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Honshu Japan
Honshū (本州) is the largest island of Japan, called the Mainland; it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland…
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Arashiyama
Arashiyama (嵐山), sometimes Ranzan, is an exclusive district on the western outskirts of Kyoto , Japan . It also refers to the mountain across the Oi River…
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Daitokuji Temple
Daitokuji Temple (大徳寺). A small and understated temple complex, boasting several small, secluded subtemples. Daitokuji is the quietest of the temples in…
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
Fushimi Inari Taisha (伏見稲荷大社) is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto , Japan. It is especially well known…
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Gion
Gion (祇園) is a district of Kyoto , Japan , originally developed in the middle ages, in front of Yasaka Shrine. This part of Kyoto has two hanamachi…
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Heian Jingu
Heian Jingu (平安神宮) is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto , Japan . Heian Jingu is famous for having the largest torii in Japan . The main building, or…
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Kiyomizu-Dera
Kiyomizu-dera (or Kiyomizudera, 清水寺) refers to several Buddhist temples but most commonly to Otowasan Kiyomizudera (音羽山清水寺) in Eastern Kyoto , and one of…
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Pontocho
Pontochō (先斗町) is a district in Kyoto , Japan known for Geisha and home to many geisha houses and traditional tea houses. Like Gion, Pontochō is famous…
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New Chitose Airport
New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港 Shin-Chitose Kūkō) is an airport in Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan near Sapporo . It has the IATA Airport Code CTS. By land area, it…
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Niseko
Guide to Niseko - Popular ski resort town in Japan. Niseko has excellent deep powder snow and a long ski season. Niseko (ニセコ町; -chou) is a town and ski…
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Naha Okinawa
Naha (那覇市; -shi) is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県) in Japan. The modern city was founded on 20 May 1921. However, it had been one of the…
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Osaka Background
If Tokyo is Japan's capital, Osaka might be called its anti-capital. Osaka is the main metropolis of the Kansai region, and its inhabitants exhibit a…