
Plan Your Trip Japan's Top 12 1 Tokyo The city that has it all Tokyo is one of the world's reigning cities of superlatives – the dining, the drinking, the shopping are all top class. THE DAIBUTSU (GREAT BUDDHA) IN NARA’S TŌDAI-JI TEMPLE | WIBOWO RUSLI / GETTY IMAGES © From the splendour of a Kyoto geisha dance to the spare beauty of a Zen rock garden, Japan has the power to enthral even the most jaded traveller.
HARAKIRI PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL TAITO TYPE X DOWNLOAD HOW TO
Chant with monks or learn how to whisk bitter matcha (powdered green tea) into a froth. Spend the night in a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn), sleeping on futons and tatami mats, and padding through well-worn wooden halls to the bathhouse (or go one step further and sleep in an old farmhouse). (And if you've never paired hiking or skiing with soaking in onsen, you don't know what you've been missing.) Travelling around the country offers numerous opportunities to connect with Japan's traditional culture. In the winter, all this is covered with snow and the skiing is world class. In the warmer months there is excellent hiking, through cedar groves and fields of wildflowers, up to soaring peaks and ancient shrines (the latter founded by wandering ascetics).
.jpg)
Leave them behind and you've got a country that is more than two-thirds mountains, with bubbling hot springs at every turn. There's an intoxicating buzz to Japan's urban centres, with their vibrant street life, glowing streetscapes, 24-hour drinking and dining scenes, architectural wonders that redefine what buildings – and cities – should look like. Welcome to Japan Japan is truly timeless, a place where ancient traditions are fused with modern life as if it were the most natural thing in the world.ĪRASHIYAMA BAMBOO GROVE, KYOTO | ABDERAZAK TISSOUKAI / 500PX © Transport Getting There & Away Getting Around Behind the Scenes Our Writers Survival Guide Directory A–Z Accommodation Customs Regulations Electricity Health Insurance Internet Access Legal Matters LGBTI Travellers Maps Money Opening Hours Public Holidays Safe Travel Taxes & Refunds Telephone Time Toilets Tourist Information Travellers with Disabilities Visas Women Travellers In Focus Japan Today History The People of Japan Food & Drink Arts & Architecture Onsen Ryokan Kii Peninsula Walking the Kumano Kodō Kōya-san Sights Eating Tanabe Eating Hongū Sights Activities Eating
.jpg)
.jpg)
Okinawa Yaeyama Islands Okinawan Cuisine Naha Sights Eating Ishigaki Kagoshima Hiking on Yakushima Kagoshima City Sights Eating & Drinking Yakushima Sights Activities Eating Ibusuki Activities Hokkaidō Skiing & Snowsports Shikotsu-Tōya National Park Sapporo SightsĮating & Drinking Niseko Activities Eating & Drinking Naoshima Benesse Art Site Activities Eating Osaka Eating Out in Osaka Day Trip to Himeji-jō Sights Activities Tours Shopping Eating Drinking & Nightlife Entertainment Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Day Trip to Miyajima Sights
.jpg)
Shirakawa-gō Tsumago-Magome Hike Takayama Sights Shopping Eating Matsumoto Sightsįuji Five Lakes Mt Fuji Kawaguchi-ko Sights Eating & Drinking Fuji-Yoshida Sights & Activities Eating & Drinking Motosu-ko Activities Nara Tōdai-ji Sights Tours Shopping Eating & Drinking Kyoto Fushimi Inari-Taisha Kyoto's Geisha Culture Kinkaku-ji Sights Activities Shopping Eating Drinking & Nightlife Entertainment Shopping Eating Drinking & Nightlife Entertainment Tokyo Shopping in Harajuku Tokyo National Museum Meiji-jingū Pop Culture in Akihabara Sensō-ji Day Trip to Nikkō Sights Activities Tours Local Life Month by Month Get Inspired Itineraries Family Travel DISCOVER JAPAN TOP SIGHTS, AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCESĬontents Plan Your Trip Japan's Top 12 Need to Know Hotspots For.
