Japan

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Contents
INTRODUCTION 9
FACTS ABOUT THE COUNTRY 11
History 11 Economy 21
Geography 19 Population 23
Climate 19 People 25
Government 21 Culture and the Arts 30
Sport 41
Religion 45
Holidays and Festivals 55
Language 56
FACTS FOR THE VISITOR 62
Visas 62 Business Hours 71
Working in Japan 63 Post and Telecommunications 71
Studying in Japan 65 Time 74
Customs 66 Electricity 74
Money 66 Books and Maps 74
When to Go 69 Media 77
What to Bring 69 Film and Photography 80
Tourist Offices 70 Health 81
GETTING THERE and AWAY
Air 117 Sea 122
GETTING AROUND
Meeting the Japanese 83
Women Travellers 86
Dangers and Annoyances 87
Highlights 89
Accommodation 92
Food 104
Drink 109
Things To Buy 112
117
Trans-Siberian Railway 123
126
Air
Train Bus Car
126 Motorcycle 140
127 Bicycle 141
134 Hitching 144
135 Walking 144
Ferry 145
Local Transport 146
TOKYO -148
Central Tokyo.
Akihabara
Ueno
158 Asakusa , 167
163 Shinjuku 170
163 Ikebukuro 173
AROUND TOKYO
Izu-hanto Peninsula 211
I to 213
Shimoda 213
Cape Iro-zaki 215
Dogashima 216
Hakone 217
Odawara 217
Gora 217
Mt Soun-zan and Owakudani 219
Ashino-ko Lake 219
Moto-Hakone 219
Mt Fuji Area 221
Mt Fuji 221
Harajuku and Shibuya 175
Akasaka 179
Roppongi 179
211
Fuji Five Lakes 225
North of Tokyo 227
Kawagoe 227
Chichibu-Tama National
Park 227
Nikko 229
Mashiko 234
East of Tokyo 235
Narita 235
Boso-hanto Peninsula 235
South-West of Tokyo 236
Kawasaki 236
Yokohama 237
Kamakura 239
Enoshima 246
Miura-hanto Peninsula 246
Izu Seven Islands 247
O-shima Island 247
To-shima Island 247
Nii-jima Island 248
Shikine-jima Island 248
Kozu-shima Island 248
Miyake-jima Island 248
Hachijo-jima Island 248
Ogasawara Islands 249
NORTHERN HONSHU 250
Ibaraki-ken 252
Tsuchiura 252
Mito 252
Tochigi-ken 252
Lake Ozenuma 252
Gumma-ken 253
Numata 253
Fukushima-ken 253
Tfcjima 253
Kakunodate
Akita
Oga-hantö Peninsula Yamagata-ken
Sakata
Aizu Wakamatsu 254
Kitakata Area 256
Lake Inawashiro-ko 256
Mt Bandai-san Bandai-kogen Plateau 257
Miyagi-ken 258
Sendai 258
Shiogama 262
Matsushima 262
Oku-Matsushima 263
Oshika-hanto Peninsula 264
Ayukawa 264
Kinkazan Island 264
Onagawa 265
Kesennuma 266
Naruko Onsen 266
Iwate-ken 266
Hiraizumi 266
Kitakarni 269
Töno 269
Morioka 271
Miyako 273
Aomori-ken 274
Mt Osore-zan 274
Aomori 276
Tsugaru-hanto Peninsula 277
Hirosaki 277
Kanagi 280
Akita-ken 280
Lake Towada-ko 280
Hachimantai 283
Lake Tazawa-ko Area 283
HOKKAIDO
Hakodate 310
Onuma 313
Esashi Okushirito Island 313
Niseko 313
Shakotan Peninsula 314
Otaru 314
Sapporo 314
Asahikawa 319
Wakkanai 319
Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu
National Park 320
Rishirito Island 320
Rebunto Island 322
CENTRAL HONSHU
Aichi-ken 343
Nagoya 343
Southern Gifu-ken 349
Seki 349
Gifu 349
Inuyama 351
Northern Gifu-ken 354
Takayama 354
Shokawa Valley Region 365
Shirakawa-go District
Ogimachi 366
Gokayama District 369
Hirayu Onsen 370
Shin-hotaka Onsen 371
Furukawa 371
Nagano-ken 371
Karuizawa 373
KINKI DISTRICT
Kyoto 410
Osaka 446
Around Osaka 456
Kobe 456
Himeji 459
Nara-ken 461
Yagishirito & Teurito Islands . 324 Daisetsuzan National Park 324
Kamikawa 324
Asahidake Onsen 325
Sounkyo 326
Furano 327
Bihoro 328
Abashiri 328
Shiretoko National Park 328
Shari 329
Utoro 329
Iwaobetsu 329
Bessho Onsen 375
Nagano 375
Hakuba 377
Omachi 378
Hotaka 379
Matsumoto 380
Shirahone Onsen 383
Kamikochi 383
Norikura-kogen Plateau
Norikura Onsen 387
Kiso Valley Region 387
Kiso-Fukushima & Mt Ontake389
Narai 389
Tenryu-kyo Gorge
Mt Komaga-take 390
Toyama-ken 390
Toyama 391
Nara 461
Sakurai 471
Yamato-yagi 471
Kashihara 471
Asuka 472
Yoshino 472
Tobi-shima Island
"fturuoka
Dewa Sanzan
Yamagata
Mt Zao-san
Yamadera
Yonezawa
Niigata-ken
Niigata
Awa-shima Island
Sado-ga-shima Island.
Rausu
Akan National Park
Kawayu Onsen
Akan Kohan
Kushiro
Tomakomai
Shiraoi
Shikotsu-Toya National
Park 335
Lake Shikotsu-ko Noboribetsu Onsen
Lake Toya-ko
Muroran
342
Kurobe-kyo Gorge
Unazuki Onsen
Takaoka
Ishikawa-ken 393
Kanazawa
Noto-hanto Peninsula 400
Noto-kongo Coast.
Wajima
Sosogi
Cape Rokko-zaki Tsukumo-wan Bay
Ushitsu
Fukui-ken 406
Fukui
Echizen Ono District.
Tojinbo
Tisuruga
409
Mt Omine-san
Wakayama-ken.
Shingu
Doro-kyo Gorge
Hongu
Yunomine & Kawayu Onsen
Nachi-Katsuura 478
Tíiiji 478
Kushimoto 479
Shirahama 479
Gobo 480
Wakayama 480
Mt Köya-san Köya-san 481
Northern Mie-ken 485
Iga-ueno 486
Shima-hanto Peninsula 487
Ise-jingü Grand Shrine 489
Futamigaura 490
Toba 490
Ago-wan Bay
Kashikojima 491
Shiga-ken 492
Otsu 492
Sakamoto 494
Hikone 494
Chikubu-jima Island 496
WESTERN HONSHU 497
Okayama-ken 497
Okayama 498
Kurashiki 506
¦Rikahashi 511
Fukiya 512
Hiroshima-ken 512
Fukuyama 512
Tomo No Ura 514
Onomichi 516
Hiroshima 518
Miya-jima Island 526
Southern Yamaguchi-ken 529
Iwakuni 529
Yamaguchi 532
Shimonoseki 535
The Inland Sea 540
Omi-shima Island 541
Ikuchi-jima Island 541
Inno-shima Island 542
Shiwaku Islands 542
Shodo-shima Island 542
Awaji-shima Island 545
Wakasa Bay Area 545
Wakasa Bay 545
Amanohashidate 545
Tango-hantö Peninsula 546
Toyooka 546
Tottori 546
Shimane-ken 548
Matsue 548
Izumo 554
Oki Islands 556
Masuda 557
"ftuwano 557
Northern Yamaguchi-ken 560 Hagi 560
SHIKOKU 567
The 88 Temple Circuit 567
Kagawa-ken 567
Takamatsu 567
Kotohira 573
Tokushima-ken 576
Tokushima 576
Kochi-ken 579
Köchi 579
Cape Muroto-misaki 584
Cape Ashizuri-misaki 584
Ehime-ken 585
Matsuyama 585
Uchiko 591
Uwajima 592
KYUSHU 596
Fukuoka-ken 596
Kitakytishu 597
Fukuoka/Hakata 597
Dazaifu 606
Saga-ken 608
Karatsu 608
Higashi-Matsuura Peninsula 610 Islands off Kyushu's
North-West Coast 611
"ftu-shima Island 612
Iki-shima Island 612
Hirado-shima Island 612
Goto Rettö Islands 612
Kujukii-shima Islands 612
Nagasaki-ken 612
Nagasaki 612
Shimabara-hantb Peninsula 628
Unzen 629
Shimabara 630
Kumamoto-ken 631
Kumamoto 631
Mt Aso Area 637
Amakusa Islands 642
Kagoshima-ken 642
Kirishima National Park 643
Kagoshima 645
Sakurajima 654
Satsuma Peninsula Cape Sata-misaki 656
Chi ran 657
Ibusuki 658
Cape Sata-misaki 660
Miyazaki-ken 660
Obi 660
Cape Toi-misaki
Nichinan-kaigan Coast 662
Miyazaki 663
Saitobaru 667
Takachiho 667
Oita-ken 670
Beppu 670
Usuki 677
Yufuin 677
Kunisaki-hanto Peninsula 678
OKINAWA & THE SOUTH-WEST ISLANDS 680
Osumi-shotb Islands 682
Tanega-shima Island 682
Yaku-shima Island 682
Amami-shoto Islands 683
Okinawa Island 684
Naha 686
Nago 696
Motobu-hantö Peninsula 698
Miyako Islands 699
Miyako-jima Island 699
Irabu-jima & Shimoji-jima Islands 702
Yaeyama Islands 703
Ishigaki-jima Island 703
Taketomi-jima Island 707
Iriomote-jima Island 708
Yonaguni-jima Island 711
Hateruma-jima Island 711
GLOSSARY 712
INDEX 719
Map .
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