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On the edge of the Orient, TOKYO the last great conurbation before the yawning chasm of the Pacific Ocean is one of the world's most perplexing cities. On the one hand, gaudily hung ... Read more...
The urban equivalent of the Elephant Man, OSAKA , Japan's third largest city after Tokyo and Yokohama, yearns to be loved despite its ugliness. It may well lack the pockets of beauty and ... Read more...
The capital of Japan for more than a thousand years, KYOTO is endowed with an almost overwhelming legacy of ancient Buddhist temples, majestic palaces and gardens of every size and description, not ... Read more...
Japan's fourth largest city is NAGOYA , the capital of Aichi-ken and major transport hub on central Honshu's industrial southern coast. Completely rebuilt after a wartime drubbing, it's ... Read more...
Thanks to its open harbour-frontage and generally low-rise skyline, YOKOHAMA feels far more spacious and airy than neighbouring Tokyo. Locals are proud of their city's international heritage, and ... Read more...
A big, semi-industrial city at the southern end of the Shinkansen, FUKUOKA was, until recently, simply a place to negotiate as quickly as possible en route to Kyushu's more picturesque regions. ... Read more...
As the passage into the harbour widened we had our first glimpse of Nagasaki town in the haze of the morning, nestled in a most beautiful inlet at the foot of wooded hills . Although few visitors ... Read more...
With a population of some 1.75 million, Hokkaido's booming capital SAPPORO is the fifth largest city in Japan and, as it's the transport hub of the island, you're almost bound to pass ... Read more...
Because of the events of August 6, 1945, western Honshu's largest city needs little introduction. HIROSHIMA has become a byword for the devastating, horrific effects of the atom bomb, and for ... Read more...
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