Hello everybody, my sister will meet me in Tokyo. Gail Nakada: Tour Tokyo's Best Sightseeing Spots For Free! Stunning Asakusa Sensoji Temple.
Courtesy S. Nakada A weaker yen means stronger travel incentives for visitors to Japan. Save even more with the Panda Bus. These fanciful hop-on/hop-off buses are a great way to tour Asakusa from Sensoji to Sky Tree or take in the world-famous cherry blossoms and museum row around Ueno Park. Ueno Panda Bus. You'd think a bus with a giant black and white panda head on the front and wearing a pink bow would be pretty hard to ignore.
Ueno: Beyond the fluffy pink cherry blossoms, Ueno Park hides a legacy of bloody battles, historic shrines and tales of crafty, supernatural animals. There is no escaping pandamania in this part of town. For all your crunchy panda needs: panda crackers at Kinokuniya Market Nearly everything you want to see in Ueno is packed into this historic park. It's hard to think of Ueno as a battleground full of sword-wielding samurai. Ueno Kannondo was one of the few temples to survive the battle of 1868. Asakusa Panda Bus. Okinawa travel guide. Okinawa (沖縄) [1] is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, an island chain to the south of mainland.
Understand[edit] Syurei-Mon (Syurei Gate, Syuri Castle) Naha The name Okinawa means "rope in the open sea", a fairly apt description of this long stretch of islands between mainland Japan and Taiwan. Consisting of 49 inhabited islands and 111 uninhabited islands, Okinawa has a subtropical/tropical climate. Unlike the other Japanese subtropical/tropical islands such as Ogasawara Islands, Amami Islands and Tokara Islands, there are frequent flights from all the major cities of Japan, which helps Okinawa being one of the major tourist destinations for the Japanese.
History[edit] The oldest evidence of human existence on the Okinawa Islands, Ryūkyū' (琉球) dates back to the Paleolithic era [2]. Though Satsuma maintained strong influence over the islands, the Ryūkyū Kingdom maintained a considerable degree of domestic political freedom for over two hundred years. Culture[edit] Climate[edit] Backpackers Hostel K's House - guesthouse in Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Mount Fuji,Ito and Hakuba Nagano.
Kirai – Un geek en Japón. Planning a Trip to Japan: DOs & DON'Ts. This is a guest post by our friend Amy Cham.
Amy compiled us an amazing guide full of her Japan tips to help us plan for our trip there next month and it was too good not to share some of her advice with you. Ah Japan, irasshaimase! Welcome to the land where everything, just works. The land of convenience, the land of delicious food, paradox, naked strangers, and where respect permeates through every part of society and culture… In Japan the food can be described as clean and minimalist, but never simple, which probably sums up Japan as a whole. Uh-huh, they have the fastest, sleekest, most efficient trains (ever!)
Here are some tips to get the most out of a trip to Japan. Before You Arrive No visa requirements for most nationalities for stays of up to 90 days but have a return flight out, as they WILL grill you upon arrival. General Dos and Don’ts Bow if you are being bowed to. Get your paper fortune at a Japanese Buddhist temple. Eat non-Japanese. Stick to the ramen…Be impatient. Share: Visit and Tour Japan.