Japan Tourism

Dewa Sanzan Travel Guide Sightseeing Guide

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Dewa Sanzan (”three mountains of Dewa”) are three sacred mountains in Yamagata Prefecture, each with a shrine on or near its peak. The mountains are named Haguro-san, Gas-san and Yudono-san and remain centers of mountain worship. Representing birth (Haguro-san), death (Gas-san) and rebirth (Yudono-san), the mountains are usually visited in that order.

Dewa Sanzan is a center of Shugendo, a folk religion based on mountain worship, blending Buddhist and Shinto traditions. Shugendo practitioners, called yamabushi, perform feats of endurance as a means of transcending the physical world. Training includes such tasks as long pilgrimages and endurance of the elements.

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Tokushima Travel Guide Sightseeing Guide

admin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Tokushima City is the prefectural capital of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island. The city’s main tourist attraction is the Awa Odori, a highly popular, annual dance festival held during the Obon season in mid August.

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Aizu Travel Guide Tohoku Sightseeing Guide

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Aizu, located in western Fukushima Prefecture, is a region with a long samurai tradition that is proudly put on display for visitors. A story well known throughout Japan, a group of young soldiers from Aizu committed ritual suicide upon thinking that their castle, Tsuruga Castle, had been taken by the enemy in a battle accompanying the end of Japan’s feudal age in 1868.

Though the soldiers had been mistaken and their castle was still standing, the Aizu forces did indeed eventually lose the battle. The imperial forces, who they had been fighting, abolished the Aizu domain and tore down Tsuruga Castle. The castle has since been restored and is now open to the public.

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Yuzawa Travel Guide Sightseeing Guide

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Yuzawa in Niigata Prefecture is one of the largest and the most easily accessed ski areas from Tokyo. You can be on the slopes from Tokyo Station in under two hours. Yuzawa is known for deep powder and a long season, with some of its resorts open from mid November to late May.

There are approximately twenty resorts in and around Yuzawa, varying in size from one to over thirty lifts. While some are near the town center, others are more remote, but they are all accessible by public transportation.

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Sado Island Sightseeing Guide

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Sado Island lies just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, and is one of Japan’s largest islands. This remote place has long been a destination for political exiles, many of whom ended up working in Sado’s prosperous gold mine.

The three most prominent figures sent into exile to Sado were the former Emperor Juntoku, the Buddhist monk Nichiren and the founder of Noh, Zeami Motokiyo. While the island is no longer a place of exile, traces of the culture and religion that these figures brought with them remain today.

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Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial Sightseeing Guide

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The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial is a modern art festival, held every three years in the rural Echigo-Tsumari region of Niigata Prefecture. The next triennial is scheduled to take place in summer 2009, and smaller festivals are held in the summers in between.

Fascinating and entertaining art works by more than 200 artists from across the world are exhibited across the 760 square kilometer large Echigo-Tsumari region during the triennials, and more than 130 of them remain in place between triennials, making a visit worthwhile at any time.

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Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Sightseeing Guide

admin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route is a spectacular route through the Northern Japan Alps, which can be easily followed by using various means of transportation, including cablecars, trolley buses and a ropeway.

The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route was completed in 1971, and connects Toyama City in Toyama Prefecture with Omachi Town in Nagano Prefecture. The section between Tateyama Station and Ogizawa is closed to private vehicles. The route is open from mid April through November.

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Ikaho Onsen Travel Guide Gunma Sightseeing Guide

admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Ikaho Onsen is one of the four most famous hot spring resorts of Gunma Prefecture. Its thermal waters are characterized by a high concentration of iron.

Located at the eastern slopes of Mount Haruna, an active volcano, Ikaho is best known for its stone stairs, which lead up through the town center and are lined by ryokan, old fashioned game arcades and shops.

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Kusatsu Onsen Travel Guide Gunma Sightseeing Guide

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

Kusatsu Onsen is one of Japan’s most famous hot spring resorts, blessed with large volumes of high quality hot spring water, said to cure every illness but lovesickness.

Well known as a hot spring resort for many centuries, Kusatsu’s fame was further boasted by German doctor Erwin von Baelz, who served at the imperial court in the late 1800s and recommended Kusatsu for its water’s health benefits.

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Yaeyama Islands Okinawa

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:01:01 +0000

The Yaeyama Islands are the southernmost of three major island groups making up the prefecture of Okinawa. The Miyako and Okinawa Islands are the other two.

Among the Yaeyama Islands, Ishigaki Island is the most populated and serves as the region’s transportation hub. Other islands include the jungle covered Iriomote Island and Taketomi Island, famous for its beautifully preserved, traditional Ryukyu village.

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