The World’s Most Visited Cities
More than half of the the 10 most visited cities in the world are now located outside Europe and the United States . Four cities are in Asia including the most visited city, Bangkok.
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Japan
Hidden Japan: Tohuku
Tohoku in North Eastern Honshu, is a spectacular land that evokes the spirit, traditions and wonders of Japan. It reveals a beauty and culture little known to the outside World.
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THE HISTORY OF JAPAN
The early periods of Japanese history can be divided into four distinct periods. Firstly, there is the Japanese Paleolithic Period, which lasted several millennia between 40,000 BC to 14,000 BC.
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Town of Samurai Homes: Kakunodate
Occupying 862 sq. km (333sq. miles) of northern Tohoku in the north east of the island of Honshu is the resplendent Towada-Hachimantai National Park, best visited for its scenic lakes, rustic hot-spring spas that seem little changed over the decades Here there is skiing,
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Japan’s Mummified Monks: The Sokushinbutsu
Scattered throughout Northern Japan are over two dozen mummified Japanese monks known as Sokushinbutsu. Followers of shugendo, an ancient form of Buddhism, the monks died in the ultimate act of self-denial.
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