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Japan, site of ancient gods and customs, while mecca of modernity, is composed of a central island, Honshu, and three other main islands, Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyūschū, which are connected to the main island, Honshu, by tunnels and bridges.
His trip to Japan can be enforcer of countless ways, so as facets offers Japan. Overall if you want to see the ultra-modern Japan should visit the metropolis of Tokyo and Osaka. Also these cities are the most suitable sites to see sumo, museums, visual arts and performing arts traditional Nipponese, such as Kabuki and Noh theater.
Whoever wants to know Japan basically need at least a couple of weeks. The first areas are advised to know are Tokyo and Kyoto. Tokyo has almost anything you might need the tourists, their surroundings are equally interesting, including the historic city Kamakura Nikkō north and south. West Mount Fuji and Hakone as a resting place.
North of Tokyo is the Tohoku district, with pleasant mountain springs and spa hotels. It is mandatory Hiraizumi the golden room, a key point for tourists. Also interesting is the bay with islands, Matsushima or tone, more traditional Japan.
The Daisetzu-zan National Park is ideal for hiking in the mountains or the landscapes of national parks as Shikotsu-Toya, Rebun-tō, and Shiretoko Rishiri-tō.
In Hokkaido Hakodate city stresses that incredibly still retains its wooden houses. Capital also highlights his traditional places like Sapporo and Hokkaido.
We can choose to ski the central Honshu, not for nothing is called the Alps Japonenes. Also in this area there are cities like Nagano or Matsumoto castle.
In the Japan Sea coast in the city of Kanazawa is also a preferred destination. It has one of the best gardens in the country. South of the Alps of Japan is highly recommended Kyoto city which is perhaps the most spectacular sight in the country.
Japan is an island nation surrounded by sea which is composed of four main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, plus thousands of small islands. Mostly covered by a blanket of forests in the country can enjoy beautiful landscapes in each of the four seasons, plus a rich cultural heritage that draws from the history and tradition.

Sapporo Snow Festival

After about half a century since its inception, the festival attracts over two million visitors every year both Japan and abroad. The snow statues and ice sculptures, each of several themes and sizes flood the space in the center of Sapporo during the seven days of the festival in February

Tohoku region - Nebuta Festival

Nebuta festival is held every summer in the cities of Aomori and Hirosaki. The festival can attend a huge procession of lanterns in the shape of animals and historical characters. Hundreds of dancers known as haneto their way through the streets so scandalous dancing, shouting and bellowing.

Tohoku region - Shirakami Mountains

It is a mountainous region on the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures, and is also the birthplace of the most expansive of beech virgin forest in the world.

KANTO Region - Shrines and Temples of Nikko

The Toshogu Shrine is the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, unifier of the country in early seventeenth century and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867). The halls of the shrine, richly decorated with ornamental carvings, are surrounded by forests.

Kanto region – Tokyo

Besides being the capital, Tokyo is the economic and political center of Japan. It combines the features of a modern urban center, streets crisscrossed with skyscrapers and traditional elements of more than 400 years of history. Its historic name is Edo

Chubu Region - Mount Fuji

The highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji (3.776m/12.385 feet) is also adorned with a series of beautiful forests and lakes. It is a conical stratovolcano and well proportioned with a declining base that has been idle for about 300 years. The Japanese have worshiped since ancient Mount Fuji like a sacred mountain.

Chubu Region - The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

Many residents of the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, and Kamitama villas and Tai-ra, Toyama Prefecture, still live in farmhouses and large houses with steep thatched roofs (gassho style) , which maintains a unique traditional lifestyle in the midst of severe weather characterized by heavy snowfall

Kinki region - Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto in Kyoto, Uji and Otsu

Kyoto was the center of the imperial court since the eighth century until the late nineteenth century. One area in which there are many shrines, temples, gardens and streets that represent ancient times and can be regarded as the cradle of Japanese cultura

Kinki region - Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, Horyu-ji

Nara was the capital of Japan in the eighth century. Historical monuments, temples and shrines are a reflection of an era of Buddhist culture introduced from China and the Korean peninsula. The Horyu-ji Temple is a complex of 40 temples dating back to the seventh and eighth centuries, and which in part includes what is estimated to be the oldest wooden structures in the world

Kinki region – Osaka

Osaka originally developed as a commercial city today, along with Tokyo, is considered one of the most important economic centers in Japan. Known for water and its "808 bridges, numerous rivers and canals will run through the urban districts.

Kinki region - Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle is an excellent example of Japanese architecture of the seventeenth century castle equipped with a sophisticated defense system. Also called Shirasagi Castle (White Heron), its silhouette and perfectly trimmed white stucco walls resemble a white heron about to take flight

Region Shikoku - Seto Ohashi Bridge

Seto Ohashi Bridge, which runs between the islands of Honshu and Shikoku on the Seto Inland Sea, connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures, is the largest bridge in the world that combine road with a railway line. The bridge is divided into 6 sections to complete a total distance of 9.4 kilometers

Chugoku region - Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima

Genbaku the Dome (the Dome of the Atomic Bomb)

Hiroshima is located in the center of the Chugoku region in western Honshu. Includes In'noshima Island and 150 islands of the Seto Inland Sea. The city of Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb during World War II and today is internationally known as city of peace, the Peace Memorial Park and Atomic Bomb Dome, which continue testifying his terrifying experience for the elsewhere.

Chugoku region - Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

The shrine, built on the small island of Itsukushima, dates from the thirteenth century. Widely known as one of the three most scenic places in Japan, offers a stunning image of unity with the surrounding natural environment, overlooking the sea and mountains in the background.

Kyushu region - Mount Aso

Mount Aso is also an active stratovolcano located almost in the center of Kyushu. The caldera, formed by a continuous volcanic activity over the past 30,000 years is 20 kilometers in diameter. The area is rich in thermal springs, streams and meadows

Kyushu and Okinawa Region – Yakushima

The mountainous island boasts several peaks towering over 1,000 meters above sea level, thanks to which can accommodate the diverse vegetation that occurs between the subtropical and the subarctic. The best known is the giant of Yakushima cedar over 1,000 years old.

Okinawa

Gusuku SITES AND ASSETS OF THE KINGDOM OF THE ASSOCIATED RYUKYU. Gusuku, which means "castle" is a word that goes back to the era of the Ryukyu kingdom, which flourished between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries in what is now known as Okinawa Prefecture. The ruins of the castle gusuku, which are scattered throughout the islands of the prefecture, are a reminder of the extraordinary Ryukyuan culture that was forged through trade with Japan, China and Southeast Asia.

Shinkansen Trains

The Shinkansen bullet trains are operating at a speed of over 200 km / h and reaches a maximum of 300 km / h. The first opened in 1964 between Tokyo and Osaka, the service currently connects Tokyo with almost all major cities and enjoys great popularity among those who travel for business and sightseeing.