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- Tokyo City Guide - What to do in Tokyo - japan-guide. com
Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō) is Japan's capital and the world's most populous metropolis It is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, consisting of 23 central city wards and multiple cities, towns and villages west of the city center The Izu and Ogasawara Islands are also part of Tokyo Prior to 1868, Tokyo was known as Edo Previously a small castle town, Edo became Japan's political center in 1603
- The Basics about Overtourism in Japan
The Basics about Overtourism in Japan Within the past ten years, visitor numbers to Japan exploded from under 10 million to over 30 million per year While greatly contributing to the local economies and to the improvement of intercultural understanding, tourism has also started to show its less pleasing aspects more prominently
- Japan Rail Pass (JR Pass)
The Japan Rail Pass (also commonly called JR Pass) is a nationwide rail pass for long-distance train travel in Japan The pass can be used only by foreign tourists and offers unlimited rides on JR trains for one, two or three weeks It comes in two types: ordinary and green car The latter is valid on green cars (first class cars), which offer more spacious seats than ordinary cars The pass
- Japan Event Calendar: October 2025
Japan Event Calendar for October 2025: national holidays, events, festivals
- Rail Passes in Japan
Besides the well known Japan Rail Pass, there exists a large variety of regional rail passes that provide unlimited travel in a certain area of the country The interactive map below indicates which regions are covered by what passes (click on a pass to see its coverage area or click on a location on the map to see which passes are valid there)
- Onsen - Beginners Guide to Japanese hot springs - japan-guide. com
A tourist's guide to Japanese hot springs (onsen) Natural hot springs (温泉, onsen) are numerous and highly popular across Japan Every region of the country has its share of hot springs and resort towns, which come with them There are many types of hot springs, distinguished by the minerals dissolved in the water Different minerals provide different health benefits, and all hot springs
- Public Holidays and Annual Events in Japan
A list of Japanese national holidays and other annual events
- Fushimi Inari Shrine (Fushimi Inari Taisha) - Kyoto Travel
Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds Fushimi Inari is the most important
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