Japan Travel Guide

Japan offers visitors a very wide range of attractions, from historical and cultural treasures to

contemporary and revolutionary sights and beautiful forests, mountains and sea coasts. If you are looking for a travel guide for Japan and want some suggestions regarding Japan, the island country in the East Asia, then you are in the right track. Japan has thousands of cities; among them nine vital cities are most significant to any travel guide for Japan . Namely:

• Tokyo - It is the capital city of Japan.
• Hiroshima - It is a large port city of Japan.
• Kanazawa - It is a historic city on the west coast of Japan.
• Kyoto - This was an ancient capital of Japan, and once considered the cultural heart of the country.
• Nagasaki - It is an ancient port city in Kyushu.

• Nara - It was the first capital of a united Japan, which includes many Buddhist shrines, and historical buildings.
• Osaka - it is a great and energetic city located in the Kansai region of Japan.
• Sapporo - it is the largest city in Hokkaido, which is famous for its snow festival.
• Sendai - It is the largest city in the Tohoku region, and also known as the city of forests.

Any travel guide for Japan would like to suggest you the following prime tourist destinations , namely:

• Shiretoko
• Shirakami-sanchi Mountain Range
• The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
• The Shrines and Temples of Nikko
• The Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
• Himeji-jo Castle
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial
• Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
• Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
• Yakushima Island and many more.

If you are planning to go to Japan for a relaxing trip you don't have to be worried about the lodging options in Japan. Japan includes an extensive range of lodging options which can suit with your requirements and budgets. Such as:

• Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
• Intercontinental Ana Tokyo
• Century Hyatt Tokyo
• Imperial Hotel Osaka
• Hilton Osaka
• The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka
• Swissotel Nankai Osaka
• Hotel Granvia Kyoto
• Kyoto Hotel Okura
• International Hotel Kyoto
• Marriott Nagoya
• Grand Court Nagoya
• InterContinental Yokohama
• Yokohama Royal Park Hotel
• Comfort Hotel Hakata
• Best Western Premier Hotel Nagasaki
• Hotel Jal City Nagasaki
• Washington Hotel I
• Sapporo Korakuen Hotel
• Shogetsu Grand Hotel