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Explore Historical and Exotic Japan

Japan

Japan has more than 1000 years of recorded history and has unique culture, which is a combination of traditional Japanese and Chinese influenced. Most cities and towns in Japan have become very modern, especially Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka.

However, there are many places and sites which keep the traditional and original atmosphere from a few hundred years ago. Such places are located in rural areas of Japan. Even many Japanese people do not know about these places, or where they are located.

This web site invites you to learn about historical and exotic Japan, and will help you to understand how to travel to these places. I am happy to support to make travel advice, planning and arrangements.

Shigeharu "Shane" Hashimoto

Please contact at "hande_japan@yahoo.co.jp"

Brief Overview of Japan

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Japan has more than 1000 years of recorded history and has a unique culture. The history of Japan can be divided into periods of Jyomon, Yayoi, Kofun as the Tumulus period...

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Japan consists of four islands. They are Hokkaido, Honshu (which is the main island), Shikoku and Kyushu. Japan is also divided into nine areas. They are Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto...

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Most of Japan is located in a mild and humid climate zone, except Hokkaido and Okinawa. Because of a mild and humid climate zone, Japan has four definite seasons...

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Japan has well developed train systems, especially in urban areas. System length is approximately 27,800km, nationwide. Twenty-thousand km. are Japan Railways (JR) lines and the rest....

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Festivals

The information of traditional festivals in Japan will be shared in this page.


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Miscellaneous

I am planning to explain the manners in Japan and/or a couple of things to enjoy your stay in Japan.


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Hokkaido Uploaded !

Hokkaido is the northern most island divided by the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu (main island of Japan).

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At the end of the Asuka Age, the Tohoku area was formed to belong to Yamato Chotei, and in 802, the whole Tohoku...

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Kanto is the area where Tokyo is located. "Kanto Heiya", the largest plain in Japan, occupies approximately 1 / 3...

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Chubu NEW !

Chubu means the central of Japan in Japanese. As the Chubu area is wide from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of...

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Kansai is the area where Kyoto and Nara are located. This area used to be the center of culture and politics in Japan.

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Chugoku Uploaded !

Chugoku is located in the most western part of the main island "Honshu". The south part of Chugoku faces toward ...

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Shikoku is a smallest island of the four major Japanese islands. It is located to the south of Chugoku across the Seto...

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Kyushu Uploaded !

Kyushu is located on the west side of Japan. It is very close to the Korean Peninsula. Kyushu has a lot of volcanoes.

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Okinawa consists of 365 islands and these islands are widely spread with 1,000km distance from the North Daito...

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Map of Japan Hokkaido Hokkaido Tohoku Tohoku Kanto Kanto Chubu Chubu Chubu Kansai Kansai Kansai Chugoku Chugoku Shikoku Shikoku Kyushu Kyushu Okinawa Okinawa Okinawa
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