The sprawling Osaka City can be viewed from the top of the Umeda Sky Building, a futuristic twin-tower complex locate...
The sprawling Osaka City can be viewed from the top of the Umeda Sky Building, a futuristic twin-tower complex located at the center of the Kita district of Osaka. Affectionately dubbed "Arc de Triomphe of Osaka", the 170 meter-high comp...
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This tour on an amphibious bus takes you 60 minutes on land and 30 minutes on water through central Osaka. The so-cal...
This tour on an amphibious bus takes you 60 minutes on land and 30 minutes on water through central Osaka. The so-called 'duck' tour, first of its kind in Japan, offers great views of the Midosuji street, Osaka Castle, Mint Bureau and Sa...
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The Osaka Museum of History is located just across the street from Osaka Castle. The exhibits spread over 4 floors at...
The Osaka Museum of History is located just across the street from Osaka Castle. The exhibits spread over 4 floors at the top of a 13-story building, and you can get excellent views of Osaka Caslte. Visitors first take the elevator to...
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This is a large public park built on the site of the 1970 World Exhibition in Osaka. Some facilities used in the expo...
This is a large public park built on the site of the 1970 World Exhibition in Osaka. Some facilities used in the expo still remain, including the Japanese Garden, the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, and the symbolic Tower of the Sun. The compo...
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This shrine in the south of Kyoto is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates straddling the mountain paths,...
This shrine in the south of Kyoto is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates straddling the mountain paths, forming mysterious tunnels 4km long in total. This is the headquarters shine for some 30,000 Inari shrines all over the...
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If you are interested in culture, history and tradition in Japan, head over to Ueno. The main attraction in this area...
If you are interested in culture, history and tradition in Japan, head over to Ueno. The main attraction in this area is Ueno Park, which boasts the largest number of visitors. The country's first Western style park, this is home to larg...
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Abounding in wild forests and free pools of hot spring, the Shiretoko Peninsula in far eastern Hokkaido is one of Jap...
Abounding in wild forests and free pools of hot spring, the Shiretoko Peninsula in far eastern Hokkaido is one of Japan's 100 Wild and Scenic Spots. The peninsula was designated as Shiretoko National Park in 1964 and declared a World Her...
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Spa World is a massive bathhouse complex with a multitude of pools on different European and Asian themes. The 4th...
Spa World is a massive bathhouse complex with a multitude of pools on different European and Asian themes. The 4th floor of European themes ranging from Roman, Mediterranean and Greek baths to Finnish saunas, Atlantis and cavernous co...
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After successful feeding, this monkey park in the Jigokudani Onsen area was established in 1964 to protect and observ...
After successful feeding, this monkey park in the Jigokudani Onsen area was established in 1964 to protect and observe wild monkeys, known as Snow Monkeys in English. The hot spring pool dedicated to the monkeys, measuring 4m by 10m, was...
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This aquarium is where you can see a huge variety of marine life not found anywhere else. Churaumi means 'beautiful s...
This aquarium is where you can see a huge variety of marine life not found anywhere else. Churaumi means 'beautiful sea' in the local language and striking nature of Okinawa is spreading just before your eyes. The highlight is the massiv...
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This castle was originally built in 1583 for Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a symbol of unification of Japan and was the large...
This castle was originally built in 1583 for Toyotomi Hideyoshi as a symbol of unification of Japan and was the largest castle at the time. In the 1620s, the ruling Tokugawa family reconstructed the castle and added watch towers and ston...
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Tokyo's gay and lesbian venue is the Shinjuku 2-Chome (ni-chome) district. There are hundreds of establishments in a ...
Tokyo's gay and lesbian venue is the Shinjuku 2-Chome (ni-chome) district. There are hundreds of establishments in a compact enclave, including bars, dancing clubs, drag shows, karaoke, saunas and massage parlors catering to the gay mark...
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