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Japan is a beautiful, clean, and friendly country, not to mention safe! You really don't have to worry so much about getting ripped off or mobbed by touts, everything is very orderly and systematic.
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Can be expensive, surprisely low-tec outside of the big cities, earthquakes, typhoons, landslides, Squat toilets
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12-storey Department Stores and Giant Video Screens, UNESCO World Heritage sites and Hot Springs!!!
51 Reviews Roppongi...What do I say about roppongi.Past 2 months I have been here and enjoyed each and every moment I spent at this place.Not a very big place to search for what you are there. I would start...
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158 Reviews Sensoji Temple is believed to be the first temple ever built in the Tokyo area and was originally founded by a fisherman, Haji Nakatomo, who is said to have built the temple after finding a statue of...
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63 Reviews I am a guy, and most would agree that there are more things on offer for ladies to take home than for the men, when visiting Kyoto. I was therefore excited to discover a unique t-shirt store in the...
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6 Reviews and 734 Opinions We stayed 3 nights at Kyoto Granvia Hotel from Feb. 27 to Mar 1, 2008. We paid Yen 17,600 per night,...
26 Reviews in japanese that ture but still loads for fun for those who have never been to universal stuido of usa. just access the site of universal sutio and you will understand everthing , it is a very...
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14 Reviews The area has many shops and restaurants. Some cheap, some expensive, some just downright weird. A good place to go to when the weather is nasty, as everything is covered for blocks. Great place to...
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28 Reviews With its famed golden shachi dolphin roof decorations, Nagoya Castle is the de-facto symbol of the city. Built in 1612, the main edifice was reconstructed in 1959 on its original foundation after...
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12 Reviews Kobe is home to one of Japan's three most famous Chinatowns (Yokohama and Nagasaki being the other two), so when the Chinese New Year arrives (setsubun), the Chinatowns are great places to visit, and...
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128 Reviews I once stayed with a friend who lived a stone's throw away from the Peace Museum in Nagasaki and since then, I have always wondered what it was like to live near a building charged with so much...
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74 Reviews Todai-ji ("Great Eastern Temple") is reputedly the largest wooden structure in the world, and it houses what must be one of the largest bronze statues of Buddha around, the Daibutsu or Great Buddha....
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4 Reviews Without a doubt, one of the coolest spectacles in all of Japan is to watch the wild snow monkeys of the Japanese Alps sit out a snowy winter day soaking in the hot waters of a naturally-heated onsen....
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12 Reviews Korakuen Garden is considered to be one of the three best gardens in Japan since the Edo Period. It was constructed by Tsuda Nagatada by orders of the daimyo Ikeda Tsunamasa and took thirteen years to...
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30 Reviews If you are in the Hiroshima city, you must visit Itsukushima-Jinjya in Miyajima. It's the shrine (not a temple) with famous red torii (gate) in the water, but has lots more than just the...
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Q: My partner and I have booked to go to Japan mid June and we now have the task of sorting out where to go. I currently have 2...

A: I would strongly suggest you add Kyoto to your list. It was the Imperial capital of Japan until the late 1800s when the capital was move to Edo (Tokyo). It's full of...
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What is it about Japan that so enchants foreigners? "Partly it is the beauty of the country... Partly it is the ancient, intricate arts and crafts... Partly it is the bottomless depths of Zen...
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Japan has, what you've never experienced

Japan is a island country surrounded by the sea in the circumference. Trade and exchange with foreign countries were restricted severely till the 19th century. Therefore, Japan is different from the...
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Nihon sugoi desu! (Japan is wonderful!)

My first visit to Japan was in early spring 2005. I kind of tagged along with a friend who went there to do some work for her University. She wanted company and I needed a vaccation. Japan amazed me...
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Japan is a delightful country to vist. You can witness a country with traditional cultures and modern technologies blended into a unique way of life. From the slow sipping tea ceremony to non-stop...
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Japan, My Friends, Our Trip....

It was our random decision to become exchange students at the same time. It was somebody`s we don`t know random decision to place us all in Wisconsin, so close to each other. It really surprises me...
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