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Achi-Kochi Japan
Showing many places to visit and foods to eat in Japan
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Regions in Japan from north to south and from east to west.
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Hokkaido is a big island in the northernmost of Japan. In Hokkaido region, wilderness would welcome tourists as well as brown bears, red-crested white cranes, killer whales and/or squirrels would. Also tourists would be interested in the culture of Ainu, an indigenous people. In addition, many people enjoy various kinds of seafood, meat products and so on.
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Tohoku is the northeastern region of Honshu which is the largest island of Japan. In Tohoku region, you are recommended to walk in beautiful mountains and to see rivers and lakes as well as historical sites including temples and castles.
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Tohoku
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In Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, there are famous shrines, a huge Buddha statue, castles, ports and hot springs as well as historic places showing Samurai age. ( Tokyo is shown in the next corner, though it is a part of Kanto region. )
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Kanto
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Needless to say, Tokyo has been and is the center of Japan for hundreds years so there is the Imperial Palace as well as a big temple where lots of common people pay homage. Also Tokyo has islands almost 1,000 km away to the south.
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Tokyo
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In Koh-Shin-Etsu region, there are beautiful castles and a famous temple in the mountains and some places where you could see beautiful blossoms including Sakura, cherry blossoms.
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In Tokai region, there are a big castle and a small but old castle as well as a small historic mountain village where remain farmhouses a few hundreds years old.
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Tokai
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Hokuriku region has great mountains which belong to Northern Alps as well as Noto peninsula where you could enjoy unique scenery. Also in Hokuriku region, there are historical cities and historic mountain villages.
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In Kinki region, there remain the most beautiful castle, the most beautiful Japanese garden, ancient temples, ancient shrines and pilgrimage routes.
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Kinki
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In Chugoku region, there are Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Atomic Bomb Dome. Also there are ancient shrines and the site of a medieval underground silver mine as well as a Kagura theatre where tourists could see Kagura dancing ( a dance performed to the gods to pray ).
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Shikoku is the second smallest among main islands of Japan. However Shikoku and its surrounding islets offer old hot springs, old castles and unique landscapes. In addition, Shikoku is famous for Henro, pilgrimage of 88 temples as well as for Udon, wheat flour noodle.
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In Kyushu, there are historic places, old shrines, hot springs and active volcanoes. In particular, Okinawa and its surrounding islets, which had been ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom until A.D.1872, keep the unique culture.
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Kyushu
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Many areas in Japan have the distinctive such as castles, wild animals, noodles and local specialty dishes. Here are some pages which shows contents corresponding the above themes as well as a short history of Japan.
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Themes
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