The attractions of Japan

Japan is an island nation surrounded by the sea and consists of four major islands, Hokkaido, Honshu in the Shikoku and Kyushu and thousands of other smaller islands. With the bulk of it is covered by forests, the country is endowed with beautiful landscapes in all seasons and a rich cultural heritage thanks to its long history and tradition.

Hokkaido

SNOW FESTIVAL Sapporo

Almost half a century after its foundation, the festival attracts over two million visitors annually from Japan and abroad. Statues of snow and ice sculptures of various sizes and various issues flood the specially designed space in downtown Sapporo within this festival lasts seven days and is organized in February.

Tohoku region

FESTIVAL NEBUTA (NEPUTA)

The Nebuta festival takes place every summer in the cities of Aomori and Hirosaki. The festival includes a parade with huge lamps in the form of historical figures and animals. Hundreds of men and women dancers called «haneto» walking the streets dancing Alegre through the voices and the roar of the crowd.

Tohoku region

TERMS SHIRAKAMI

It is a mountainous area on the border between Aomori and Akita prefectures, where the largest area in the world virgin beech forest.

Kanto region

RELIGIOUS SITES AND CHURCHES OF THE CITY NIKKKO

In religious Toshogu space is the mausoleum of Iegiasou Tokougkaoua, who joined the country in the early 17th century and founded the military Tokougkaoua province (1603-1867). Wings with carved elaborately decorated shrines surrounded by woods.

(World Heritage)

Kanto region

TOKYO

Tokyo is the capital and the political and economic center of Japan. It combines the features of a modern urban center, with streets full of skyscrapers, with traditional features that reflect 400 years of history. The oldest name of the city was Edo.

Chubu region

MT Fuji

The highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji (3776 meters / 12,385 feet) also has many beautiful lakes and woodlands. It is a tapered laminate volcano good proportions with a large inclined base, which showed no activity for about 300 years. Since antiquity The Japanese Fuji worshiped as a sacred mountain.

Chubu region

Historic village Shirakawa-Go and GKOKAGIAMA

Many residents of the village of Shirakawa in the prefecture of Gifu and Kamitama and Tyrone villages in the prefecture of Toyama, still live in rural houses and large houses with their characteristic black roofs (gassho type), where they follow a unique traditional lifestyle in a heavy climate heavy snowfalls.

Kinki region

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT CITY KYOTO (CITIES KYOTO, Uji and Otsu)

Kyoto was the center of the imperial court from the 8th century to the late 19th century. An area abundant religious sites, temples, gardens and streets that revive the old times, which is considered the cradle of Japanese culture.

(World Heritage)

Kinki region

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT CITY NAPA

The Nara city was the capital of Japan in the 8th century. The historical monuments, temples and religious sites of the city reflect the time when Buddhist culture came from China and Korea to Japan. The Horyu-ji, just outside the city of Nara, is a cluster of about forty churches of the 7th and 8th centuries, including the oldest surviving worldwide wooden buildings.

Kinki region

Osaka

Osaka was originally developed as a market town and is today with the Tokyo one of the major economic centers of Japan. Known for its clear waters and the "808 bridges," has many rivers and canals which flow through the urban districts.

Kinki region

Himeji Castle

The Himeji Castle is an exquisite architectural example of Japanese castle of the 17th century, with advanced defense system. The castle, which called Sirasagki (White Heron), is known for its perfect lines and white plaster walls that make it look like a white heron is ready to fly.

(World Heritage)

Kinki region

Mountains KII

The Yoshida-Omine, the Cumans Shanxi, and Kogiasan, the three holy places in the Kii Mountain range associated with sacred pilgrimage routes to the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto. They reflect a unique fusion of Shinto-rooted in the ancient tradition of worship of nature- and Buddhism.

(World Heritage)

Shikoku

BRIDGE SETO OHASHI

The Seto Ohashi bridge extends between Honshu and Shikoku islands in the Seto inland sea connecting Okayama and Kagawa prefectures, and is the largest bridge in the world, combining both highways and rail routes. The bridge is divided into six sections total distance of 9.4 km.

Chugoku region

MONUMENT Peace in Hiroshima

DOME GENBAKU

The first atomic bomb ever exploded on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. The Dome Genbaku, a building located near the hypocenter of the explosion remained standing after the bombing, has become a memento of the destructive effects of nuclear weapons.

(World Heritage)

Chugoku region

CHURCH ON THE ISLAND Sid Itsoukousima

This sanctuary, built on the small island Itsoukousima, dating from the 13th century.

Widely known as one of the three most scenic spots in Japan, is in perfect harmony with the surrounding natural environment, overlooking the sea and mountains.

(World Heritage)

Kyushu

Mount ASA

Mount Aso is a composite active volcano located almost in the center of Kyushu island. The caldera formed by repeated volcanic eruptions in the past 30,000 years has a diameter of 20 kilometers. The area is rich in thermal springs, springs and meadows.

Kyushu and Okinawa

Yakushima

This mountainous island has many high peaks 1,000 meters above sea level, making it lush corner where prevail various climates, from subtropical to arctic. Characteristics of vegetation is the giant cedars Yakushima older than 1,000 years.

(World Natural Heritage)

Okinawa

ΑRCHAEOLOGICAL AREA GUSUKU AND ASSETS OF THE KINGDOM RYUKYU

The word "gusuku", which means "castle", dating from the reign of Ryukyu, developed between the 12th and 17th century in what is today the prefecture of Okinawa. The ruins of castles gusuku scattered islands of this county, making souvenirs unique culture of Ryukyu, which was formed through the business relations with Japan, China and Southeast Asia.

(World Heritage)