Everything about modern and traditional Japan with emphasis on travel and living related information.

Japan is politically structured into 8 regions and 47 prefectures. Population. The population of Japan is about 125 million, including around 3 million foreign residents. Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Because Japan is located in a region, where several continental plates meet, the country experiences frequent earthquakes.

• Kusatsu Onsen One of Japan's best hot spring towns. • Yokohama Japan's second largest city. • Oze National Park Popular hiking destination with a marshland. • Manza Onsen Hot spring resort with Japan's most sulfuric waters. Izu Oshima The largest island among the Izu Islands. Shima Onsen Calm hot spring town in a mountain valley.

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Visitor guide for the Expo 2025 in Osaka. Held from April 13 to October 13, 2025. 64 million visitors - more than half of Japan's population - visited the Expo 70 in Osaka, making it one of the most successful events in the country's history. 55 years later, the world expo is scheduled to return to the city, addressing issues facing humankind on a global scale.

Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō) is Japan's capital and the world's most populous metropolis. It is also one of Japan's 47 prefectures, consisting of 23 central city wards and multiple cities, towns and villages west of the city center.

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The following is a suggested itinerary for first time travelers to Japan who spend 15 days and 14 nights in Japan, and arrive/depart from Tokyo's Narita Airport. Day 1 - Arrive at Narita Airport Arrive at Narita Airport and spend the rest of the day in Tokyo .

Towards the end of the Edo Period (1603-1868), during which Japan maintained a policy of self-isolation, Yokohama's port was one of the first to open to foreign trade in 1859. Consequently, Yokohama quickly grew from a small fishing village into one of Japan's major cities.

Hiroshima (広島) is the principal city of the Chugoku Region and home to over a million inhabitants.. When the first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the city became known worldwide for this unenviable distinction.