Theme Week Japan – Kawasaki

23 February 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Shirahata Hachiman Daijin Shrine © Jkr2255/cc-by-sa-3.0

Shirahata Hachiman Daijin Shrine © Jkr2255/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kawasaki is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is the 8th most populated city in Japan (including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area) and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area. As of October 1, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 1,503,690, with 716,470 households. Kawasaki has seven wards: Asao-ku, Kawasaki-ku – administrative center, Miyamae-ku, Nakahara-ku, Saiwai-ku, Takatsu-ku and Tama-ku.   read more…

Theme Week Japan – Osaka

22 February 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  10 minutes

Dotonbori © JKT-c/cc-by-3.0

Dotonbori © JKT-c/cc-by-3.0

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region. It is the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and the largest component of the Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Japan and among the largest in the world with over 19 million inhabitants. Osaka will host Expo 2025. The city’s west side is open to Osaka Bay, and is otherwise completely surrounded by more than ten satellite cities, all of them in Osaka Prefecture, with one exception: the city of Amagasaki, belonging to Hyōgo Prefecture, in the northwest.   read more…

Theme Week Japan – Fukuoka

21 February 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  13 minutes

Fukuoka Tower © mmry0241-cc-by-sa-3.0

Fukuoka Tower © mmry0241-cc-by-sa-3.0

Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, situated on the northern shore of Japanese island Kyushu. It is the most populous city on the island, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was designated on April 1, 1972, by government ordinance. Greater Fukuoka, with a population of 2.5 million people, is part of the heavily industrialized Fukuoka–Kitakyushu zone.   read more…

Theme Week Japan – Kobe

20 February 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Chinatown © Laitr Keiows/cc-by-sa-3.0

Chinatown © Laitr Keiows/cc-by-sa-3.0

Kobe is the sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto.   read more…

Theme Week Japan – Yokohama

19 February 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Minato Mirai 21 © Marc Antomattei/cc-by-sa-4.0

Minato Mirai 21 © Marc Antomattei/cc-by-sa-4.0

Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan by population, after Tokyo, and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.   read more…

Theme Week Japan

18 February 2019 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Theme Weeks Reading Time:  9 minutes

Tokyo - Ginza shopping area © Jordy Meow/cc-by-3.0

Tokyo – Ginza shopping area © Jordy Meow/cc-by-3.0

Japan (Nippon or Nihon, literally “State of Japan”) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south. The kanji that make up Japan’s name mean “sun origin”, and it is often called the “Land of the Rising Sun”.   read more…

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