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JAPAN
  General information
Capital Tokyo
Currency Yen (JPY)
Area 377,915 square km
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Preference Family and Kids, Couple, Group, Seniors, Single, Biker, Skier, Adventurer, Explorer, Outdoor traveler, Sportsman
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History, Practical info
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Weather and when to go
The climate of Japan is influenced by monsoon. North area has cold, the middle has mild and south part of Japan has the subtropical climate. Heavy rains affects Japan in the summer. And go through into the monsoons in August. The western area has a significantly higher precipitation amount. Long-term average temperatures reached in Tokyo in January, plus 3 degrees Celsius in July 25 degrees Celsius. Annual rainfall is very high. Often exceed 1500 mm. Average temperatures on the island of Hokkaido are about 5 to 6 degrees lower.
The north part of Japan has a completely different climate than the south due to the difference in latitude. But, generally, the June-July are not the best months to visit Japan since that time a large proportion of torrential rain affects the country. Similarly, unfit conditions form typhoons in mid-August. Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes, but still is not possible to predict thm in time.
Top places of interest and picks
Tokyo (Tokio)
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Huge metropolis
Ginza - a fashion centre with amazing shops and restaurants
Imperial Palace with an extensive park and dam in Chiyoda. The place of the former Edo Castle, the official residence of the Japanese imperial family.
Imperial Palace East Gardens
Kitanomaru Park with a lake
Kanda Myojin
Shinjuku - the commercial and entertainment centre with a really wild night life.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Center (designed by known architect Kenzo Tange).
Calligraphy Museum
National Museum of Western Art
Museum of Folk Culture
Ryogoku Kokugikan - the largest sumo arenain Japan
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Asakusa - a part of Tokyo's downtown Taito district known as a place with many beautiful shrines and temples (Asakusa Jinja, Chingodo Shrine and many others)
Kyoto
Kyoto is known as a city of thousands of temples. You can admire beautiful gardens - meditation, stone, natural. Al of them are always beautifully prepared.
Togetsukyo Bridge
Iwatayama Monkey Park
Kyoto Imperial Palace from10 century
The Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Botanical Garden and Kyoto Municipal ZOO
Nijo Castle
Kinkaku-ji Temple
Kawasaki
Buddhist Temple from 12 century
Kawasaki Daishi
Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum
Hiroshima
Peace Memorial Park - a memorial related to an atomic bomb. Hiroshima is tThe city on which the atomic bomb was dropped on 06. 08.1945
Hiroshima Children's Museum - a lovely science exhibitions and planetarium
Hiroshima Castle - Restoration of Castle
Shukkeien - a beautiful landscape Japanese garden
Nagasaki
Monument - a memorial
The city on which the atomic bomb was dropped on 09. 08. 1945
Sapporo
Olympic city in which the Olympic Winter Games were held in the year 1972
Kobe
The city of temples, a large part of the city was destroyed by a powerful earthquake in the year 1995
Nagano
The Temple Zenkódži from 7 century
The Museum of Togakure rju nindžucu with ninjas artifacts
Olympic city, which held the Winter Olympic Games in the year 1998
Nagoya
Castle from 17 century
Osaka
Castle from 16 century
Umeda Sky Building
Kaiyukan - one of the biggest aquariums in the world
Spa World
Yamaguchi
University from the year 1949
Japanese mountains
The highest mountain in Japan - Fuji - 3776 meters above sea level. The volcano last erupted in the year 1707. Mountain Fuji is part of the National Park Fuji-Hakone-Izu. The top of Mount Fuji is snowy.
Other top Japanese mountains are Mount Hake (2702 m) and Mount Tate (3015 m).
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The Map of Japan
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