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Telechargement LA VERSION COMPLETE DE VOTRE GUIDE JAPON 2018/2019 en numérique ou en papier en 3 clics à partir de 9.99€ Disponible sur EDITION Directeurs de collection et auteurs : Bienvenue au Dominique AUZIAS et Jean-Paul LABOURDETTE Auteurs : Maxime DRAY, Barthélémy COURMONT, Antoine RICHARD, Matthieu POUGET-ABADIE, Arthur FOUCHERE, Maxence GORREGUES, Japon ! Jean-Marc WEISS, Jean-Paul LABOURDETTE, Dominique AUZIAS et alter Directeur Editorial : Stéphan SZEREMETA Responsable Editorial Monde : Patrick MARINGE Le Japon et ses habitants restent toujours un mystère fascinant Rédaction Monde : Caroline MICHELOT, Morgane pour la plupart d’entre nous. Les préjugés et les clichés, nous VESLIN, Pierre-Yves SOUCHET, Talatah FAVREAU le savons bien, ont la dent dure. Les Français ont la réputation Rédaction France : Elisabeth COL, Maurane d’être râleurs, prétentieux, et les Japonais insondables, trop CHEVALIER, Silvia FOLIGNO, Tony DE SOUSA polis même pour être sincères. Nous avons essayé dans cette FABRICATION nouvelle édition du guide Japon, plus complète, de vous donner Responsable Studio : Sophie LECHERTIER un éclairage global de la culture, des habitudes quotidiennes des assistée de Romain AUDREN Japonais, d’approcher ce magnifique pays sous divers aspects. Maquette et Montage : Julie BORDES, Le Japon possède une longue histoire, qui remonte aux Aïnous, Sandrine MECKING, Delphine PAGANO, une ethnie vivant sur l’île d’Hokkaido dans le nord du Japon dont Laurie PILLOIS et Noémie FERRON on a trouvé des traces vieilles de 12 000 ans ; et une modernité Iconographie : Anne DIOT incroyable en même temps, que l’on observe à chaque instant dans Cartographie : Jordan EL OUARDI les grandes métropoles nipponnes. L’archipel volcanique long de WEB ET NUMERIQUE plus de 3 000 kilomètres affiche une variété de paysages et de Directeur Web : Louis GENEAU de LAMARLIERE climats presque sans égale. Chaque année en février débute le Chef de projet et développeurs : Nicolas GUENIN, festival de la neige et de la glace, le Yuki Matsuri, à Sapporo, alors Cédric MAILLOUX, Florian FAZER, Caroline LAFFAITEUR, que pendant ce temps-là, on se baigne et on observe les baleines Andrei UNGUREANU, Nicolas VAPPEREAU à bosses près des îles de Kerama, dans l’archipel d’Okinawa, DIRECTION COMMERCIALE tout au sud. Le Japon est constellé de merveilles, de paysages Directrice des Régies : Caroline CHOLLET naturels ou façonnés au fil des siècles, de châteaux majestueux, de Responsable Régies locales : Michel GRANSEIGNE temples envoûtants, des sites inscrits au patrimoine de l’humanité, Relation Clientèle : Vimla MEETTOO comme le dernier en date, l’île d’Okinoshima, qui représente, selon et Sandra RUFFIEUX l’Unesco, une « valeur universelle exceptionnelle », bien qu’elle Chefs de Publicité Régie nationale : soit interdite aux femmes… Le Pays du Soleil Levant est aussi Caroline AUBRY, François BRIANCON-MARJOLLET, Perrine DE CARNE MARCEIN, Caroline GENTELET, une contrée où l’on sait s’amuser et les Japonais sont beaucoup Caroline PREAU plus festifs qu’il n’y parait. Les izakayas dans tout l’archipel sont Responsable Clientèle : Déborah LOICHOT toujours bondées dès la nuit tombée. On y vient boire ou manger et même chanter quelques fois. Vous vous apercevrez alors que REGIE INTERNATIONALE : les Japonais sortiront de leurs réserves habituelles pour venir Chefs de Publicité : Jean-Marc FARAGUET, Guillaume LABOUREUR, assistés de Michelle MAYER vous aborder en balbutiant quelques mots en anglais, et vous Régie JAPON : Mathieu BARON proposer de partager un plat ou une bouteille de saké. Quelles que soient les raisons pour lesquelles vous viendrez au Japon, DIFFUSION ET PROMOTION pour l’amour des jardins et des paysages zen, les estampes, les Directrice des Ventes : Bénédicte MOULET baignades en sources d’eaux chaudes, les geishas, la calligraphie, assistée d’Aissatou DIOP et Vianney LAVERNE assister à une cérémonie du thé ou à une représentation théâtrale, Responsable des ventes : Jean-Pierre GHEZ assisté de Nathalie GONCALVES la démesure des mégalopoles, les sumos, la plongée, le karaté, Relations Presse-Partenariats : les randonnées, les mangas, les samouraïs, la gastronomie… Jean-Mary MARCHAL toutes ces raisons sont bonnes. Et le bon moyen de s’en rendre compte est de se faire sa propre idée par soi-même avec votre ADMINISTRATION Petit Futé en poche. Président : Jean-Paul LABOURDETTE Directrice Administrative et Financière : Valérie DECOTTIGNIES L’équipe de rédaction Directrice des Ressources Humaines : Dina BOURDEAU assistée de Sandra MORAIS REMERCIEMENTS. Au JNTO de Paris, aux personnels des multiples Responsable informatique : Pascal LE GOFF bureaux d’informations touristiques au Japon, aux intervenants Comptabilité : Jeannine DEMIRDJIAN, des très nombreuses préfectures, à madame Kambe, madame Christelle MANEBARD, Adrien PRIGENT Nagao, madame Uehara, mes collègues à Paris, mes amis, Arwen Recouvrement : Fabien BONNAN et Hilde bien évidemment. assisté de Sandra BRIJLALL et Belinda MILLE Standard : Jehanne AOUMEUR PETIT FUTE JAPON IMPRIMÉ EN FRANCE Petit Futé a été fondé par Dominique AUZIAS. Il est édité par Les Nouvelles Editions de l’Université 18, rue des Volontaires - 75015 Paris. & 01 53 69 70 00 - Fax 01 42 73 15 24 Internet : www.petitfute.com SAS au capital de 1 000 000 E - RC PARIS B 309 769 966 Couverture : Femmes portant des kimonos traditionnels dans la vieille ville de Kyoto, Japon © Maurizio Rellini/Sime/Photononstop Impression : IMPRIMERIE CHIRAT - 42540 Saint-Just-la-Pendue Dépôt légal : 07/11/2017 ISBN : 9791033173533 Pour nous contacter par email, indiquez le nom de famille en minuscule suivi de @petitfute.com Pour le courrier des lecteurs : [email protected] Sommaire Miyake-Jima ...................................242 n n INVITATION AU VOYAGE Mikura-Jima ...................................243 Les plus du Japon ...................................9 Hachijo-Jima...................................243 Fiche technique ......................................11 Hakone et ses environs ......................243 Idées de séjour .....................................14 Hakone ...........................................243 Comment partir ....................................18 Odawara .........................................245 Hakone-Yumoto ..............................245 Gra ................................................246 n DÉCOUVERTE n Sengokuhara...................................246 Le Japon en 40 mots-clés .....................44 Ashino-ko .......................................247 Survol du Japon ...................................52 Mont Fuji (Fuji-San) .........................248 Histoire ................................................56 Politique et économie ............................ 71 n KANSAI n Population et langues ............................76 Le Kansai ............................................252 Mode de vie ...........................................78 Kyto ................................................252 Arts et culture ..................................... 87 Les environs de Kyto ........................289 Festivités .............................................108 hara .............................................289 Cuisine japonaise .................................114 Kinosaki Onsen ...............................289 Jeux, loisirs et sports .........................123 Kurama et Kibune ...........................290 Enfants du pays ...................................128 Uji ...................................................290 Glossaire.............................................132 Le Lac Biwa .......................................292 tsu................................................292 Shigaraki ........................................293 n TŌKYŌ ET SA RÉGION n Hikone ............................................293 Tōkyō ...................................................142 Nara-Ken ...........................................294 Autour de Tōkyō ..................................218 Nara ................................................294 Les environs de Tky .......................218 Horyu-Ji ..........................................302 Narita ..............................................218 Yamato-Yagi ....................................304 Kawasaki ........................................221 Sakurai ...........................................304 Yokohama .......................................222 Asuka .............................................305 Kamakura .......................................226 Yoshino ...........................................306 Kfu ................................................229 saka et ses environs ........................307 Parc national de Chichibu-Tama ......230 saka .............................................307 Vallée Okutama ...............................230 Chuo-Ku ..........................................309 Vallée Chichibu ...............................231 Umeda ............................................311 Mashiko ..........................................232 Tachikui ..........................................316 Mito ................................................233 Kbe ...............................................317 Nikk ..............................................233 Arima Onsen ...................................326 Mont Takao .....................................240 Île Awaji-Shima ...............................327 Archipel d’Izu (Izu Shoto) ....................240 Himeji .............................................329 shima ...........................................241
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