Destination - GaijinPot Travel
网页Kanto. Chiba - It's your choice of natural beauty, city life or a little of both. Gunma - All about that bath. Ibaraki - Natto and nature in central Kanto. Kanagawa - Seaside, shrines and so much more. Saitama - For a quick breath of fresh mountain air. Tochigi - Heavyweight cultural heritage with a breathtaking natural landscape.
About - GaijinPot Travel
网页About. GaijinPot Travel is an award-winning guide to traveling in Japan that highlights destinations both big and small that international travelers love. Established in 2016, the site is the travel branch of GaijinPot.com, which is Japan’s leading website for information that foreigners need to live, work, study and travel in Japan.
Kagawa - GaijinPot Travel
网页Kagawa might be the smallest of Shikoku’s four prefectures, but it packs one diverse sightseeing punch. It’s home to the final 22 temples on the Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage, including Zentsu-ji, the largest of all of the temples. You’ll also find the Shinto sea shrine, Kotohira-gu (also known as Konpira-san), which is reachable via a calf ...
Kanagawa - GaijinPot Travel
网页Often referred to as the “ Kyoto of East Japan,” Kamakura is a treasure trove of shrines and temples. For standouts, Kotokuin temple is known for its enormous bronze statue of Buddha sitting serenely in the open air. Access the biggest temples via Hase station and stroll around the streets lined with traditional shops selling hato-sabure, a special dove-shaped biscuit unique to the ...
Osaka - GaijinPot Travel
网页Osaka. Population. 8,804,806. Japan's second smallest prefecture is the economic and commercial hub of the Kansai region. Osaka Prefecture lies at the center of the Kansai region and has one of Japan’s highest population densities. It’s dominated by the futuristic neon spectacle of its capital city Osaka, and functions as the main gateway ...
Kanto - GaijinPot Travel
网页Kanto is a region on the eastern side of Japan’s main island, Honshu, and is the most urban and densely populated area in the country. The region also includes a number of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean. The largest of the Izu islands, Izu Oshima, can be reached in under 2 hours by high-speed jetfoil from Tokyo.For a seriously remote experience, it’s a 25-hour ferry ride to the ...
Kyoto - GaijinPot Travel
网页Kyoto City is not a destination that you should, or could, miss but it can get very busy during Spring and Autumn when the city is in its postcard-perfect seasonal transition. Visit in the summer for a different kind of crowd, gathered for the rowdy revelry of the spectacular Gion Matsuri, one of Japan’s most famous festivals.The winter is quietest but comes with the risk of rain (most of ...
Ehime - GaijinPot Travel
网页Ehime Prefecture is made up of the north-west crescent of Shikoku and several islands, extending out towards Honshu and Kyushu.It’s the last stop on the Shimanami Kaido, a series of bridges connecting Honshu to Shikoku that offers a spectacularly scenic bike ride over the Seto Inland Sea.It also contains 26 of the 88 temples on the circular Shikoku Pilgrimage, as well as Japan’s oldest ...
Okinawa - GaijinPot Travel
网页Japan's tropical island paradise. Discover white sandy beaches, crystal blue waters, wild jungles, and centuries of unique native traditions. Japan’s Okinawa region is a total of 113 islands that stretch from Kyushu’s southern tip towards Taiwan. Considered the country’s own little Hawaii, the prefecture offers a remote yet accessible ...
Kyoto - GaijinPot Travel
网页The main access point is Kyoto station, a major transport hub for the Kansai region and the second-largest station in the country. Arriving in the building’s futuristic hall with its steel-beamed roof (known as the Matrix), most tourists wonder if they’ve got off at the right stop but it’s a well equipped, if surprising, introduction to the city.