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Japan Metro Map

editor — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:22:11 +0000

Japan has taken up skiing with a vengeance. The majority of the best ski resorts are in the Japan Alps. Avoid weekends when the mob makes the mountain look like solid skiers. Travel time by train from Tokyo to the Japan Alps region is between two and eight hours. The Ishiuchi ski resort claims to be the largest. Mt. Koya is one of several religious mountains with temples, monasteries, schools, and graves. Overnight guests are welcome but must be prepared for a vegetarian diet. Stay in a Japanese-style hotel. Sleep on a futon, a mattress with a quilt laid on

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Osaka Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:20:45 +0000

Osaka is known for its numerous restaurants, some thirty-five thousand in this city of 2.8 million people. Vending machines abound in Osaka streets, dispensing such foods as noodles, rice crackers, soda, and dried seaweed. Visitors are amazed at how well the Japanese do with their limited space. Thanks to surrounding waters most of the needed protein comes from fish and seafood. For those who want to mingle with the resident Japanese and save money at the same time, the family inns, minshuku, are highly recommended. They are the Japanese version of bed and breakfasts. Rates are moderate. The inns are

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Japan Map

editor — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:19:44 +0000

Tokyo and Osaka are the major gateways for air and ship travel to and from Japan. Tokyo is by far the largest and the major gateway to Asia from the United States. The American visitor is likely to leave from San Francisco or Los Angeles and travel a great circle route via Alaska, a distance of about fifty-two hundred miles. Honolulu to Tokyo is thirty-nine-hundred miles, and a stopover in Honolulu is a pleasant way of breaking the journey from the continental United States. Because the international dateline is crossed during the trip, the time difference between the U.S. West

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