or Chubu airports. New ...
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Kyushu Travel Guide - What to do in Kyushu - japan-guide.com
Kyushu (九州, Kyūshū, literally "nine provinces") is Japan's third largest island, located southwest of the main island Honshu. An early center of Japanese civilization, Kyushu offers many historic treasures, modern cities and natural beauty.
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Japan Tour Packages and Operators
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Yokohama Travel Guide - What to do in Yokohama City
Yokohama (横浜) is Japan's second largest city with a population of over three million. Yokohama is located less than half an hour south of Tokyo by train and is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture. Towards the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868), during which Japan maintained a policy of self-isolation, Yokohama's port was one of the first to open to foreign trade in 1859. Consequently ...
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Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Travel Guide - japan-guide.com
Travel guide for Shirakawa-go and Gokayama in the mountains of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures, famous for their gassho-zukuri style farmhouses.
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Autumn leaves in Japan: When do trees turn colors?
Because of Japan's great north-south extension, autumn leaves can be viewed somewhere in the country during as many as three months! The season starts around mid September in the highest mountains of Hokkaido and then gradually moves into lower elevations and more southern latitudes until reaching Tokyo and Kyoto in the second half of November. In some locations colors can be enjoyed into ...
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Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass)
The Japan Rail Pass (also commonly called JR Pass) is a nationwide rail pass for long-distance train travel in Japan. The pass can be used only by foreign tourists and offers unlimited rides on JR trains for one, two or three weeks. It comes in two types: ordinary and green car. The latter is valid on green cars (first class cars), which offer more spacious seats than ordinary cars. The pass ...
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Akihabara - Tokyo Travel - japan-guide.com
Akihabara (秋葉原), also called Akiba after a former local shrine, is a district in central Tokyo that is famous for its many electronics shops and has also gained recognition as the center of Japan's otaku (diehard fan) culture. Many shops and establishments devoted to anime and manga are dispersed among the electronic stores in the district. On Sundays, Chuo Dori, the main street through ...
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Osaka Castle (Osakajo) - Osaka Travel - japan-guide.com
The construction of Osaka Castle (大阪城, Ōsakajō) started in 1583 on the former site of the Ishiyama Honganji Temple, which had been destroyed by Oda Nobunaga thirteen years earlier. Toyotomi Hideyoshi intended the castle to become the center of a new, unified Japan under Toyotomi rule. It was the largest castle at the time. However, a few years after Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa troops ...