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Heijo Palace
Heijo Palace (平城京) in Nara , was the Imperial Palace of Japan during the Nara Period (710-784 CE). The remains of the palace, and the surrounding area,…
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Nara History
Nara is located in the north of Nara Basin where the fledging Japanese state was born in prehistoric times. The city was built through heavy Baekje and…
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Todaiji Temple
Tōdai-ji (東大寺), the Eastern Great Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Reputedly the largest wooden building in the world, it houses a giant…
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Nara Travel To
Getting to Nara By plane Nara does not have its own airport, so most visitors arrive via Kansai International Airport (change trains in Osaka ) or Osaka's…
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Okayama Castle
Okayama Castle Okayama Castle (岡山城 Okayama-jo) is popularly known as Crow Castle (鴉城 U-jo), so named because unlike every other castle in the country…
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Korakuen Garden
Korakuen Garden Korakuen Garden (後楽園) is one of Japan's official Three Great Gardens and hence Okayama's number one attraction. The name means "Garden of…
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Okinawa Architecture
Okinawa has many remains of a unique type of castle or fortress called Gusuku. These are believed to be the predecessors of Japan's castles. Arch at a…
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Okinawa Climate
Okinawa Climate and Nature The island is largely composed of coral rock, and rainwater filtering through that coral has given the island many caves, which…
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Okinawa History
The islands that now make up Okinawa Prefecture were formerly not part of Japan, but part of an independent nation called the Ryūkyū Kingdom. Okinawa's…
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Okinawa Language & Culture
Having historically been a separate nation (and the Ryūkyū Kingdom having had closer ties with China than with Japan), Okinawan language and culture…
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Okinawa Travel
Getting to Okinawa By air Most visitors arrive in Naha, the capital of Okinawa and the only airport that receives international flights. Domestic flights…
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Bullet Train
Bullet Train Guide includes history of the Japanese Bullet Train, Bullet Train Speeds, Bullet Train pictures, Bullet Train video and Bullet Train…