???????Tokyo\'s taxis changed how they charge their fares yesterday. The old fare of 730 yen for the first 2 km, followed by ¥90 per 280 meters has been replaced by a new (and more difficult to calculate) fare of ¥410 for the first 1.052 km...
??????The red and white retro-styled Tozai Megurin is a community bus service around Taito-ku in Tokyo.One of the four routes is convenient for the popular tourist destination of Yanaka district in Taito-ku, Tokyo.The four routes are: Kita Megurin... -
Pythagoras calls three the perfect number, expressive of ?beginning, middle, and end,? and he therefore makes it the symbol of the divine. The Japanese, too, are fond of this number, and the Japanese-language Wikipedia has an enormous page with... -
???????Just off Kokusai Dori in Naha near Makishi Station on the Yui Line is the relatively new Yatai Mura, a series of 20 casual "yatai" (street stall-style) eateries arranged in two narrow lanes..Seating at maximum about 20 customers each place... -
???Asahi-yu in the Yanaka (Yanesen) district of Tokyo is one of Tokyo\'s last few traditional public baths or sento.The Yanaka area was home to a number of sento but they have been closing over the years or converted into other uses such as SCAI... -
?????#206Kyoto city bus #206 runs from Kitaoji Bus Terminal (Subway Kitaoji Station) to Kyoto Station and then back to Karasuma Kitaoji and Kitaoji Bus Terminal. The #206 bus runs in a loop in both clockwise and anti-clockwise directions.... -
????????Chikamachi Lounge is a group of European-inspired and Asian eateries in a passageway linking the Midland Square building with the Winc Aichi conference center in the Meieki (Nagoya Station) district of Nagoya.Chikamachi Lounge links another... -
?????????The area around Dobutsuen-Mae Station on Osaka\'s Midosuji Subway Station and Shin Imamiya Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line is home to numerous hotels catering to the foreign visitor on a budget.Centrally located with easy access to... -
???Kyooji Temple is a small Nicheren temple off the Yanaka Ginza shopping lane in the Yanaka (Yanesen) district of Tokyo.The temple dates from the Edo Period and contains a statue of Daitokuten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods (shichifukujin). The... -
?????#1Kyoto city bus #1 runs from Nishigamo Shako-mae close to Kamigamo Shrine in the north of Kyoto to Demachiyanagi Station and then back.Bus #1 passes Jinkoin, Omiya Somonguchi-cho, Yamanomaecho, Gentaku-shita, Murasakino Sendocho, Asahigaoka,... -
???Sesoko Island is a small island off the Motubu Peninsula near Nago on the west coast connected by bridge to Okinawa Honto.Sesoko has a few lovely white sand beaches and a number of guest houses and minsuku that attract budget travelers for... -
???&????Chogakuji Temple in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture is associated with the death of the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen (1521-1573).Takeda Shingen\'s death is shrouded in mystery. It is thought he died of pneumonia while returning to... -
???????Shin-Ochanomizu Station on the Chiyoda Line of the Tokyo metro in Ochanomizu has some lovely mosaics by glass artist Ikkou Itabashi representing the months of the year and including phrases from the old lunar calendar to describe the seasons... -
Okinawa (??) is Japan’s southernmost prefecture made up of hundreds of subtropical islands stretching over 700 kilometres of ocean. With its perpetually summery weather, friendly people, unspoilt white-sand beaches, coral reefs, crystal clear... -
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