Toyama Tourism and Stunning Kurobe Lake: Beautiful Japan Hiroshi Saito and Tomoko Hara Modern Tokyo Times Japan is blessed (http://www.alpen-route.com/english/) with so many amazing places to visit that tourists are literary spoilt for choice. Familiar names for international tourists will apply to Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Kamakura, and countless other places like beautiful Koyasan in Wakayama. [...]
Japan Tourism and Negoro-ji: Amazing Buddhist Temples in Stunning Wakayama Walter Sebastian and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Wakayama prefecture is a perfect place to visit for tourists who adore culture, architecture, the richness of Buddhism, the indigenous faith of Shintoism, stunning beaches, an amazing castle, and because of multiple other factors. Also, the [...]
Japan Tourism Rebounds in 2012: Hopefully 2013 will Witness a Further Increase Tomoko Hara and Joachim de Villiers Modern Tokyo Times Tourist numbers in Japan grew by 34.6% in 2012 compared with the figure of 2011 therefore this bodes well for 2013. Of course, the aftershocks from the tragic 9.0-magnitude earthquake which triggered the brutal [...]
California Tourism at The Racetrack: Death Valley National Park Laura Leiva Modern Tokyo Times There are plenty of unusual attractions and destinations around the globe, but perhaps The Racetrack is one of the most perplexing. Located in the Death Valley National Park between Last Chance and Cottonwood Ranges, a mysterious event takes place – rocks [...]
Japan Tourism in Nara: Buddhism, High Culture, History and Amazing Scenery Tomoko Hara and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Nara is the place where Japanese high culture began to flourish and in time this would equally become embodied within the environment of Kyoto after the capital was moved. This amazing city is located in [...]
Japan tourism and Negoro-ji in Wakayama: Amazing Buddhist temples and history Walter Sebastian and Jay Doggett Modern Tokyo Times Japan is blessed with amazing nature and the historical and cultural reality of this unique nation means that you have so many stunning places to visit. Wakayama prefecture is located in the Kansai region and throughout this [...]
Kobe Tourism and lifestyle: Great place to visit and reside Hiroshi Saito and Jay Doggett Modern Tokyo Times The city of Kobe in Japan is one of the most stunning cities throughout the entire country. Not only this, Kobe is situated in a very vibrant part of Japan whereby individuals are spoilt for choice. Travelling [...]
Japan tourism and Fukushima: mountains of Urabandai and Morohashi Museum of Modern Art Michel Lebon and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Fukushima prefecture is blessed with amazing nature and if you visit Urabandai (Ura-bandai) and the art gallery of Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, then it truly is an amazing holiday. If you are [...]
Japan tourism: glimpses of beautiful Japan in Kurobe and Wakayama (Part One) Sarah Deschamps and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The mystery of Japan is best summed up by the stunning nature of this adorable nation which beckons tourists to “another world” where dreams and memories are made. The Shinto faith with its deep [...]
Japan tourism and amazing Wakayama: Tanabe City Kumano Tourist Bureau Walter Sebastian and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Wakayama Prefecture (http://www.tb-kumano.jp/en/index.html) is blessed with an extremely stunning landscape. On top of this is the rich cultural history of the region and the religious dimension is unbelievable. In truth, this part of Japan is not [...]
Japan tourism and culture: Hakone Jinja, historical treasure museum and Mount Fuji James Jomo and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Hakone is a very popular tourist destination because you have so many places to visit and the views of Mount Fuji in certain locations are extremely stunning. Throughout Hakone you have many museums and [...]
Japanese tourism and art: Hakone and Hokusai Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Katsushika Hokusai was a sublime Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker and his art had many faces and styles. However, when you think about the stunning nature of Hakone then the refined art of Hokusai springs to mind. Alternatively, if you close [...]
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