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The natural hot springs, ancient castles, gardens and a sleeping volcano are anticipating the visit of tourists around the world who have not yet ventured into fresh, virgin pockets of Japan. Among other highlights, tourists can explore the forested...
The strikingly beautiful building you see in the picture above is the Kinkaku-ji temple. Popularly known as The Golden Pavilion, it’s a temple that is literally covered in gold leaf and seems to be floating on the water.
Shinden-zukuri...
Even though Ohio has some leaf peeping, Japan is indeed a leaf peeping splendor. But, before we can even talk about leaf peeping, maybe I should try to talk about the leaf peeping in detail.
What is leaf peeping?
This is a traditional Fall...
Do you all know that in Japan, the temple which deifies the fox is called Inari and is considered as various guardian deities? Inari is represented as a fox and has been worshiped as the god of commerce and good fortune for centuries. The Toyokawa...
We all have been reading about the world’s tallest buildings, largest dams, largest church, longest bridge and longest tunnel since long but do you know where the world’s tallest escalator is? It’s in Osaka City, Japan.
One of the city's most...
The city folks of Japan are destroying the Mt.Fuji wilderness area by dumping trash. The situation has already got out of hand.
Staring from old and rusty refrigerators to broken TVs, the once upon a time pristine wilderness of Mt.Fuji area...
Casinos are always seen as a way to revitalize local economies. Since last few years Japan is facing a declining population and falling tax revenues. To revitalize the local economies and increase in tax revenues, Liberal Democratic Party in Japan is...
Country’s national treasures destined for National Museum being carried
War-torn Afghanistan is struggling to bring back life to the Afghan National Museum. It’s been two and half years since the museum reopened. Museum building renovations are...
Planning to visit Japan? Then February is the right month for you to go! This is the time of the 58th Sapporo Snow festival displaying the marvelous talents of Japan’s finest snow sculpters . It gets over 2 million visitors per year.
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