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日本国（日语：にっぽんこく、にほんこく，英语：Japan），简称“日本”，位于东亚、国名意为“日出之国”，领土由北海道、本州、四国、九州四个大岛及7200多个小岛组成，总面积37.8万 …

The following are Japanese national holidays and some of the most important other annual nationwide events. In addition, there are countless local annual festivals.

Kyoto (京都, Kyōto) served as Japan's capital and the emperor's residence from 794 until 1868.It is one of the country's ten largest cities with 1.5 million inhabitants and a modern face.

Travel guide for the city of Osaka, Japan. Hotel 88 Shinsaibashi is an 8-minute walk from OCAT (Osaka City Air Terminal) and a 10-minute walk from Namba Station.

Takayama (高山) is a city in the mountainous Hida region of Gifu Prefecture.To differentiate it from other places named Takayama, the city is also commonly referred to as Hida-Takayama.

In a side trip from Tokyo, visit Nikko, home to Toshogu, Japan's most lavishly decorated shrine and the mausoleum of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Grounded plugs. Some North American equipment will work fine in Japan without an adapter and vice versa; however, certain equipment, especially equipment involving heating (e.g. hair …

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Kamakura (鎌倉) is a coastal town in Kanagawa Prefecture, less than an hour south of Tokyo.The town became Japan's political center, when Minamoto Yoritomo chose it as the seat for his …