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Five UNESCO Castles on One Small Island: Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa, Japan was once an independent group of islands known as the Ryukyu Kingdom and kings built castles just like Wal-Mart builds shopping centers today. There are around 300 castle ruins, remnants of the 12th through 15th Century castle boom, scattered throughout the Ryukyu chain.
The larg
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Tokyo in Winter: Plenty To Do and Smaller Crowds
A computerized Japanese toilet
Near the temple you can catch numerous water taxis for a cruise down the Sumida River (you can sit inside the very warm interior). The cruise lasts about an hour and will drop you off at the Hinode pier or you can take the boat across Tokyo Bay to the city of Od
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Driving in Japan – a fool’s endeavor?
To drive or not to drive? A good question when it comes to considering a visit to Japan. Why bother? Japan is renowned the world over for its public transport efficiency. Shinkansen (or Bullet Trains as we know them in the west) blaze a triumphant trail between major cities, a celebration of wh
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Gods, Devils, and Geisha – Setsubun (Japanese Spring Ritual) in Kyoto
Setsubun (Feb 3rd) is a Japanese Spring ritual where Japanese drive bad luck in the form of Oni (devils) out of their homes with a handful of tossed beans. At temples and shrines, they do mame maki which is throwing beans and other things to gathered crowds.
Setsubun is one of my favorite Japan
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Traveling in Japan in Winter
Japan is seasonal. If you tell people you’re going to travel Japan in winter, the first reaction is most likely surprise. Ignore them. There are a number of must see sites, but the highlights of a trip to Japan come from observing its culture and traditions. Go in winter to escape the crowds of
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Kyoto and Kitcho
I’m going to admit to a number of romantic notions about Kyoto being a quaint medieval city where it’s perpetually twilight, the streets are cobblestones lit by lanterns and geisha walk amongst the common man in Gion. I think Memoirs of a Geisha did a real number on me. Plus I love
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11 Ways to Save Big on a Trip to Japan
The mention of Japan always seems to invoke the same response in uninitiated travelers – “But, isn’t it expensive?” No, no and no again. Japan is often, unfairly, pegged as a budget-busting destination – a reputation that could be discouraging for frugal wanderers. However, like any
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Discover an Unexpected Side of Japan in Okinawa
As a travel destination, Japan evokes images of cherry blossoms, bullet trains, and Mt Fuji. It also has a reputation for being fast-paced and tech crazed. Certainly Tokyo and other mainland cities live up to these expectations.
However, to many people’s surprise, Japan also has a laid-back sid
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Best BootsnAll Travel Photos: June 2011
And just like that, half a year is gone.
With the start of July, we’ve crested the peak of 2011 and have begun the inevitable run downhill toward December. Do you remember a time when six months seemed like an incredibly long time? For most of us, those days – when years were separa
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Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market – The World’s Best Seafood
The Tsukiji Fish Market (築地市場, Tsukiji Shijō) is the largest wholesale fish market in Tokyo, and one of the largest fish markets in the world. A memorable, though very early activity, is to see the Tuna Auction before the sun rises. The Tsukiji Fish Market will be relocating to a larg
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Disney Pins
Disney pins have actually constantly been preferred products at the Disney amusement park. The pin trading craze is still going sturdy, with Disney fans of all nations purchasing and offering pins in-person and online along with some of the most collectible being the pins in the Tokyo Disney
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Ways to Plan A Trip To Tokyo
Tokyo is the biggest city in Japan and the world. The populace is over 37 million in the 1012 cencus, and it has millions of site visitors taking a trip there annually as well. This can be a bit frustrating to anybody requiring or desiring to take a trip to Tokyo for any reason as there is s
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Visit Tokyo Disneyland For An Excellent Japanese Vacation
You will take pleasure in a Christmas getaway at Tokyo Disneyland if you have actually ever before been to Disneyland or Disney World. The reasonably priced holiday package deal to Tokyo Disneyland Park will simply thrill the entire family. The Disney resorts are exciting to stay at and are
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Tokyo Roppongi Hills
Minoru Mori had a vision of constructing a city within the city of Tokyo, and after seventeen years with the assistance of some four hundred of Tokyo’s various landowners, his vision was recognized in 2003. Roppongi Hills is an eleven-hectare vertical city, and its focal point, the fif
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Sensoji Temple: The Heart Of Tokyo
The spiritual heart of Asakusa, and for that matter Tokyo, is the excellent Sensoji Buddhist Temple. Developed sometime in the 7th century prior to Tokyo was even Edo, to house the golden statuary of Kannon, the goddess of mercy, which, according to legend was fished out of the neighboring S
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The Tokyo Tower
The Tokyo Tower has fallen a minimum of 3 times to cinematic conquerors. Godzilla, Mothra, and King Kong have all dispatched it; yet there it still stands in Shiba Park at three hundred and thirty-three meters tall, a monument to post-World War II Japan’s financial prowness.
Tokyo Towe
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Tokyo Disneyland Theme Park Overview
Be it in Japan or America, a household holiday in a Disney amusement park or Disneyland is constantly a dream vacation for millions of individuals around the globe. The Disney brand name is such an unquestionable success worldwide that it is impossible that any kid in any established nation
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Visiting Tokyo Disneyland
General Information on Tokyo Disneyland
Tokyo Disneyland is a popular tourist destination, so there are many ticket options. There are also packages available that combine meals and accommodation at the resort hotels with visiting the Disneyland and Disney Sea. If you stay outsid
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The Edo Tokyo Museum
Something visitors to the Edo Tokyo Museum will find out is that when the Canadian representative signed Japan’s official surrender file following World War II, he doinged this on the incorrect line. The staying signatories were for that reason required to change the names of the natio
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How to get to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea
Getting to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea is easy. From Narita Airport, it is only about one hour by bus, so it makes a good first stop on a trip to Japan. Take the bus, which runs about 6 times per day, from Narita terminal 1, stop #7. Spend the night in one of the resort hotels and be rea
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