The Land of the Rising Sun

Japan

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The age-old Japanese culture has been quick to adapt and create the latest modern fashions and trends. This land of the rising sun is a meeting place of the past and the future.

 

Memorable experiences

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Hidden beneath the veil of modernity, Japan has still kept its tradition and culture alive. The culture which can be experienced in a ryokan, in the tatami mats, in going to a bathhouse, learning to whisk green tea or even watching a geisha dance. Traditional Japan definitely woos the globe-trotting traveller even today.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">This volcanic archipelago is two third mountains and full of hot springs. Hiking, trekking, glimpses of wildflowers, visits to ancient shrines, awaits travellers here. Winters here are defined by severe snowfall and world-class skiing experiences. The southern coasts lay out its tropical beaches for surfing, diving and sunning.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify"> Vibrant street life, incredible dining, fashion and pop culture define the cities in Japan. These urban centres look like they are straight out of a sci-fi film set. The best part of life here is the smooth and fast transportation from city to city.</span></h3>
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Of Japanese traditions and culture

Of iconic outdoors

Of cities and architectural wonders

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Food in Japan has distinct regional variations. Food of the mountainous region varies greatly from that of the coasts. Moreover, seasons dictate the change of menu in the fine dining restaurant’s, which specialize in perfecting the art of cooking and serving just one signature dish.  </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">The Chaji, a type of Japanese tea ceremony. For centuries, the practice of these intricate, highly choreographed rituals—generally known as chadō or chanoyu—have promoted a deeper understanding of the beauty of routine life. During tea gatherings, powdered green tea (matcha) is prepared in a codified procedure that varies depending on the formality of the event. </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Japanese people suffering from the ill effects of alcohol swear by this gumball-sized, pickled stone fruit called Umeboshi Ume meaning“plum, ”is a kind of apricot. </span></h3>
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Of food and culture

Tea ceremony

Umeboshi

Memorable places

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Centred on Miyako-Jima, this island boasts some of the best beaches in all of Japan but these are graced by precious few international visitors, making Miyako an expensive add-on to an Okinawan tour. </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Centered on Miyako-jima, this island boasts some of the best beaches in all of Japan but these are graced by precious few international visitors, making Miyako an expensive add-on to an Okinawan tour. </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Naoshima is located 13 km north of Takamatsu, and here there are three stunning Ando Tadao-designed galleries as well as several large-scale installations and outdoor sculptures from major international and Japanese talent. Miyanoura, a ferry port has an amazing bathhouse, while around the southern Gotanji area there are sheltered beaches with glorious Inland Sea views – all making Naoshima a blissful escape.</span></h3>
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Okinawa and southern islands

Miyako

Naoshima

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Hokkaido is popular with tourists in all seasons be it the middle of summer for walking and hiking, or in the depths of winter to see the breathtaking ice floes, sea eagles and rugged beauty of the place. Hokkaido offers those who make the journey north a unique experience of Japan. </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify"> A UNESCO World Heritage site (one of the first to be registered in Japan), Himeji Castle is also known as Shirasagijo ("White Egret Castle") or Hakurojo has a bird-like silhouette and white plaster walls. Himeji is one of only twelve completely original castles in Japan. </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Kyoto is the heart of Japan’s geisha world. Meeting one of Kyoto’s geisha is a magical and memorable experience Geisha are highly skilled entertainers who appear at high-end dinners, private parties and special events to add a special touch to the proceeding,They are ladies who have trained for years in the traditional Japanese arts to become the perfect entertainer. A great way to see geisha (a whole lot of geisha) is by attending a performance of one of Kyoto’s five annual geisha dances, which are usually held in the spring and fall  </span></h3>
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Hokkaido

Himeji castle

Gheisha Culture

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Anyone shopping in Tokyo will be instantly awed by the sheer number of stores all over the city. Ginza is well worth it for window shopping and people watching. Roppongi Hills has more of an Asian flavour with lots of Asian stores that may be unknown to the western traveller. </span></h3>
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Kamikochi

Tokyo shopping

Cities

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">The commercial centre on the Japanese island of Honshu, Osaka is famous for modern architecture, nightlife and food and the the16th-century shogunate, Osaka Castle. The ten best reasons to visit the city starts with the food you get here right from tempura to Miso. Osaka is a big city flash with small-town warmth, it allows you to take time machine trips and it also offers the best of spa zones and what’s more Korea is just a train ride away. Iconoclastic buildings make you realize that this is the city in the air. Water world takes your breath away and everything is beaten by the loving people of the city.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Famous as the second city to be destroyed after Hiroshima by an atomic bomb, Nagasaki has played a prominent role in foreign trade relations for many centuries. A vibrant city Nagasaki is much more than its bombed history. The peaceful city also has a colourful trading history, alluring churches, shrines and temples, and an east and west fusion culinary scene. </span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Sapporo is a dynamic urban centre offering everything you'd want from a Japanese city: thriving food joints, happening cafes and nightlife, shopping centres and other attractions to keep you here for days. Summer is the season for beer and food festivals while the snow festival is much awaited by all.</span></h3>
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Osaka

Nagasaki

Sapporo

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Sagano is mesmerizing with the attractive sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove. Sagano is very close to the busy  Kyoto city centre, the towering bamboo forest presents a pleasant contrast to the urban city.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Jigokudani translates to “Hell’s Valley”. Snowbound for four months a year the valley has jagged cliffs, reaching 2,500 feet high. A population of Japanese Macaques or Snow Monkeys inhabit the place.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">The primary residents of Tashirojima, are cats and people have called the place“Cat Island,” ever since. Tourism has been picking up as the island has become an attraction for curious travellers, thanks to all the cats. </span></h3>
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Sagano Bamboo Forest

Jigokudani Monkey Park

Cat Island

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Dreamlike and most beautiful this picturesque tunnel of Wisteria is all of the pastel-coloured passageways of wisteria flowers at the Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Yoro Park in Gifu is a theme park described as an “experience park,” where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop Alice in Wednesday takes inspiration from “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” and is not your ordinary shopping experience. The fairytale Harajuku district is itself is a place of exploration and wonder.</span></h3>
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Wisteria Tunnel

Yoro Park

Alice on Wednesday

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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify">The last surviving giant statues in Japan is located in Takaoka. The immensity of the statue attracts visitors from around the world and should not be missed.</span></h3>
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<h3><<span style=" color: white; line-height: 150%; padding: 5px; text-align: justify"> The iconic image of Mt Fuji spells Japan like no other. Currently dormant, mention of this volcano is found as far back as the 8th century in recorded history. Rising above the clouds at 12,380 ft Mt Fuji is revered by the Japanese.</span></h3>
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The Great Buddha of Takaoka

Mt Fuji

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