Guide du Japon

Chubu

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Hokkaido

Matsue

Today, pleasure boats cruise through Matsue’s waterways. The Matsue Castle has the only remaining castle tower in the San-in Region (on the Sea of Japan). There is a view spot in the castle tower that commands a view of the Lake Shinji and Mt. Oyama.
Île aux lapins Okunoshima

In the prefecture of Hiroshima, in the Takehara area, there is a very peculiar and mysterious island that attracts thousands of tourists a year who want to see its small and tender inhabitants. Its name is « Okunoshima » and is colloquially known as « The Island of rabbits. »
Île de Miyajima 宮島

Située à 20km du centre ville de Hiroshima, l’île de Miyajima（宮島, littéralement île sacrée) est un lieu sacré depuis plus de 1200 ans. C’est une petite île de 30km de large mais possède une montagne de plus 500m d’altitude, le Mont Misen.
Château d’Hiroshima

In the prefecture of Hiroshima, there is a beautiful castle, Hiroshima-jo, created as a residence for feudal lord Mōri Terumoto in 1590.
Hiroshima

Hiroshima is known all over the world as the first city in history subjected to nuclear warfare when it was bombed during World War II.
Toyota City

Toyota City is home to Toyota Motor Corporation headquarter and factories, and more than 400 car-related companies with various engineers the technology is always evolving.
Nagoya

Nagoya is Japan’s third most populated metropolitan area. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and the principal city of the Nobi plain, one of Honshu’s three large plains and industrial centers.
Aéroport Centrair

Central Japan International Airport Centrair (airport code: NGO), just outside Nagoya, is Japan’s third most important international airport after Tokyo’s Narita Airport and Osaka’s Kansai Airport. It is also known as Chubu Airport.
Shimoda

Shimoda is a pleasant city at the southern point of the Izu Peninsula and is a beautiful destination, offering hot springs and great beaches.
Lac Hamana

Lake Hamana in Shizuoka Prefecture is Japan’s tenth largest lake. The Lake is a commercial source of cultivated Japanese eel, nori, oysters, and Chinese soft-shelled turtles. Fishers take sea bass whiting, and flounder, among others.
Kawazu

Kawazu is a town located on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay and the Pacific Ocean, in Shizuoka Prefecture. The town has a temperate maritime climate characterized by hot summers and short cool winters, with the weather moderated by the effects of the warm current offshore.
Atami

Atami is a coastal onsen hot spring resort in Shizuoka prefecture, on the east coast of the Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo. Atami literally means « hot ocean ». The town has been a popular onsen resort since the 8th century and is ranked as one of Japan’s Three Great Hot Springs.
Festival Shibazakura du Mont Fuji

The Fuji Shibazakura Festival is an exceptional event near Mt. The Shibazakura flower is a species that blooms in different colors and in different shapes, creating a beautiful multicolored field.
Shirakawago　白川郷

Le village de Shirakawago est situé dans la préfecture de Gifu et entouré d’Alpes japonaises.
Ville postale de Magome

Both Tsumago and Magome served as post stations located on the Nakasendo Route, which is one of the five routes that connected Edo and locals in the Edo Period. The Nakasendo linked Edo and Kyoto through the inland area and had 69 post stations.
Kawaguchiko

Lake Kawaguchi is the most easily accessible of the Fuji Five Lakes. It is located in Kawaguchiko Town, a hot spring resort named after the lake, and well connected with central Tokyo by trains and direct buses.
Péninsule de Noto

The Noto Peninsula makes up the northern half of Ishikawa Prefecture, extending about 100 kilometers into the Sea of Japan.
Kanazawa　金沢

Kanazawa n’a pas connu de grande catastrophe naturelle et n’a pas été touchée par les bombardements de la seconde guerre mondiale, la ville a pu conserver les belles constructions datant de l’époque Edo.
Île de Sado

Sado Island is located just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, located 45 km northwest of the city of Niigata, and is one of Japan’s largest islands.
Ville de Niigata

Niigata city is the capital of the prefecture of the same name, and is a pleasant place, with plenty of open spaces, making the city feel more spacious and less cramped than other major cities of Japan. Niigata rice, sake, and seafood are particularly well known.