Japan Travel Guide
The City Find The Osaka Museum Of History
Osaka is the third city in Japan, and is located on the island of Honshu, where the flowing waters of the river Yodo.
Osaka, is strongly identified drinking and haute cuisine and surrounded by modern buildings and ancient temples and castles, as representative of Asian culture. Dotonbori is one of the most popular streets, and commercial and gastronomic center.
Osaka is the Umeda Sky Building, two striking 40-story twin towers, which at its peak, are connected by a bridge, which is a sight to see.
An example of the above is the Osaka Castle, considered the most visited Japan. This represents the top of the unique Japanese architecture, covers an area of 15 acres, and known through numerous reconstructions without losing its style.
Touring the city find the Osaka Museum of History. This area shows traces of human settlements dating back to the sixth century BC. This museum is fascinating and also gives us a magnificent view of the city.
Shitennoji Buddhist temple, is another place to visit, where you sit in the air, the culture of the city, was built around the year 593.
Finally, we mention the Museum of Science. This has a 3D planetarium, and was the first in all of Japan with this technology. 3D Planetarium is an experience not to miss, because it gives us scope to exceptional three-dimensional graphics, which allow you to live a very different experience conventional.
An Area Of Great Volcanic Activity
Japan is a mountainous country that lies on an area of great volcanic activity so there are numerous hot springs and mineral. These hot springs that form are called onsen and are ideal for relaxing and pleasant to take a bath
There are 3000 onsen that are spread in every region of mainland Japan with a tourist town. They are very rich in minerals with therapeutic properties and high temperatures help to eliminate toxins and purify the body. The onsen may be artificial, inside a covered roof environment or natural outdoors. These are called rotenburo most recommended because in them the head stays cooler and prevents sleepiness itself produces heat inside the onsen.
To get the most out of these hot springs is advisable to put a cold towel over the head with closed eyes and relax completely naked in the water collectively. For the latter, most areas have separate onsen for men and mujeres.Existen options for those wanting to experience the pleasant sensation of entering these hot springs. Some onsen are located in national parks and most are free, others are in resort hotels or resorts built for this purpose called Ryokan. The most popular are those found in mountainous areas close to Tokyo but also the offer is very varied throughout the country.
The New Hotel Lastel Yokohama City
The new Hotel Lastel Yokohama City, has a common aspect to most of the hotels and no external signs indicating their peculiar form, happens to be very special designed for guests whose category does not include you because … is a hotel for dead. Yes, as you read.
It is well known that Japan is a country of old and has one of the highest mortality rates in the world, according to data provided by the Japanese government only in 2010, died in the country about 1.2 million people, 55,000 more than the average of the previous decade. Most worrisome is that seem to be just the beginning and that by the year 2040, the funeral is expected to receive 1.66 million deaths a year.
The numbers are growing so fast that portend a future concern, which is why it has decided to seek alternative measures. It happens that relatives of the deceased, must wait an average of 4 days to get an appointment at the crematorium and prefer to hire a hotel service, instead of having the body in his house while they wait.
So then, for a price of 12,000 yen per day (about 100 euros), the family can accommodate the remains of their loved ones in any of the 18 rooms of this hotel properly refrigerated it ‘has become the rage in the market, “according Teramura words of its owner, 71, who also founded the development company for 45 years Nichiryoku cemeteries.
Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima
Hiroshima, Japan, was one of the places where the impact of atomic bombs by the United States at the end of World War II.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is located in the center of the city of Hiroshima. The park was created in the large open space left by the impact of the bomb.
The goal of the opening of the park is not simply to remind the direct and indirect victims of the nuclear attack (whose numbers reached the 140,000 people affected), but also raise awareness about the harmful effects of nuclear disasters and promote world peace.
The area has several museums, monuments and historic sites that attract over a million visitors a year. Hiroshima has become a destination of peace and quiet, a place to remember the dead and a place that invites us to change the future.
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The District of Ginza
The district of Ginza, which etymologically means “place where the silver is stamped” received its name from the mint to the shogun Tokugawa installed in 1600.
Throughout the twentieth century, Chuo-dori Street acquired the prestige of being an elite shopping area, where today we can find shops, cinemas, theaters and other attractions.
The district of Ginza Street is a quadrant bounded by the Shuto expressway. Has an unusually rectilinear path (it was designed by English architect Thomas Waters) and large, gone through three avenues.
Its European route turned into a tourist district Ginza and westernized, the area housed many shops of Western fashion. The earthquake destroyed the neighborhood planned by T. Waters, but the district continued to be a symbol of modernity and sophistication. Today is a very fashionable place to stroll on Sunday shopping streets.
One attraction of the neighborhood is the Sony Building, open daily from 11 to 19, is a 7 storey building packed with the latest Sony, obviously is a meeting place for more Japanese technology.
In the neighborhood there is the Kabuki-za Theatre, or more important Kabuki theater in Tokyo. Here you can see a complete representation (up to 4 hours) or a single act.
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Nagasaki One of the Most Enjoyable Activities
Nagasaki Japan is a pleasant town situated in a valley with high hills. Unlike most isolated areas in ancient Japan and Nagasaki was a trading port for Portuguese and Dutch, which happened in the city’s heritage remaining testimony. This traditional opening to the outside gives the city a cosmopolitan and quiet. In fact it is not absolutely necessary monuments and visits to tourists, but is one of the most picturesque cities in the country.
Nagasaki became part of the history of mankind the horrors of the August 9, 1945, when Japan was the second victim of the nuclear bomb. In the city remains the epicenter of the explosion, which tourists visit each year, and the nearby museum dedicated to the horrors that occurred in Nagasaki after the big bang. The atomic bomb north of the city fell, and luckily the center of the city and its historic buildings survived because the mountain contained the explosion.
The city has churches of various denominations, including Catholicism. In Glover Garden is very European style houses, reminiscent of ancient traders who came from Europe to do business. In fact, European influence is evident in the strong Christianity of the city, which has a good portion of all Christians in the country. If you go to Nagasaki one of the most enjoyable activities is to walk at night through narrow streets and try local dishes.
Nagasaki’s geography can be seen in its fullness in the Inasa Mount View Park, a place accessible by cable car, next to the train station. Nagasaki was built next to a beautiful natural bay. The port is located south of the city. The buildings lining the Urakami River, the river that flows into the Bay Nakashima. The home of Thomas Glover, ka Oura Cathedral and sanctuary are confunciano southeast. The district is called out denoche Shianbashi and is east of Hama-no-machi, and Temples row runs to the north.
The Nagasaki train station is at the confluence of the Urakami river to the bay. To the east of the station is the place of the 26 saints. To the east is the temple Fukusaiji, built in the shape of a turtle carazon.
In the train station you can buy a tram ticket will show you the sights of the city.
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Largest City in Japan
Osaka is the third largest city in Japan. Its population is 3 million, but its metropolitan area of 22 million people!. It is a gigantic city of moles of cement and pervasive industry. Of course Kyoto is not refined, but also has attractions beyond its concrete landscape.
At the heart of the city has always been the Osaka-jo Castle. Has important temples like Shitenn?-ji and Sumiyoshi Taisha. It also has modern architecture and the Osaka Dome sports stadium, shaped to mimic a space ship and the aquarium located in the port area of Tempozan. They have also made a giant theme park, Universal Studios Japan.
The people of Osaka Japanese speak a dialect called Osaka-ben and are much more effusive and friendly to the people of Kyoto. The march is Shinsaibashi area in the center. In its hundreds of street restaurants or you can try the local dish, takoyaki, or octopus balls of batter.
In Osaka is the largest colony of Koreans in Japan. If you wish to excursion can travel from Osaka to Takarazuka where you can see theater and the Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum, an exhibition of local artist Tezuka, known as the god of manga drawings.
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Travel to Fukuoka
Fukuoka, also known by its traditional name of Hakata, the largest city on the Japanese island of Kyushu, and with a population of about a million and half people places it as the ninth largest city in Japan.
Hakata Station is the southern terminus of the Shinkansen (bullet train) that goes from Osaka, Tokyo and beyond. The last stage will Shinkansen Kagoshima is currently under construction and will open in spring 2011.
Historically, Hakata and Fukuoka were two separate cities divided by the central river, but as the size of the two cities grew they were joined in one, the city of Fukuoka. Hakata-ku is now only a quarter of the city of Fukuoka. Fukuoka actually has two centers of activity, Hakata and Tenjin. Read the rest of this entry »
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Travel to Tokyo
Tokyo is arguably the largest city in the world. It consists of 23 domestic cities (ku), 26 suburban (shi), five towns (CHO), eight villages (mura), more than 300 islands, two major island chains, and several other fragments, each with their own special attractions.
Since it makes little sense to tell about all these different cities as if they were one city, we have subdivided as follows Tokyo.
Tokyo has been the capital of Japan since 1868 when it replaced the ancient capital of Kyoto (just north of Osaka, the second largest city in Japan). Formerly called Edo Tokyo before becoming the capital. Read the rest of this entry »
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TOKYO: A Cosmopolitan and Cultural City
Tokyo is a city of contrasts. The same can be divided roughly into two halves clearly defined: on one side, the Ginza shopping area, with concentrations of luxury retail and office districts, on the other hand, in the east, the stately neighborhoods attract more prosaic looks more glamorous. Most tourist attractions are in the area bounded by Yamamoto JR line, which encircles the city center.
Being the political soul, financial, administrative, educational, communicative and Japan, is the ideal destination for travelers who love technology. The headquarters of major corporations, as well as universities and a wealth of shops and entertainment venues have made Tokyo a must see for tourists traveling to Japan. Read the rest of this entry »
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