Japan Cities

Japan is a small country; abuzz with variety and contrast, and it is a place where you should go with an open heart. Both inspiring and exotic, sharply modern and strikingly ancient, Japan is a must to visit at least once in your lifetime.
In this section, we may introduce most important cities in Japan. Click the city��s name, you can find the essential travel info when you are in Japan or leaving for Japan.

	Osaka		Hiroshima
	Osaka is the second largest city in Japan, the central metropolis of the Kansai region and the largest of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto trio����		Hiroshima was founded in 1589 on the delta formed by the Ota River, flowing out to the Seto Inland Sea����
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	Nagoya		Kyoto
	Nagoya is a large city in Aichi prefecture, located at the heart of central Japan, one of the islands in Japan����		Kyoto, with its hundreds of temples and gardens, was the imperial capital between 794 and 1868, and remains the cultural centre of Japan����
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	Shizuoka		Okayama
	Shizuoka is located between Tokyo and Nagoya, and is a Shinkansen (Hikari and Kodama) stop on the Tokaido Shinkansen line����		Okayama is the capital of Okayama prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan. The third-largest city in Kyushu after Fukuoka����
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	Sapporo		Tokyo
	Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido. It is one of Japan's newest and nicest cities, the city itself is not really beautiful����		Tokyo has been the capital of Japan since 1868 when it replaced the old capital of Kyoto (just north of Osaka, the 2nd largest city in Japan����
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	Kagoshima		Fukuoka
	Kagoshima is the capital of Kagoshima prefecture on the island of Kyushu, JapanSprawled around the Sakurajima Volcano, the birthplace		Fukuoka��the capital of Fukuoka prefecture, is the largest city on the island of Kyushu. It has the bustle of Tokyo without the hustle.
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	Sendai		Izumo
	Sendai is the main big city in northern Honshu, and is a major Shinkansen stop. Sendai is located����		Izumo is a city in Shimane Prefecture, a small city of roughly 88,000 people situated in the very picture-esque prefecture of Shimane.
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	Miyajima Island		Kobe
	Itsukushima Island (or Miyajima) is near Hiroshima, Japan. It is considered sacred and pure in the Shinto religion����		Kobe is one of Japan's nderappreciated cities. A cosmopolitan port city with an international flavor, hemmed in by Mt. Rokko����
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