Japan
Japan is the country I have been to which I like the best after China. The people are very nice, happy and friendly and I have always liked how the Japanese language sounds. Japan is known for being very "western styled" to be an Asian country, well. there is very much "western" over it specially over Tokyo but there are a lot of traditional and buddhism things too. For example there are a lot of shrines and temples in Japan and in some cities you can walk around in the old part of the city for example Gion in Kyoto. it's very interesting, nice and cosy. There are some places there you can rent a kimono too. And did you know that there is much beautiful nature in Japan too? I didn't know it before some months ago. Actually there are many cities and islands in Japan which have beautiful nature. And did you know that thereare sand dunes in the city Tottoro in Japan? Here are my recommendations where you will go if you go to Japan:
Nature:
The island Okninawa
The island Hokkaido
Fujiyoshida
The island Shodoshima
The Kerama Islands
Fuji Five Lakes*
Wakayama prefecture
Nagano prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Nikko
Aso Kujū National Park on the island "Kyushu"
*There are some great places here from which you can see Mt Fuji if the sky is clear.
Gardens:
Kyoto
Fukuoka
Temples:
Nikko
Kyoto
Wakayama
Onomichi in Hiroshima prefecture
Watch wild monkeys:
"Monkey Park Iwatayama" in Kyoto
"Jigokudani (Snow) Moneky Park" in Nagano. N.B. a day trip from Nagano, the monkeys only bath in the hot spring in the winter
Beaches:
Okinawa
A cosy city:
Kurashiki
Kurashiki
Japan "famous" pictures/postcards
There are some pictures taken in Japan like everyoe has seen before even though they haven't been in Japan. And they don't even know what temple, lake etc is on the picture. Here are a few of them:
"Chureito Pagoda" which is a part of the "Arakura Sengen Shrine" at Fuji Five Lakes
"Itsukushima Shrine" in Hiroshima
"Kumano Nachi Taisha Shrine" in Wakayama
Pictures fro my Japan trip December 2016:
Nijo Castle in Kyoto
Detailes at Nijo Castle (Kyoto)
The old part "Gion" in Kyoto
Geishas in Gion (I love this picture I took just before the 3 geishas went into an restaurant)
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo
