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Japan - guidebooks, guides, books

No travel guide with this target - Japan - can cover all. But a good guide can help you very much. The guide tells you, what are the best places - and how to get there. We offer you interesting books and links to important information here. And we will add more of them in the near future.

Japan - guidebooks and information

Travel guidebooks, which may be useful for your holidays. They are in english, are sold for very good prices and are available all around the world.

Japan - more information for your travel

We bring you - here - links to more information you should know before your journey.

The best trips

Tourist destinations

You can go to many places here - with organized trips. But you should know, what are the best places. Here is our recommendation.
  • Kyoto (ancient capital - Nijō Castle + Buddhist temples - Tenryu-ji + Toji + Daitokuji + Ninnaji + Kiyomizu-dera + gardens)
  • Nara (ancient capital - Nara Park + Buddha statue in Tōdai-ji temple + Ukimidō)
  • Nikko National Park with temples
  • Shikotsu-Toya National Park - hot springs + volcanoes
  • Fuji Mountain
  • Tokyo (Tokyo Tower + Asakusa temples + Imperial Palace gardens + Meiji Shrine + modern quarter Ginza + Kabukichō red-light district)
  • Matsushima islands
  • Hiroshima (A-Bomb Dome + Peace Memorial Museum)

What Others say

Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan comprises over 3,000 islands making it an archipelago. The largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for 97% of Japan's land area. Most of the islands are mountainous, many volcanic; for example, Japan’s highest peak, Mount Fuji, is a volcano. Japan has the world's tenth largest population, with about 128 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents. Archaeological research indicates that people were living on the islands of Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan begins with brief appearances in Chinese history texts from the first century AD. Influence from the outside world followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. Since adopting its constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament, the Diet. A major economic power, Japan has the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP. It is a member of the United Nations, G8, G4, OECD and APEC, with the world's fifth largest defense budget. It is also the world's fourth largest exporter and sixth largest importer and a world leader in technology and machinery.
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