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Go to Japan!
Prepare to meet the language challenge. This lens will give you the tools to travel to Japan.
In the Japanese language there is no single word for water. They say mizu for cold water and oyu for hot water
Capital of Japan: Tokyo
Japan is an economic world power with the world's second largest economy, and is the sixth largest exporter and importer and is a member of the United Nations, G8, G4, and APEC. 
Japan's medieval era was characterized by the emergence of a ruling class of warriors, the samurai. Japan is among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemical, textiles, and processed foods and is home to some of the largest and most well-known multinational corporations and commercial brands.
Map of Japan, North-East Asia Photographic Print
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Travel Japan in the Spotlight
Japan (Country Guide)
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Dodge flying fish at the world's greatest sashimi market, p. 132
Find yourself spirited away to Miyazaki's museum of anime, p. 141
Master the perfect double-clap and bow for your first shrine visit, p.56
Earn your keep in a Buddhist temple, p. 417
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A Quick Introduction to Japanese
Japanese: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
The sheer amount of 'stuff' that is crammed into this little phrasebook makes this the best Japanese phrasebook I've ever seen! There's just so much covered in this book, it'll be a while before a beginning student of Japanese outgrows it.
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NEW travel Guide to Japan
Japan (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
This is sort of a "Japan! Wow!" type of guide, full of eye-popping graphics and catchy factoids. It is a very fun guide, and does a great job of engaging enthusiasm for Japan and its wonders. The makers definitely know their audience, and all of the weird and wild parts of the country and its culture are captured.
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Japan (Country Guide)
Japan resident authors, 343 days of research, 120 detailed maps, three geisha sightings
You asked for it, we researched it - everything you need to know about onsen (hot springs) and skiing and more language assistance than ever
Cost-saving tips even the locals don't know
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Until quite recently, most Japanese children used to celebrate their birthdays on first of January
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General Resources Bridge to Japan Colonel Craig's Japan Links CSJ Famous Personages in Japan Gail and Sherry's Japanese Links Government
[Prime Minister's Official Residence] Internet Directory (Netscape JP) Japan (CityNet) Japan as I see it Japan-America's Japan Links Japan Etcetra Japan Interface Japan Links Japan Photo Gallery (W. Dire Wolff) Japannet.de: Links to Japan (Tobias Wittig) Japan Window Home Page Japan Zone, The - Everything you want to know about Japan. Jim Breen's Japanese Page (Monash University, Melbourne) jin.jcic.or.jp mynippon Regional Information (JIN) WWW Servers in Japanese goverment Yahoo / Japan
Top picks for children's books on Japan
Japanese Children's Favorite Stories Book One
Delightful collection of Japanese tales - Momotaro the peach boy, long-nosed goblins, the magic teakettle, Mr. Lucky Straw, toothpick warriors, Little One-Inch and the green devil. Twenty enchanting stories with colorful illustrations, in a charming
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Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan
Humorous, witty tale of a crafty rat who likes rice balls, and a broken-down old samurai cat who defeats the rat bully without force
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Illustrated History of Japan
Richly-detailed pictorial history of Japan - from the prehistoric era, to imperial capitals of Nara and Kyoto, age of shoguns and castles, expansion of Edo (Tokyo) into the world's largest city, up to the present day. Gorgeous two-page illustrations
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One Leaf Rides the Wind
Luminous illustrations and haiku descriptions reveal the elements of a Japanese garden - pagodas, carved temple dogs, birds and bonsai, lotus flowers and koi, stone lanterns to light the way
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Travel to Japan - book your flight and hotel
It's easier than ever for English speakers to navigate their way around Tokyo without speaking any Japanese.
TokyoDown and Out in Tokyo
Information Access Center, The -- Tokyo Journal
Media Library Inc
Prime Minister's Official Residence, The
Seeing in Tokyo - Gaijin Net
Tokyo (CityNet)
Tokyo Food Page
Tokyo Journey
Tokyo Leisure Page
Tokyo Off Time! - Directory (ftp)
Tokyo Online
Tokyo Meltdown
Tokyo Teleport
Travel, Tourism and Vacations
Tokyo, Japan Photographic Print
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- Japan National Tourist Organization Web Site
- Japan National Tourist Organization.
- Travel to Japan guide
- Travel to Japan includes Japan hotel guide and detailed articles and pictures on some of less well known highlights of Japan
HOT Tips on Booking your Air Travel Ticket Online
Tips on Booking Your Air Travel Ticket Online
Whenever you hop online to book your airline ticket online, you notice that the prices have gone up significantly. Since the fuel prices are touching an all time high, traveling by air is becoming cheaper than traveling by road. Here are a few tips that will help you save when booking your tickets online. It is always recommended that you do an advanced booking of your tickets to get the best deals. Most airlines offer great prices on advanced booking.
Make sure you research a couple of websites to get the deal you want. If your travel schedule is flexible, try looking for different departure time or different days. Most of the times the late night flights or the early morning flights will have cheaper fares.
Check if a stopover can reduce the ticket price as sometimes the direct flight is more expensive and also tiring. Only do so if there is a significant saving.
Make sure you book other things with your flight tickets like car rental service and hotel accommodation. There are many websites which offer great deals on travel packages, thereby meriting more savings.
If you travel even twice a year make sure you join the frequent flyer program of your favorite airline. Some airlines offer great discounts on flight tickets and other extra facility like up gradation to business class or express check-in. Also check with your credit card company since often times they partner with airlines and offer discounts.
The more frequently you travel the more miles you will collect and thus over time you can get discounts on tickets or sometimes even free. Some airlines also extend these miles on leisure travel also.
Hope that you make your next ticket purchase considering these tips and save a couple of hundred dollars.
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Mount Fuji, Lake Kawaguchi, Japan Photographic Print
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Food: Japanese food, widely known for sushi, tempura and sukiyaki
Close-up of Two Sushi Rolls Photographic Print
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Food: Japanese food, widely known for sushi, tempura and sukiyaki, thin slices of beef or chicken served with vegetables, makes eating easy. Shokudô are the best place as they serve all kinds of traditional cooking allowing you to try a little of each, although most meals concentrate on the basics: rice, seafood or meat, and vegetables. The most popular drinks are beer, sake, rice wine often served warm, and the refreshing green tea, which is often a flavor of ice cream. Foods & Drinks How to make a Japanese buckwheat noodles? Sake (Rice Wine) [Sake Page][The Sake of Tosa] Sushi [Sushi Vocabulary] Excellent Travel Books On Amazon CA
Dazzle your friends with over 180 kinds of sushi rolls
Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls
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Kawasumi takes classic Japanese rolls of vinegared rice, vegetables, and seafood into another plane by using special techniques to form all kinds of cunning little flowers, animals, and abstract designs. By staining the rice with different hues, he creates a Technicolor palette for the sushi-loving palate. Most astonishing are Kawasumi's sushi rolls that duplicate all twenty-six letters of the English alphabet.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition edition (February 16, 2007)
Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art
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Easily the most comprehensive and exhaustive look at Japanese cuisine available, this groundbreaking classic marks its quarter-century anniversary in a revised edition with a new foreword by Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl and a new preface by the late Tsuji's son, Yoshiki Tsuji.
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In Japan, 20% of all publications sold are comic books
WHAT'S COOL IN JAPAN
Nodame CantabileA comic about classical music has become hugely popular among children who used to think that this type of music was too difficult and hardly ever listened to it. Nodame Cantabile is a serial manga (comic) that has appeared in the girls' comic magazine Kiss since 2001.
The manga is a comedy about a group of students at a music academy who study classical music, including instruments like the piano, violin, timpani, and oboe, as well as conducting.
Kyodo News (Tourism)
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The average cost of a Japanese wedding including a honey-moon is about $40,000
Japanese Bride Wearing Traditional Wedding Costume Photographic Print
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Travel Links Airline Companies [ANA][JAL]
- /www.jnto.go.jp/index.html="">Japan National Tourist Organization
- Japan Traveling Companion
- Japanese Railway-Related Information
- Japanese Cities and Towns
- Fukuoka [Kyushu Central: Fukuoka]
- Hiroshima [City of Hiroshima][Hiroshima Information]
- Kitakyushu [City of Kitakyushu]
- Kyoto [Kyoto Media Station]
- Nagoya
- Osaka [Japan Window]
- Sapporo [Sapporo Information Page for Foreigners][Web City Sapporo]
- Sendai [Sendai City Guide]
- Tokyo
- Yokohama [City of Yokohama]
- Travel Agencies [Kinki Nippon Tourist]
Index for Japan
- Travel Japan in the Spotlight
- Delsey PRO Bag 2 is an SLR Pro bag
- A Quick Introduction to Japanese
- NEW travel Guide to Japan
- Until quite recently, most Japanese children used to celebrate their birthdays on first of January
- Top picks for children's books on Japan
- Travel to Japan - book your flight and hotel
- It's easier than ever for English speakers to navigate their way around Tokyo without speaking any Japanese.
- Travel, Tourism and Vacations
- HOT Tips on Booking your Air Travel Ticket Online
- Food: Japanese food, widely known for sushi, tempura and sukiyaki
- Dazzle your friends with over 180 kinds of sushi rolls
- Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition edition (February 16, 2007)
- Japan on eBay
- In Japan, 20% of all publications sold are comic books
- Kyodo News (Tourism)
- Excellent Resources for making your Travel Plans
- The average cost of a Japanese wedding including a honey-moon is about $40,000
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