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JAPAN HIGHLIGHTS
Mount Fuji
Golden Pavilion
Himeji Castle
Horyuji Temple
Dogo Onsen

1. Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building - The best look out in Tokyo.
2. Imperial Palace East Gardens - Excellent gardens next to Palace.
3. Sensoji Temple Asakusa - Great temple & garden
4. Odaiba - Including Rainbow Bridge & Venus Fort shopping centre.
5. Shibuya - The place to see & buy Tokyo fashion.
6. Harajuku - May be the hottest fashion place in Tokyo.
7. Meiji Jingu Shrine - Actively used shrine in Yoyogi Park.
8. Ueno Park - Easy to reach & fantastic in cherry blossom season.
9. Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden - Mixture of European & Japanese.
10. Akihabara - Tokyo's "Electric Town"

Japan consists of four main islands and many smaller islands, notably Okinawa. Honshu by far the largest and most populated island, is typically divided into five (or more) regions. The regions most commonly used are:

1. Hokkaido - the snowy northern frontier of Japan

2. Tohoku - north-eastern Honshu, for seafood, skiing and hot springs

3. Kanto - coastal plain including Tokyo and Yokohama

4. Chubu - mountainous middle region dominated by the Japan Alps (including Mount Fuji) and Japan's fourth-largest city Nagoya

5. Kansai - ancient capital of culture and commerce, including Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Kobe

6. Chugoku - westernmost Honshu, a rural region best known for Hiroshima

7. Shikoku - the smallest of the Big 4, a destination for Buddhist pilgrims

8. Kyushu - birthplace of Japanese civilization, largest towns Fukuokaand Nagasaki

9. Okinawa - semitropical southern island chain reaching out to Taiwan