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The capital, the famous Asakusa district, the most traditional district in Tokyo. Stroll through the Nanamise shopping street, where you can buy beautiful gifts and souvenirs. At the end of the street, Sensoji Temple will appear before you, where you can buy a fortune telling or lucky charm. You can then explore the other small shrines that are nearby and the following places in and around Tokyo itself: Tsukiji market - a fish market. Here you…

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Osaka was the commercial capital of Japan in the past and is still one of the most important industrial centres and ports in Japan today. It's a city of food, be sure to try local specialties such as okonomiyaki (so-called Japanese pizza, the base of the pancake is flour egg and cabbage, on top of which is put a special sauce with mayonnaise), agetakoyaki (balls of dough with squid in it, which they fry right on the street) in the famous Namba…

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Hiroshima is the city infamous for dropping the atomic bomb in 1945. Today, you will find many interesting museums or memorials at the site of the blast, but Hiroshima offers many more activities.

Park, City

An old Buddhist centre, you can take a day trip here from Kyoto or Osaka. The symbol of Nara is the sacred deer, which are everywhere and will feed on cookies that you can buy especially for them at the stall. Perhaps because of this, most deer are not shy at all and often take tourists' belongings and eat them. The most popular is paper - especially maps and banknotes. The most famous and most visited place is the Buddhist temple of Todaji.…

Temple, City

An important city with a rich history. If you want to get to know Kyoto, we recommend exploring the outskirts of the city, Kyoto does not have a historical centre as we know it from Europe, most of the sights are located in the outskirts of the city. One of the unique sights is the Inari Shrine, where you walk for hours through the red gates of Torii, built by large corporations and companies for financial success and protection, so the red gate…

Island

The island of Miyajima (official name Itsukushima) is less than an hour away from Hiroshima. The island is considered sacred (Miyajima translates to holy island) and therefore no blood may be shed on it, no one may be born there, and no one may die or be buried there. According to legend, the goddesses of the sea and storms live on the island. The island of Miyajima has a totally unique atmosphere that will engulf you as soon as you step off…

Village, Skanzen

Shirakawa is a charming Japanese countryside where the famous gassho-zukuri farmhouses stand. The whole village is rather like an open-air museum, some of the houses are up to 250 years old and the whole town is on the UNESCO list. The handmade straw roofs are heavily reinforced, as a lot of snow falls in winter. At this time of year, the village looks like a fairy tale, covered in high snow. Most people stay in the farmhouse, where a fire…

Spa

Beppu - one of the largest and most famous spas in Japan. Here you can try countless treatments that the spa town offers. Even the food there is cooked in steaming hot springs.

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Nagoya - with its more than two million inhabitants, it is the fourth most populous city in Japan. Nagoya is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and a major industrial city. The city was founded in the Edo development period and boasts an interesting and rich history. Although most of the historical sites were destroyed during the Allied air raids, there is still a wealth of interesting places and events to be found here. Nagoya Castle - despite…

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Sapporo - in the language of the indigenous people of Japan's northernmost island, Sapporo means something like "an important river flowing through the plain". Sapporo is the fifth most populous city in Japan and the youngest city of its size. As recently as 1857, it had only 7 inhabitants. In the Meiji period, the building of Hokkaido and its total incorporation into Japan began. Until then, the Ainu people lived here. Sapporo is famous for…