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Japan OverviewJapan ( Nihon or Nippon in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean 'sun-origin', which is why Japan is sometimes identified as the 'Land of the Rising Sun' (...) Read full article at Wikipedia Capital: Tokyo Population: 127,288,000 Area: 377,835 km² Density: 336.89 inhabitants per km² Currency: JPY Destinations: 128 |
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 1. Tokyo Tokyo is the capital of Japan. At over 12 million people in the official metropolitan area alone, Tokyo is one of the most populated urban... map 2. Osaka is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū. The city is... map 3. Kyoto Nestled among mountains in Western Honshu, Kyoto has a reputation worldwide as Japan's most beautiful city. It has a population close to... map 4. Sapporo , laid in the heart of Sapporo, once neighboured to the Hōheikan is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population and the third-largest by... map 5. Fukuoka : is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyūshū in Japan, across the Tsushima... map 6. Chiba is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east from the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City... map7. Okinawa (Okinawan: '' 'Uchinā'') is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. It is located in the... map 8. Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture, located in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū and is a major commercial hub of the... map |  11. Nagoya . Located on the Pacific coast in the Chūbu region on central Honshū, it is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major... map 12. Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. It was formerly part of Nishisonogi District. It was a center of... map 13. Hiroshima Hiroshima is an industrial city of wide boulevards, criss-crossing rivers and a dense city center. Although many only know it for the... map15. Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. As of March 2007, the city has an estimated population of... map 17. Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast) region. The city has a population of one... map |
