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29 Reviews When you go to a sushi restaurant, I was told by a Japanese friend not to dunk the rice part of sushi in the soy sauce, but just the fish (and don't let it swim!). Also, the best way to eat sushi is...
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Tourist Information Center Kyoto
6 Reviews The Kyoto SGG Club,Goodwill Guide Volunteer Services of Kyoto, and the Rotary International District 2650 Club of Kyoto are giving away free maps to tourists in Kyoto. The map is in black and white...
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Kansai international airport Osaka
3 Reviews While Kyoto represents the elegant past of Japan, Osaka being a modern city, offers the opposite Japanese experience. Osaka offers the hustling and bustling of a modern city; in fact it is so busy...
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Shrines & Temples Nagoya
4 Reviews The shops at Ossu-Kannon have some really great deals and some really unique stores. I found a complete kimono set for only about 10,000 yen (about $75 US). Just get off at the Kamemaezu or...
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Shrines and Temples Tokyo
42 Reviews The lucky charms in Japan can usually only be obtained at the shrines. They are usually categorized by the area of your wish such as “prosperous business”, “successful study”, “well-being of family”,...
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City Districts Kyoto
3 Reviews Depending on how many days you are staying in Kyoto, map out the places you are going to see. The temples are located in different areas: 1. Higashiyama Area - The attractions around this area...
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walking Osaka
4 Reviews OSAKA often seems like it has no main centre and is an overwhelming maze of small streets and alleys. Although this is true - do not be shy about walking around Osaka, to where-ever the road takes...
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Day Trip out of Tokyo Tokyo
26 Reviews On my first visit I didnt have chance to visit Disneyland. So for 2nd visit, I took my kids to Disneyland and they love it!. So many things to do there. A lot of Disney characters, show, Disney Sea,...
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Pontocho Kyoto
1 Review DONT BE SHY ABOUT TAKING PEOPLES PHOTOS. In politically correct Australia, we fear taking peoples photos. So I have to do it as candidly as possible. But in Japan, Kyoto in particular - it was more...
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castle Osaka
11 Reviews The extensive grounds of Osaka Castle were impressive. The next night, friends took us to the top of a 7-story building with a rooftop entrance to a huge, red ferris wheel. High over the city's...
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People and Life Tokyo
38 Reviews The Love Hotel is a Japanese institution, where harried lovers find alone time away from gossiping office colleagues or crowded multi-generational homes with paper-thin walls. To attract patrons away...
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Internet Access Kyoto
2 Reviews i found a nice place where you can use free internet, for an hour at a time..its "Campus Plaza" near the Kyoto station. if you exit the station on the north side, turn left and you will end up on a...
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Umeda Skybuilding Osaka
9 Reviews After a walk up at the observatory, we came down and found this little resting place just beside the building. The little "park" was bloom with some flowers and thought they were nice & pretty so took...
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Getting Around Tokyo
31 Reviews what makes police in tokyo unique is the Koban System wherein a Koban is a typically a two-storied housing with a couple of rooms with from one to more than ten police oficers. The officers in these...
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temples & shrines Osaka
4 Reviews This is one of the wooden statues found on either side of the main entrance into Shiittenoji Temple. These statues are at the entrances to all temples in Japan. They are guards placed to ward away...
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Facts and History Tokyo
18 Reviews Before japan was famous (or notorious) for it's squat toilets wherein you just squat to tke a dump or pee but nowadays japan is now popularly known for its bidets and anus washes (lavatory) and it is...
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Shinsaibashi Osaka
2 Reviews ShinshaibashiFountain display in the canal at Shinshaibashi. This place is full of happenings at night and is worth a visit. The brightly lit streets cris-crossed each others like a grid. You don't...
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Managing Your Luggage Tokyo
8 Reviews At Narita International Airport, delivery service counters will send luggage to your hotel the next day or from your hotel to the airport for about ¥2,000 for bags up to 20 kilograms ....
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zero (empty tips) Osaka
5 Reviews The two magazines pictured opposite are two of the most popular free papers in Japan. Both magazines are particularly useful for getting up to date listings of cinema, stage and live music...
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Travel Plan Examples Tokyo
6 Reviews the number one tour company in the tokyo area, the hato bus company is an icon itself in the tokyo area hence i've made a separate things to do tip for hato bus tours here in my tokyo pages. Whether...
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Dotombori Osaka
2 Reviews Being at the busy and colorful streets in Dotonbori area at night is a real must. The colors of the advertising lights are bright and make the place so lively. It looks like more people like it...
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How to Survive Tokyo
7 Reviews Always Remember that ATM's in japan are mostly local! you can only withdraw from international ATM locations in Airports, Major Rail Stations, Post offices and on 7-11 stores! when in major Rail...
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Sightseeing outside Osaka Osaka
1 Review Take a short ride (35 min.) by shinkansen to Himeji and go see Himeji Castle. I really enjoyed the aquarium even though I was there during the earthquake. I think the earthquake just made it more...
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City Overview Tokyo
32 Reviews Please note that all information written here is valid for September 2011. Due to the events of the major Earthquake roughly 200-300km north of Tokyo and the problems with the Fukushima Nuclear Power...
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Theatres and Museums Tokyo
9 Reviews The Kabuki-za on Harumi-dôri at Ginza is Japan's most famous kabuki theatre. There are performances of the unique Japanses theatre art kabuki nearly every day. Because kabuki plays are very long...
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Another fine memory that I'll always keep in my heart is this very special gift given to me at the end of my trip to Japan.It reads: 'Life is very short and the life of cicala is very short, too !'I am not sure and cannot remember what Cicala is , perhaps an insect? Don't know.
I must say I was very fortunate to make this trip because of my job at that time, having the opportunity to visit many cities such as Tokyo, Onahama, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya.In Tokyo, you must go to the Tokyo Tower which is an Eiffel type tower, very impressive.Yokohama, which is about an hour from Tokyo, is close to the Kamakura area where is reknowned by it's Great Bronze Buddha or Daibutsu. I would say to mingle with the people in the city, to become part of it, to eat in a small japanese place...you will not regret it, the japanese people are very warm, extremely polite.
We call it Fujisan. It's a beautiful mountain, almost perfect in shape.Japanese have a very special feeling for it. Some consider it a place of pilgrimage. Others climb it just for the challenge. Fujisan is the highest mountain in Japan. It's 12388 feet or 3776 meters high. It's an inactive volcano. The last big eruption was in 1707. When the weather is clear, we can see it from some parts of Tokyo. And we can usually see it from Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. That is a popular resort area.
visit tokyo,the biggest city in the world(25 millions inhabitants) it took me 2 hours to find british airways in tokyo;I finally found it;you know what? it was national holiday,it was closed,I wanted to kill everyone.
Yokohama my home town! China Town, Yamashita Park, take a cruise, walk around the park, have lunch at New Grand Hotel or Hotel Yokohama. Go up Marine Tower for the view. Go shopping at Motomachi. Take a tea break at Kikuya, have a milk shake at German Bakery. Sankeien Park, grand Budha in Kamakura, Hachiman Shrine in Kamakura as well. Don't foget to have dinner at Katsuretsuhan in Isezakicho. Serenity found in Japanese gardens, visiting shrines and temples, cherry blosson in full bloom as seen from Gaijin Bochi, numerous little coffee shops, noodle shops, little back street markets. Sumo wrestling, kabuki and noh performances.
For those with only one day to spare in Tokyo, take the all-inclusive ticket for travel by train, bus, cable car and galleon - yes, galleon! - to Hakone for a sail on the lake and views of Mount Fuji. Get back to Tokyo to eat yakitori (grilled chicken pieces) in a red lantern pub under the bullet train tracks in Yurakucho and then off for an evening of revelry in the expat haunts of Roppongi.
Sushi on Shikoku, the Ginza girls with their stunning fashion sense, service with a smile, Sapporo beer, cherry blossom beside Lake Biwa, fireworks over the Sumida river, a day at the sumo basho (contest), remote villages in the Japanese Alps, the misty outline of Russia from the northern tip of Japan, shogun fantasies at Himeji castle, video game arcades, Nara deer - and those long scalding soaks in Japanese baths.
Take a ride on a Shinkasen (Bullet) Train. It is like flying on the ground. We went from Tokyo to Kyoto in 2.5 hours, a distance of 500 kilometres. The friendliness of the people. We had some fantastic times at Toshio Shimadas Izakaya (Bar) at Abiko in Chiba Prefecture just out of Tokyo.A 5 hour Kabuki Theatre show at the Kabuki Za Theatre in Ginza Tokyo was a great experience. As was the meal at the Onagi (eel) restaurant that followed.
Go to nara and visit kyoto's surroundingsSee tokyo's lights. I saw loads of young japanese pupils, waiting calmly, with their strange uniforms on : black trousers and vest for the boys (from a French lycee) and white socks, miniskirt and blue top for girls !I understand why Japanese men get excited with mangas !
Whether you want to hook into the local ex-pat hangouts, bars and clubs (or in some cases just know where they are to avoid them), find out some good places to unwind or see a few sights, find a place to stay, find a job, or anything else along those lines it's best to get a couple of the local newspaper for foreigners. While the lonely planet and time out guides are great for general travel ideas the local gaijin rag can't be beaten. In Tokyo look for the tokyo classified (web site is www.tokyoclassified.com), in Fukuoka it's the metro. For other cities just ask anyone you meet where you can find the local gaijin paper. If they're young and speak english they WILL know.Remember, as in all other asian countries, patience is a virtue, most problems are solved with a simple acknowledgement TIJ (this is Japan), but if you smile look happy and want to enjoy it it will be one of the easiest...
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Hotel Granvia Kyoto Kyoto
6 Reviews and 478 Opinions We stayed 3 nights at Kyoto Granvia Hotel from Feb. 27 to Mar 1, 2008. We paid Yen 17,600 per night,...
Dotonbori Hotel Osaka Osaka
7 Reviews and 88 Opinions I've personally stayed in this hotel twice in my previous 2 trips to Osaka. Famous for their...
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Q: Toyoko Inn Club Card - I read that the price for this membership card is 1500yen. When is the expiration for this card for...
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