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.
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Osaka |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Izumo |
Sendai is the main big city in northern Honshu,
and is a major Shinkansen stop. Sendai is located¡¡
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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 |
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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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