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Experience Japan Tokyo 32 国後島 北 海 道 Abashiri 網 走 Four Seasons 6 Kyoto/Osaka 34 Asahikawa Shikotan Is. 旭 川 色丹島 Habomai Is. Festivals and Events 8 Hokkaido 36 Furano Nemuro 歯舞島 Otaru Sapporo 富良野 根 室 小 樽 札 幌 Obihiro Onsen (Hot Springs) 11 Tohoku 38 千 歳 Kushiro Chitose 帯 広 釧 路 Tomakomai 苫小牧 Accommodation 12 Kanto 40 Okushiri Is. facilities 奥尻島 Chubu 42 Hakodate Food 14 函 館 Kansai 46 Tokyo Seikan Tunnel Boso Pen. 18 青函トンネル Traditional Performing Aomori Izu Pen. Chugoku 48 青 森 Arts Misawa Oshima Is. 三 沢 Hirosaki Niijima Is. Shikoku 50 弘 前 Hachinohe Traditional Crafts 20 Kazuno 八 戸 Kozushima Is. Miyakejima Is. 鹿 角 Kyushu and Okinawa 52 Mikurajima Is. Buddhist Temples and 22 Oga Akita TOHOKU 男 鹿 秋 田 東 北 KYUSYU Shinto Shrines Morioka 九 州 Kakunodate 盛 岡 Public Transportation 56 Hachijojima Is. 角 館 Hanamaki Kagoshima Museums 24 Systems 花 巻 Ichinoseki Aogashima Is. Amusement Facilities 26 Basic Information 58 Sea of Japan 一 関 日 本 海 Shinjo 新 庄 Tanegashima Is. Matsushima 松 島 Subculture 28 Useful Information 60 Yamagata Sendai Sado Is. 山 形 Mt.Miyanoura 仙 台 Sumisujima Is. Shopping 29 佐渡島 Niigata Yakushima Is. 新 潟 Fukushima Takeshima 福 島 竹島 Activities 30 Wajima Aizu-Wakamatsu 輪 島 CHUBU 会津若松 Tokara Islands Torishima Is. Toyama Nikko 中 部 Nagano 日光 富 山 長 野 KANTO Maebashi 関 東 Kanazawa 前 橋 Utsunomiya 宇都宮 金 沢 Takasaki Mito 水 戸 Matsumoto 松 本 KANSAI 高 崎 Tsukuba つくば NAMPO (SOUTHERN) Oki Is. 関西 Fukui Takayama 成 田 ISLANDS 隠岐島 福 井 Narita 高 山 Omiya 大 宮 Tokyo Kikaijima Is. Matsue Tottori Kofu 東 京 Narita 松 江 鳥 取 甲 府 International Airport Amami-Oshima Is. Osaka Hikone Yokohama Chiba 千 葉 彦 根 横 浜 Pacific Ocean 大 阪 Gifu 岐 阜 Haneda Amami Islands CHUGOKU Kyoto Mt.Fuji Kamakura 鎌 倉 太 平 洋 京 都 富士山富士山 International 中 国 Okayama 岡 山 Himeji Nagoya Airport Tokunoshima Is. Kobe Otsu 名古屋 箱 根 姫 路 Hakone Kurashiki 倉 敷 神 戸 大 津 Shizuoka Atami 熱 海 Fukuyama Tsu 津 静 岡 Ito East China Sea Onomichi 尾 道 Nara 伊 東 Oshima Is. 福 山 奈 良 東 シ ナ 海 Okinoerabujima Is. Mukojima Is. Tsushima Is. Awajishima Is. Ise 伊勢 Hamamatsu 伊豆大島 対馬 Hagi Hiroshima 淡路島 Toba 浜 松 Nishinoshima Is. 広 島 Wakayama 和歌山 萩 Takamatsu 鳥 羽 Miyakejima Is. Yoronjima Is. Shimonoseki Miyajima 高 松 Mt.Koya 三宅島 Chichijima Is. Iki Is. 下 関 Imabari 高野山 Central Japan 宮 島 今 治 Tokushima International Okinawa Islands 壱岐島 Yamaguchi 徳 島 山 口 Matsuyama Shingu Airport Hachijojima Is. Fukuoka 新 宮 八丈島 Agunijima Is. 松 山 Kochi Hahajima Is. 福岡 高 知 Shirahama Beppu 白 浜 Okinawa Is. Saga Oita Uwajima Pacific Ocean Kumejima Is. Goto Islands 別 府 Naha 佐 賀 大 分 宇和島 太 平 洋 那 覇 Ogasawara Islands 五島列島 Mt.Aso Kansai Kerama Islands 阿蘇山阿蘇山 International Airport Nagasaki Kumamoto Taisho Is. 長 崎 熊 本 Kuba Is. OKINAWA Kita-Iojima Is. SHIKOKU 沖 縄 四 国 The Senkaku Islands Kazan Islands KYUSHU Uotsuri Is. Miyazaki 九 州 Kita-Daitojima Is. Iojima Is. 宮 崎 Miyako Islands Kagoshima Mt.Sakurajima NANSEI (SOUTHWEST) ISLANDS 鹿児島 桜島 Sakishima Islands Miyakojima Is. Minami- Minami-Iojima Is. Ibusuki Daitojima Is. 指 宿 Yaeyama Islands Iriomotejima Is. Taramashima Is. Pacific Ocean Major Cities Ishigakijima Is. 太 平 洋 Daito Islands Shinkansen(JR) Yonagunijima Is. Tanegashima Is. Taketomijima Is. Okino- Minami- Japan Railways(JR) Yakushima Is. 種子島 Torishima Is. Torishima Is. 屋久島 Haterumajima Is. Major International Airports Oki-Daitojima Is. 01 © True Japan Tour Japanese Cooking Classes Classes for cooking Japanese cuisine, which has been designated as an intangible cultural heritage by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), include courses for making sushi. Experience the depth of Japan’s sushi culture known for its many different styles, such as nigiri-zushi (sushi shaped by hand) and maki-zushi (rolled sushi), and its wide selection of ingredients. Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) Experience Shodo is a form of art that Experiencing intertwines the spirit of the body with martial arts-infused technique. Kanji (Chinese characters) look complex and have deep meaning, © True Japan Tour but the way in which they are aiko (Apprentice Geisha) xperience written allows you to add your own M E expressive touch. Maiko are apprentice geisha who perform classical Japanese dances and other forms of entertainment at Japanese-style banquets called ozashiki. Their culture is colorful and deep, characterized by artistic costumes and Traditional makeup, the performance of art skills, and a unique style of speech and language. Experience what it’s like to dress up as a maiko for a day and Japanese take some glamor shots. Samurai and Ninja Experience Pottery Ninjas are spies who were active in Japan from the Kamakura Experience e period (1185-1333) to the Edo Enjoy the picturesque ThereCultur are unique forms of traditional culture in Japan that have been handed down for many period (1603-1868), the time in combination of bowls generations, with each influenced by neighboring countries and the West and evolving in which samurai ruled the land. and food that are their original way. Enjoying precious experiences only available in Japan and deepening Today you can enjoy a hands- a part of Japanese your exchange with Japanese people will enable you to get a better understanding of the on ninja experience, dress like a culinary culture. There ninja or samurai, take a martial are many ceramic allure of Japan. Experience-oriented programs are offered not only in Tokyo and Kyoto, arts lesson, view clothing and workshops across but also in other cities around Japan. There are tourist information centers and reservation weapons displays, and watch Japan where you can websites that provide information about experience-oriented programs in this country. shows in which people show off make an original bowl Check out these sources and find a program you would be interested in experiencing. the skills from the days of old. of your own. 02 03 Gunkanjima Hyogo The elegant houses of resident foreigners from the days of old, represented by Western-style residences called Ijinkan, line the streets in the Kitano area of Kobe, the leading trade port in Western Japan. Experience a chance encounter between East and the West Champon while enjoying a steak made from Kobe beef, the most famous beef in Japan. Nagasaki Gunkanjima Island is a world heritage site that retains the atmosphere of the heyday of coal mining in modern Japan. After a Kitano Ijinkan tour of the island, have a bowl of Champon, which is a healthy noodle soup rich in vegetables and seafood. Kobe Beef Japan is home to a number of charming cities in addition to Tokyo. Visit Japan's regional prefectures and discover the flavors and vistas Akita that make them unique. Enjoying Kiritanpo Nabe (Kiritanpo is processed rice) is a specialty of Akita, which is one of Japan’s most prominent rice producing prefectures.