Country
Japan
日本
Plan a trip to Japan: cities, things to do, where to stay, how to get around, and the practical details to sort out before you go.
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Essentials
- CapitalTokyo
- CurrencyJapanese yen (JPY)
- LanguagesJapanese
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Cities and destinations
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Tokyo
東京A traveller's guide to Tokyo: neighbourhoods, attractions, places to eat and stay, and how to get around.
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Kyoto
京都A traveller's guide to Kyoto: neighbourhoods, attractions, places to eat and stay, and how to get around.
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Osaka
大阪A traveller's guide to Osaka: neighbourhoods, attractions, places to eat and stay, and how to get around.
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Hiroshima
広島A traveller's guide to Hiroshima: neighbourhoods, attractions, places to eat and stay, and how to get around.
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Sapporo
札幌A traveller's guide to Sapporo: neighbourhoods, attractions, places to eat and stay, and how to get around.
Things to do
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Fushimi Inari Taisha
伏見稲荷大社The head shrine of Inari, famous for the paths of vermilion torii gates climbing the wooded slopes of Mount Inari.
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Kinkaku-ji
金閣寺The Golden Pavilion: a Zen temple whose top two storeys are covered in gold leaf, set above a reflecting pond.
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Sensō-ji
浅草寺Tokyo's oldest temple, in Asakusa, approached through the Kaminarimon gate and the Nakamise shopping street.
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial
原爆ドームThe Genbaku Dome, left as it stood after the atomic bombing of 6 August 1945, and the surrounding Peace Memorial Park.
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Mount Fuji
富士山Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 metres, a stratovolcano long treated as a sacred site and an artistic subject.