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OUR READERSMany thanks to the travellers who used the last edition and wrote to us with helpful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes: Akira Ueda, Alexander Ritter, Alison Gray, Ana Ruiz, Aurélien Ta, Brian Knox, Chenchen Wu, David McSherry, Dennis Hansen, Gilyong Ryu, Gordan Barrett, Greg Hewson, Gustav Lönn, Gwen Hasenauer, Haris Lazanitis, Jasmin Morley, Joosje Peters, Jordan Owens, Jos Vandendriessche, Joseph Sorensen, Lanie McCarry, Larry Cannon, Lisa Scheinin, Lu Yao, Marcelo Bustani, Marianna Gentilin, Marijke Claes, Marlon Goos, Martin Hensch, Michael Heilbronn, Michael Singer, Mio Ebisu, Claudine Mouilleau, Pagasa Serrano, Paul Das, Phil McGowan, Sandra Zemp, Sara Bandali Wren & Andrew Wren, Senan Fox, Sint Suthirachartkul, Steve Hoy, Tessa Leigh, Tim Laslavic, Toru Kato, Veronica Teo, Yumi Kan

AUTHOR THANKSChris RowthornI would like to thank my family for their patience and support during the writing of this guide. I would also like to thank Kitayama Jun, SK, KT, HK and IK for their assistance. Thanks are also due to the people of Kyoto, who help me every day in countless ways. Finally, I would like to thank all readers of Lonely Planet for their feedback and input. And if any readers see me in Kyoto, please don’t hesitate to stop me and let me know what you think!

Ray BartlettThanks first to the amazing people of Japan: for opening your doors and hearts to me as I crisscrossed your lovely land. Thanks to Snoopy for ‘Hayakaken!’ and airport fun. Kaori, for some great yatai. Sena, for vital moral sup-port. Thanks, Yuki, for the tips and discoveries. Many thanks to the ‘pink, fluffy unicorn’ for some great ‘stuffsies’ and help and laughs. And thanks to my family, the whole reason I’m an expert in this area in the first place.

Andrew BenderSpecial thanks to Yohko Scott, Nishimura Tet-suya, Daniel Lee, Eddie Bessler, Sanj Powell, Adam Benz, Jorge Girón, Urakami Masahiro, Hashimoto Akira, Yanai Maki, Fujita Shūji, Amy Jo Shapiro, Louise Dendy, Uoi Shingō, Brad Towle, Shimamoto Kumiko, Sakamoto Yūsuke, Colin Fukai, Akagi Hideyuki, Doi Kōsuke, Kuzu-moto Masanori, Yoshida Haruyuki, Tani Tomoe, Nishimura Jun, Nishikubo Tomomi and Tsukada Keiji.

Laura CrawfordMuch appreciation goes to fellow travellers who shared their experiences, insights and recommendations; and to the many locals who provided friendly conversation, directions and tea. Big thanks also to the dedicated and knowledgeable team of fellow writers, and to the hardworking inhouse gang. Finally, thank you to Mitsue Nagase and Yoshino Kawaura;

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steadfast friend Naoko Akamatsu; and part-ner in life and other things, Amrit Parmar.

Craig McLachlanA hearty thanks to all those who helped me out on the road, but most of all to my living kanji dictionary and exceptionally beauti-ful wife, Yuriko, who let me know when I’d reached my daily quota of local Hokkaido brews!

Rebecca MilnerA big thanks to my mom for her company and to my husband for his tireless patience. To Emi and Steph for their willingness to visit ‘just one more bar’ and to Jon and Kanna for their cooking. Mike and Ivan: thank you for your ‘local knowledge’. Will, Tabata-san, Sayu-ri, Miyawaki-san, Tristan, Toshiko and Kenichi: I’m grateful for your help and recommenda-tions. And finally to Simon and Laura – thank you for all your help, guidance and patience.

Simon RichmondDōmo arigatō gozaimasu to Kylie Clark and colleagues at JNTO London; Tabata Naoko and colleagues at TCVB; Asono Akiko and colleagues at YCVB; Osawa Kei at Intermedia- teque; Tokyo friends Toshiko, Kenichi, Giles and William; Masami Takahashi in Hakone; Angela and Yasu in Kisami; Brent Potter for expert advice on Fuji and for getting me safely up to the summit and back; Tokyo co-author Rebecca and Laura and Diana for keeping it all running smoothly at LPHQ.

Phillip TangThanks to the generous Japanese people who make me love Japan. Thank you Nicola Jones and the patient women in the tourism offices. Big thanks to Laura Crawford, the eds and Japan team. Dōmo arigatō Nic Williamson and Ayako Noguchi for the sushi and whiskey times in Tokyo. A huge thanks to Daniel Bel- field for leaping head first into internet cafes, Masuda supermarkets, coastal backroads, electric cycling, and morning-after trains with my stuff. Hagi Hagi. Thank you Vek Lewis,

Ernesto Alanis Cataño and Lisa N’paisan for love and family.

Benedict WalkerMy eternal gratitude for you, Mum (Trish Walker): your unfaltering and unconditional love and support has given me more second chances and golden opportunities than I probably deserve. I hope I make you proud. Thanks as always to my Japanese family, Kaori, Takashi and Wako Shimizu: I love you dearly. To my Japanese friends and colleagues who helped me on the road (you know who you are), I look forward to our next meeting. Finally, I dedicate this work and the love and enthusiasm with which it was written, to the people of Tohoku who lost so much, with the hope that it will bring even a tiny flicker of light back into your commu-nities, and to my new pals Takuya and Mio for touching my heart in a way that nobody ever has.

Wendy YanagiharaGrateful thanks to Mitsu and Tae, Junta and friends, Toru, Tamanoi-san, Kiku-san, Hiro, Matthew and Nori. Thanks also to Laura, Chris and all my fellow authors for pulling together another wonderful book. Muchas gracias y amor a mi hermanito Jason for trav-eling with me in Yakushima and Tanegashima, my Susono family for keeping me rooted, and my Carp family for fostering my freedom.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updat-ed World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 11, 163344.

Tokyo Subway Route Map, Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Govern-ment, Tokyo Metro Co Ltd © 2014.6.

Illustrations pp100-1 and pp390-1 by Michael Weldon.

Cover photograph: Geisha, Kyoto, William Chu/Getty.

THIS BOOK This 14th edition of Lonely Planet’s Japan guidebook was researched and written by Chris Rowthorn, Ray Bart-lett, Andrew Bender, Laura Crawford, Craig McLachlan, Rebecca Milner, Simon Rich-mond, Phillip Tang, Benedict Walker and Wendy Yanagihara. This guidebook was produced by the following:

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Index

Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

88 Temples of Shikoku 637-41, 638-9

AAbashiri 613-15Abeno Harukas 359 accommodation 26, 843-5,

856-8, see also individual regions

costs 857-8language 880manga kissa 120ryokan 13, 843-4, 13

addresses 858Aikawa 503-4aikidō 847Ainokura 239Ainu museums

Ainu Culture Promotion Centre 593

Ainu Folklore Museum 623-4

Hakodate Museum of Northern Peoples 578

Hokkaidō Ainu Center 570 Kawamura Kaneto Ainu

Memorial Hall 596 Kayano Shigeru Ainu

Memorial Museum 594Museum of Ainu Folklore

621Nibutani Ainu Culture

Museum 594Ainu people 814, see also

Ainu museumsculture 594, 625villages 594, 623

air travel 867-9Aizu-Wakamatsu 507-10Aka-jima 774Akan National Park 620-6,

622-3Akanko Onsen 623-6

AKB48 99, 836Akita 521-5, 524Akita Prefecture 521-9, 522Akiu Onsen 553Akiyoshi-dai 468-9Amami Islands 759-65Amami-Ōshima 759-61, 760Amanohashidate 425Ama-no-Iwato-jinja 738amusement parks

Fuji-Q Highland 159Round1 Stadium 110Studio Sedic 520Tokyo Disney Resort 111Tokyo Dome City

Attractions 95Tokyo Joypolis 111Universal Studios Japan

361Yokohama Cosmoworld

192animals 851-2, see also

individual speciesanime 837

festivals 33, 116Ghibli Museum 93 Gundam Front Tokyo 110Mandarake Complex 145Miyazaki, Hayao 93, 837-8 Tokyo Anime Center Akiba

Info 98Anraku-ji 281Aomori 492, 529-33, 532Aomori Prefecture 529-41,

530Aoni Onsen 539Aoshima 735-6aquariums

Kagoshima City Aquarium 719

Kamo Aquarium 520Okinawa Churaumi

Aquarium 773Osaka Aquarium Kaiyūkan

359-60Port of Nagoya Public

Aquarium 212

Seahorse House 731Shimonoseki Kaikyō-kan

472Arashiyama Bamboo Grove

14, 312, 15Arashiyama Monkey Park

Iwatayama 314archaeological sites &

museumsHida Folk Archaeological

Museum 229kofun 405, 732, 737Nara Prefecture Kashihara

Archaeological Museum 404-5

Saitobaru Archaeological Museum 737

Saitobaru Burial Mounds Park 737

Sannai Maruyama Site 530Uenohara Jōmon-no-

Mori 719architects

Andō Tadao 444, 460, 523, 842

Conder, Josiah 840Foster, Sir Norman 842 Herzog & de Meuron 842IM Pei 383Itō Toyō 553Rapin, Henri 85SANAA 842Starck, Phillipe 842Tange Kenzō 842Toyo Itō 842Viñoly, Rafael 842Wright, Frank Lloyd 840,

842architecture 839-42, 841,

see also architects, historic buildings, individual buildings

gasshō-zukuri 228, 237, 238-9

Meiji-era 685Meiji-mura 221modern 23, 30-1museums 259, 360

Taishō-era 685Tokyo 90, 144traditional houses 186, 773wooden buildings 839

Arita 690-1art galleries & art museums,

see also craft & folk art museums, design museums

3331 Arts Chiyoda 98Adachi Museum of Art 481Akita Museum of Art 523Anno Art Museum 469Aomori Museum of Art

530-1Art House Project 460Asakura Chōso Museum

105BankART Studio NYK 192Benesse House Museum

460Chichū Art Museum 460Echigo-Tsumari Art Field

505Fukuoka Art Museum 677Fukuoka Asian Art

Museum 677Ginza Graphic Gallery 80Hagi Uragami Museum 477Hakone Museum of Art 176Hakone Open-Air Museum

176Hida Takayama Museum

of Art 230Hiroshima City Museum

of Contemporary Art 432

Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum 432

Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art 570

Hokusai Museum 277Ikeda Museum of 20th

Century Art 179Ishikawa Wajima Urushi

Art Museum 253Itchiku Kubota Art

Museum 160

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art galleries & art museums continued

Japan Ukiyo-e Museum 259

Kei Hiraga Museum 173Kyoto Municipal Museum

of Art 309Kyoto National Museum

301 Lee Ufan Museum 460Matsumoto City Museum

of Art 258Miho Museum 383, 385Mizuki Shigeru Museum

486MOA Museum of Art 178Moerenuma-kōen 570Mori Art Museum 81Museum of

Contemporary Art, Tokyo (MOT) 109

Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum 697

Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts 212

Narukawa Art Museum 178

National Art Center Tokyo 81, 83

National Museum of Art, Osaka 353

National Museum of Modern Art 309

National Museum of Mod-ern Art (MOMAT) 77

National Museum of Western Art 103

Nikkō Tōshō-gū Museum of Art 165

Ōhara Museum of Art 454-5

Okada Museum of Art 28, 175

Pola Museum of Art 177Rokuzan Bijutsukan 269SCAI the Bathhouse 105Shimada Museum of

Art 709Shimane Prefectural Art

Museum 481-2Shiseido Gallery 80Shōji Ueda Museum of

Photography 491Suntory Museum of

Art 81Takai Kōzan Kinenkan 277Takamatsu City Museum

of Art 669

Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum 91-2

Teshima Art Museum 464Teshima Yokoo House

464Tokugawa Art Museum

209Tokushima Modern Art

Museum 631, 634-5Tokyo Metropolitan

Museum of Photography 84

Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum 85

Tokyo Station Gallery 78Tomio Koyama Gallery 88Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial

Museum of Art 90’Umi’ Museum of

Contemporary Art 282Utsukushi-ga-hara Open

Air Museum 258Watari Museum of

Contemporary Art 91Yamaguchi Prefectural

Art Museum 465Yamatane Museum of

Art 85Yokohama Museum of

Art 191Yumeji Art Museum 449

artistsAmbe Noriko 832-3Asakura Fumio 105Hokusai 277Kusama Yayoi 258Murakami Takashi 832Rokuzan Ogiwara 269Sakai Yoshie 832Takehisa Yumeji 449Tenmyouya Hisashi 833

arts 19, 116, 462, 830-8, 18, see also books, dance, kabuki, music, nō, pot-tery, public art, puppet theatre, theatre

festivals 116, 462, 832Asahidake Onsen 600-3Asahikawa 595-7Ashizuri-misaki 654Aso-san 714-17, 716Asuka 405Atami 178-9ATMs 861-2Atomic Bomb Dome 427atomic bombs 810

Hiroshima 427, 431-2Nagasaki 692, 693

Atsuta-jingū 212authors 835

Kawabata, Yasunari 505

Matsuo, Bashō 516, 519Murakami, Haruki 835 Sōseki, Natsume 710

autumn-foliage viewing 851Himeji 381-2 Hiroshima 432Hokkaidō 570Kanka Gorge 457-8Kyoto 305, 312Naruko Gorge 559Ōhara 317Osaka 354-5

Awa-odori Matsuri 636Azumino 269

Bbaggage forwarding 868bamboo 14, 312, 742-3, 15Bandai Plateau 510-12, 511bargaining 27baseball 95, 680, 846 bathhouses, see sentōbathrooms 864 beaches 31

Aze Prince Beach 762Cape Shijiki 705Chichi-jima 203Habushi-ura 188Honohoshi-kaigan 759Ikuchi-jima 447Island Park 680Issō-kaisuiyokujō 753Katsura-hama 649Kisami 185Kotobiki-hama Beach 424Kume-jima 776Miyako islands 776-7, 780Nagahama-kaigan 758Nagata Inaka-hama 753Nishibama Beach 774Ōhama 646Ōhama-kaihin-kōen 760Ohkinohama 653Okinoerabu-jima 762-3Sakibaru-kaigan 760San-in Coast National

Park 491Shira-hama 184Shirara-hama 414Southwest Islands 749Sunset Beach 782Takeno 424Taketomi-jima 788Takezaki-kaigan 758Tokashiki-jima 775Tokyo 109Tomori-kaigan 760Tsuki-ga-hama 786

Yaeyama Islands 781-2, 786, 789

Yoron-tō 764-5Zamami-jima 774-5

bears 23, 262, 605, 616, 628, 23

beer 561, 828beer gardens 132breweries 576, 583, 614museums 84-5Sapporo 571, 576

Benesse Art Site 460Beppu 739-46, 740, 742

accommodation 743activities 739-43drinking 743-4festivals & events 743food 743-4shopping 744-5sights 739-43travel to/within 745-6

Bessho Onsen 281bicycling, see cyclingBiei 598birdwatching 204, 255, 626Bise 773Bizan 631Bizen 453Blakiston line 564boat cruises & tours

Abashiri 614Akan-ko 624Geibi Gorge 545Iriomote-jima 787Matsue 482Matsushima 558-9Shimokita Peninsula 540Shiretoko National Park

618-19Takegashima 647Tokushima 635 Tokyo 149Towada-ko 537

boat travel 607, 752, 868, 870

bonsai 278books 432, 444, 465, 792

food 816, 821history 801, 808novels 792, 796, 804, 835onsen 65sake 827

bovine sumo 656, 762breweries

beer 576, 583, 614hanazake 789miso 525sake 160, 377, 512, 595soy sauce 525

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-C bronzeware 254 Buddhism 795-6Buddhist statues

Asuka Daibutsu 405Byakui Dai-kannon 284Daibutsu (Kamakura)

196, 198 Daibutsu (Nara) 16, 389,

390-1, 16Kunisaki Peninsula 747-8Nehan-zō 708Shōhō-ji (Gifu Great

Buddha) 222 Takaoka Great Buddha

254Usuki Stone Buddhas 747

Buddhist temples, see also individual temples

88 Temples of Shikoku 637, 640, 641, 646, 648, 654, 655, 657, 665-7, 672, 638-9

Dazaifu 687Fukuoka 680Hagi 478Hiraizumi 544-5Hirosaki 533Hōryū-ji 403Ishiyama-dera 383Kamakura 196, 198Kōya-san 409-11Kurama 318Kyoto 292-3, 298, 299,

301, 302-3, 305, 308, 310-12, 313, 314, 315-16

Matsushima 558Nagasaki 697Nara 387, 389, 393Noto Peninsula 251-2Ōhara 317-18Onomichi 444Osaka 359Ōtsu 383Sado-ga-shima 499, 500 Takao 319-20Tokyo 83-4, 85-6, 103,

107, 108Tomo-no-ura 443Tōshōdai-ji 404Yakushi-ji 403-4Yoshino 406

budget travel 59-60budgeting 856-7, 859 bullfighting 656, 762bungy jumping 286bunraku, see puppet

theatreburakumin 814bus travel 116, 571, 870,

871, 873

business hours 25, 862butō 834Byōdō-in 316

Ccalligraphy 831camping 856canyoning 656Cape Sata 729capsule hotels 60, 857car travel 870-3

car hire 871-2driver’s licenses 871fuel 871road rules 872

castles 13, 31, see also palaces

Echizen Ōno-jō 241Gifu-jō 222Gujō Hachiman-jō 224Hikone Castle 385Himeji-jō 381, 13Hirado-jō 704Hiroshima-jō 432Inno-shima 447Inuyama-jō 220Iwakuni-jō 442Karatsu-jō 688Kōchi-jō 649Kumamoto-jō 712Marugame-jō 666Matsue-jō 481Matsumae-jō 582Matsumoto-jō 257Matsuyama-jō 659Nagoya-jō 209Nijō-jō 297-8Obi-jo 736-7Okayama-jō 449Osaka-jō 354-5Ōzu-jō 657Shimabara-jō 707Shuri-jō 769-70Tokushima Castle

Museum 635Tsuruga-jō 508Uwajima-jō 654

cathedrals, see churches & cathedrals

cavesAkiyoshi-dō 468-9Ama-no-Yasukawara 738Ganmon 253Narusawa Hyōketsu &

Fugaku Fuketsu 161-2Ryūga-dō 648Shōryū-dō 763

cell phones 24, 864

cemeteriesAoyama Rei-en 83Foreigners’ Cemetery 579Oku-no-in 17, 409-10, 17Yanaka-reien 105

central Hokkaidō 583-95central Honshū 66, 206-87,

207climate 206, 208food 56highlights 207hiking 61-2travel to/within 208

ceramics, see potterycheese 598cherry-blossom viewing 12,

33, 851, 12Hakodate 580Hase-dera 405-6Hikone Castle 385Hirosaki-kōen 533Hiroshima 432 Hokkaidō 570Kakunodate 526Kyoto 309, 312Kyoto Botanical Gardens

299Matsumae 582Osaka 354-5Tokyo 77, 81, 83, 84, 85,

93, 116Yoshino 406

Chiburi-jima 485Chichi-jima 203-5Chiiori 645children, travel with 52-3,

109, see also individual regions

Chion-in 303Chiran 728-9Chiringashima 729Chōkei-ji 255Chōkoku-no-mori 176-7Chōmon Gorge 472Christians 704, 802churches & cathedrals

Chapel of St Maria 469Orthodox Church 579Ōura Catholic Church 699St Francis Xavier

Memorial Church 465Urakami Cathedral 692

Chūson-ji 544Chūzen-ji Onsen 169-70cinema, see anime, filmsclimate 24, 32-5, see

also individual regionsclimbing 571, see also hiking

Minakami 286

Mt Fuji 33, 155-9Poroshiri-dake 597Tottabetsu-dake 597Yōtei-zan 592

clothing 26coffee 828-9Confucian shrines 699consulates 859cormorant fishing 223, 657

museums 220, 222tours 221, 223

cosplay 213costs

accommodation 856-8budget travel 59-60food 859skiing 48, 51train travel 875

coursescooking 111, 320-1, 824crafts 777drumming 502ikebana 111meditation 198 pottery 479, 513printmaking 111

craft & folk art museumsAkarenga-kan Museum

523 Arimatsu Tie-Dyeing

Museum 219Beppu Traditional

Bamboo Crafts Centre 742-3

Carpentry Museum 236 Crafts Gallery 77 Hakata Machiya

Furusato-kan 677 Ino Japanese Paper

Museum 649Kakunodate Cherry-Bark

Craft Center 525Kawai Kanjirō Memorial

Hall 301 Kumamoto Prefectural

Traditional Crafts Centre 709

Kurashiki Museum of Folk-craft 455

Kusakabe Folk Crafts Museum 229

Kyūshū Ceramic Museum 691

Miyako Crafts Workshop Village 777

Miyako Messe & Fureai-Kan Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts 309

Naha City Traditional Arts & Crafts Center 769

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craft & folk art museums continued

Ningle Terrace 598 Nishijin Textile Center

298-9Origami Kaikan 98Orinasu-kan 299 Taketomi Mingei-kan 788Tomo-no-Ura Museum of

History & Folklore 443Toyama Municipal

Folkcraft Village 255Uchiwa-no-Minato

Museum 666 Yamaguchi Furusato

Heritage Centre 466crafts 248, 777, 830-2, see

also individual craftscranes 626creation myths 794credit cards 862currency 861customs regulations 858cycling 235-6, 869

bicycle rental 869Setouchi Shimanami

Kaidō 445, 664Tōno 546-7

DDaibutsu 16, 389, 390-1, 16Daibutsu-den Hall 389, 393Daigo-ji 315-16, 324Daihonzan Eihei-ji 240Daisen 490-1Daisetsu Kōgen Onsen 605Daisetsuzan National Park

600-6, 602-3Daitoku-ji 298Daitsū-ji 386dance 834, 22

Bizan 631festivals 34, 394geisha 22, 341, 22Kyoto 341, 22 Tokyo 138-9

dangers, see safe travelDazaifu 687-8deer 387, 727, 774deities 794Dejima 693, 698depachika 126, 337design museums

21_21 Design Sight 81d47 Museum 88

Design Festa 91International Design

Centre Nagoya 212Tokyo Midtown Design

Hub 81Dewa Sanzan 517-19disabilities, travellers

with 865diving

Aka-jima 774Iriomote 786-7Kaitei Iseki 790Manta Scramble 781Southwest Islands

749, 779Dōgashima 186Dōgo 484dogsledding 607drinks 826-9, 58, see also

beer, sakecoffee 828-9language 827, 829, 882shōchū 725, 828tea 829wine 598

driving, see car travelDVDs 864

EearthquakesGreat East Japan Earth-

quake (2011) 492, 501, 508, 549-50, 810, 850, 853, 863

Great Kantō Earthquake 189Noto Earthquake 253Eastern Hokkaidō 613-29Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen 504-5Echizen-Ōno 241economics 792-3Ehime Prefecture 654-65electricity 858embassies 859emergencies 25, 882Emperor Suijin 795Engaku-ji 196Enoshima 200Enryaku-ji 309-10environment 850-4environmental issues 685,

850-1, 853-4Esashi 582etiquette 27

food 816-17geisha 849onsen 64-5shrine 813

exchange rates 25, 862

FFarm Tomita 598farms

dairy 629lavender 598 sheep 629

ferris wheels 360ferry travel 607, 752,

868, 870festivals & events 23, 31,

32-5, 35Abashiri 614Aizu-Wakamatsu 509Akita 523Aomori 34, 531arts festivals 33, 34, 116,

342, 394, 462, 832Asahikawa 596Awa-odori Matsuri 635,

636design festivals 116-17Dewa Sanzan 518Earth Celebration 502 film festivals 138, 513fireworks 33, 116, 273,

361, 383, 474, 733Fuji Rock Festival 506 Fukuoka 680-1Furano 599Gion Matsuri 321, 23Hakata Gion Yamakasa

Matsuri 681Hakodate 580Hida-Furukawa 236Himeji 382Hirado 705Hirosaki 533Hiroshima 34, 433Ise 420Izumo 486Kagoshima 722Kakunodate 526 Kamakura 199Kanazawa 243, 245Karatsu 689Kōbe 377Kōchi 649, 651Kōya-san 411Kumamoto 710-11Kurama 34-5Kurama-no-hi Matsuri 318Kyoto 33, 34, 321Matsue 34, 482Matsumoto 34, 259Matsushima 559Miyajima 440Miyazaki 733Morioka 542Naeba 506

Nagano 272-3Nagasaki 699-700Nagoya 213Nara 393-4Nikkō 166-7Northern Honshū

(Tōhoku) 504 Nozawa Onsen 279Okinawa-honto 770Osaka 33, 34, 361Ōtsu 383Sado-ga-shima 34, 502Saidai-ji Eyō 452Saitobaru 737Sapporo 32, 360, 401,

571, 400Sendai 553-4 Setouchi Triennale 462Shimokita Peninsula 540Shimonoseki 473-4Shōdo-shima 458Takachiho 738Takayama Matsuri

232, 35Tokushima 34, 635Tokyo 33, 116-17Tōno 548Tsuruoka 520 Tsuwano 470Wajima 253Wakkanai 607wine festivals 599 Yamagata 513 Yamaguchi 467Yonezawa 515Yoshida no Himatsuri 159

films 78-9, 457, 488, 792, 824-9, 836-8

festivals 135, 138, 513locations 442, 444, 457,

488-90, 520, 521, 700fishing 790, see also

cormorant fishingfood 12, 29, 54-8, 816-26,

859, 12, 54, 56, 113, see also food markets, individual foods, individual regions

costs 60, 859depachika 126, 337etiquette 816-17festivals 571 izakaya 818, 819kaiseki 824-5Kōbe beef 379, 823 language 58, 818-9,

821-5, 827-9, 880-2onsen 744self-catering 129Shinshū cuisine 278

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DEX F- H

soy sauce 457, 525specialities 56-8, 820vegan 825-6vegetarian 825-6

food marketsHakodate 578Kagoshima 722Kushiro 627 Kyoto 294, 324, 325Okinawa-honto 769Osaka 363Sakata 521Shimonoseki 472Tokyo 141 Tsukiji Market 28, 79-80,

116, 7, 113Wajima 253Yobuko 689

foreign exchange 25, 862forts 580fruit-picking 533fugu 55, 819 Fuji Five Lakes 155-63Fuji Sengen-jinja 159Fuji-Yoshida 159-60Fuki-ji 747Fukuchi-Onsen 265Fukui 239-41Fukui Prefecture 239-41Fukuoka 676-87, 678

accommodation 681-2activities 677, 679-80climate 673drinking 683-4festivals & events 680-1food 682-3internet access 685medical services 685nightlife 683-4orientation 684-5postal services 685shopping 684sights 677tourist information 685-6travel to/within 686-7

Fukuoka Prefecture 676-87Fukushima nuclear incident

853Fukushima Prefecture

507-13Furano 597-600, 43, 401Fushimi Inari-Taisha 314-15,

326

GGankoyama 201gardens 11, 29, 840, see

also parks

Fujita Memorial Garden 533

Fukushū-en 769Genkyū-en 385Glover Garden 698-9Hama-rikyū Onshi-teien

80Hokkaidō University

Botanical Garden 570Honbō Teien 359Imperial Palace East

Garden 75Isui-en 387Kairaku-en 172Kenroku-en 242, 39Kōbe Nunobiki Herb

Gardens 377Kōchi Prefectural

Makino Botanical Garden 649

Koishikawa Kōrakuen 93, 95

Kōkō-en 381-2Kōraku-en 449Kyoto Botanical Gardens

299Meiji-jingū Gyoen 89Mōtsū-ji 544Rikugi-en 92Sankei-en 192Sengan-en (Iso-teien) 719Shikina-en 769Shukkei-en 431-2Suizenji-kōen 710Tokugawa-en 209Yoshiki-en 387, 389

gasshō-zukuri 840gay travellers 135, 859geisha 848-9, 40

costumes 320dances 22, 341, 22entertainment 849etiquette 849history 848

geography 850-1Gifu 222-4Ginkaku-ji 308, 10-11Ginzan Onsen 517Gion 303Gion Matsuri 33, 23Go-Daigo 800-1Gokayama 236-9Golden Week 33golf 580, 847Gōra 176-7green turtles 204, 205Gujō-Hachiman 224-5Gunma Prefecture 283-7

HHachijō-jima 189Hachikō Statue 87Hagi 476-80Haha-jima 205Hakkōda-san 538-9Hakodate 578-82, 579Hakone 172-8, 174Hakone-machi 177-8Hakone-Yumoto 173-5Hakuba 269-71Hakui 251hanami, see cherry-

blossom viewing, plum-blossom viewing

Hase-dera 198, 405-6Hashima 700Hateruma-jima 789Hattōji 451health 859-60Hearn, Lafcadio 709Hedo-misaki 774Heian-jingū 309hells 706, 739, 741, 744,

745, 44-5henro 641Hida Region 228-39Hida-Furukawa 235-6Hideyoshi, Toyotomi 803Higashi Hongan-ji 292-3Higashi Iya 644hiking 16, 33, 61-2, see

also climbingAkita Komaga-take 527Bandai Plateau 510Bandai-san 510Daisen 490-1Daisetsuzan National

Park 601Goshiki-numa 510Haha-jima 205Hakkōda-san 538Hakuba 270Hakutō-zan 624Hokkaidō 561Iriomote 786Ishizuchi-san 665Japan Alps 61, 208, 16Jōgasaki 179-80Jōnen-dake 269Kaeda Gorge 736Kamikōchi 267-9Kanka Gorge 457-8Kansai 62Kawachi Pass 704Kiso Valley Nakasendō

225-8Kōgen-numa Meguri

Hike 605

Kumano Kodō 414Kyoto 62, 315Kyūshū 677Mashū-dake Trail 620Me-Akan-dake 624Miyajima 439-40Mt Fuji 61, 155-9Niseko 586-7Northern Honshū

(Tōhoku) 62, 492O-Akan-dake 624Oirase Keiryū 537Oku-Tama Region 171Rausu-dake 617Rebun-tō 611Rishiri-zan 608Sado-ga-shima 500safety 616Shari-dake 616Shikotsu-ko 589Shiretoko Traverse 617Sōun-zan 177Takao-san 170Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine

Route 260Tsumago-Magome

Hike 21 Unzen 706Yakushima 753-4Yumoto Onsen 170

Hikone 385Himeji 380-3, 381Himeji-jō 381, 13Himi 251Himiko 795Hirado 704-5Hiraizumi 544-6, 545Hirara 776-9, 778Hirayu Onsen 264-5Hirosaki 533-6, 534Hiroshima 16, 67, 427-38,

428-9, 430accommodation 433-4atomic bomb 427, 431-2,

810climate 426 drinking 435-6entertainment 436festivals & events 433food 56-7, 434-5highlights 428-9nightlife 435-6orientation 436postal services 436shopping 436sights 427, 431-3tourist information 436-7travel to/within 437-8

894

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historic buildingsCo-machi-no-ie 666 Kikuya Residence 477Kita-ke 251Lafcadio Hearn’s House

709Ōhashi House 454Ōta Residence 443Sazae-dō 508Sōseki Memorial Hall 710Tōkaikan 179Tokikuni Residences 255Tomioka Silk Mill 283Wada-ke 237

historic sites 426, 795Dejima 693, 695Dutch Slopes 699Iimori-yama 508

history 794-810, see also individual regions

ancient Japan 794-6atomic bombings 427,

431-2, 692, 693, 810books 801, 808Chinese influence 795-6courtiers 796-8feudal system 798-801geisha 848historical periods 797Hōjō shogunate 800-1Meiji Restoration 806-7modernisation 805-7Mongol threats 800Pearl Harbor 810reunification 801-3Taishō period 809Tokugawa period 803-5Westernisation 807-8WWII 809-10Yamato clan 795-6

hitching 873Hiwasa 646Hokkaidō 23, 68, 561-629,

562-3children, travel with 52climate 561, 565food 57, 574geography 565highlights 562history 564national parks 565travel seasons 561travel to/from 565-6travel within 566-7

Hokkaidō Jingu 570

Hokkaidō University 570holidays 33, 863Hōnen-in 308Hongū 417Honmyō-ji 709horses 737Hōryū-ji 403hot springs, see hells, onsen

IIbusuki 729-30, 398Ieyasu, Tokugawa 803ikebana 111, 831-2Ikeda 629Ikuchi-jima 447Imari 690immigration 865, 867Imperial Palace 75Inno-shima 447insurance 860internet access 860-1internet resources 63, 346,

827, 832, 833, 834Inuyama 219-21, 220Iō-jima 758Irabu-jima 780Iriomote-jima 786-8Ise 418-22, 419Ise-jingū 418-19Ishigaki-jima 780-5, 781Ishikawa Prefecture 241-55Ishinomaki 560Ishiyama-dera 383Ishizuchi-san 665islands 426, see also

individual islandsitineraries 36-45, see

also individual regionsItō 179-81Itsukushima-jinja 438,

40, 401 Iwakuni 441-2Iwami Ginzan 487Iwate Prefecture 541-9, 541Iya Valley 641-4, 642izakaya 818, 819Izu Islands 187-9Izu Peninsula 178-89, 180Izumo 485-7Izumo Taisha 485-6, 398

JJakkō-in 317-18Japan Alps 16, 66,

206-87, 16food 56hiking 33, 61-2

Japan Rail Pass 28, 875-6

Japan Railways 874Japanese language, see

languageJapanese people 811-15Jingo-ji 319Jōmon people 794-5, 811Jōmon pottery 830, see

also potteryJōzankei 593-4J-pop 836judo 847

Kkabuki 19, 833, 19

festivals 342Kotohira 667Kyoto 342Nagahama 386Shōdo-shima 458Tokyo 138 Uchiko 658

Kaeda Gorge 736Kaga Onsen 250-1Kagawa Prefecture 665-72Kagoshima 718-27, 720-1

accommodation 722-3drinking 725festivals & events 722food 723-5history 718nightlife 725orientation 726shopping 725-6sights 719travel to/within 726-7

Kagoshima Prefecture 718-31, 752-65

Kairaku-en 172kaiseki 824-5Kakeroma-jima 759Kakunodate 525-7Kamakura 196-201, 197Kamigamo-jinja 299kamikaze 686, 729, 800Kamikōchi 22, 267-9, 22Kaminashi 239Kanazawa 242-50, 244-5

accommodation 245drinking 248entertainment 248-9festivals & events 243,

245food 246-7history 242nightlife 248shopping 249sights 242-3travel to/within 249-50

Kannawa Hells Area 741-6, 745

Kanonji 665-6Kansai 67, 350

children, travel with 52climate 349food 56, 349highlights 350travel passes 373, 876-8travel seasons 349

karaoke 139karate 847Karatsu 688-90Karuizawa 281-3Kasaoka islands 464-5Kashihara-jingū 404Kawaguchi-ko 153, 160-1Kawa-yu Onsen 418Kawayu Onsen 620-3kayaking 440Kenchō-ji 196kendō 847Kerama Islands 774-6Kibune 318, 319Kii Peninsula 408-18, 409Kii-Katsuura 416Kii-Ōshima 415-16kimono 144, 160, 298-9,

342, 684, 324Kimpusen-ji 406Kinkaku-ji 310Kinosaki 422-4Kirishima-jingū 727Kirishima-Yaku National

Park 727-8Kisami 185Kiso Valley Nakasendō

225-8Kiso-Fukushima 227Kitakata 512-13Kitakyūshū 685Kitayama 317Kiyōmizu Kannon-dō 103Kiyomizu-dera 302, 326,

841Kōbe 374-80, 376Kōbe beef 379, 823Koboke 641-3Kōchi 648-52, 650Kōchi Prefecture 647-54Kōdai-ji 302-3Kōfuku-ji 387Kō-jima 737Konpira-san 667Kōraku-en 449Kotohira 667-9, 668Kowakidani 175-6Kōya-san 408-13, 410

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-M

Kublai Khan 800Kumamoto 709-14, 710Kumamoto Prefecture

709-18Kumamoto-jō 712Kumano Kodō 20, 414, 20Kume-jima 776Kunisaki Peninsula 747-8Kurama 318, 319Kurama-dera 318Kurashiki 453-7, 454Kurobe Gorge Railway 262Kurokawa Onsen 717-18Kusatsu Onsen 284-5Kushimoto 415-16Kushiro 626-7 Kushiro Wetlands National

Park 626Kyoto 11, 22, 67, 288-348,

289, 290-1, 294, 296, 298, 300, 306-7, 311, 313

accommodation 288, 321-31

activities 320children, travel with 52climate 288courses 320-1drinking 339-41entertainment 341-2festivals & events 321food 56, 288, 331-9, 5highlights 289history 292, 796-8internet access 345internet resources 346itineraries 293medical services 345nightlife 339-41orientation 344-5postal services 345shopping 342-4sights 292-320tourist information 345travel seasons 288travel to/within 346-8walking tours 304

Kyoto Imperial Palace 295, 297

Kyoto Station 292, 324, 326

Kyūshū 68, 673-748, 674-5climate 673food highlights 57-8, 673highlights 674-5history 676travel passes 676travel seasons 673travel to/within 676

Llacquerware 248, 253, 830,

see also craft & folk art museums

lakesAshino-ko 172Ikeda-kō 730Kawaguchi-ko 160-1Kirishima-Yaku National

Park 727Kussharo-ko 620Kuttara-ko 593Mashū-ko 620Motosu-ko 162Sai-ko 161-2Shikotsu-ko 589, 591Shōji-ko 162Tazawa-ko 527Tōya-ko 591-2Yamanaka-ko 162-3

language 27, 879-83food 58, 818-19, 821-5,

827-9, 880-2Okinawan 764onsen 63Southwest Islands 751train travel 875

legal matters 861legends 272, 450, 527, 547,

556, 738lesbian travellers 135, 859lifestyle 811-13literature, see authors,

booksluggage forwarding 868

Mmachiya 840magazines 864Magome 225-6maiko 848-9Maizuru 425Manabe-shima 465manga 295, 432, 486,

560, 838Mano 500-1maps 861marimo 623, 624maritime museums 191,

192, 375markets, see also food

marketsKōchi 649Kyoto 343Oedo Antique Market 141Okinawa 769Takayama 233 Tokyo 83, 93, 105, 141Tsukiji Market 79-80

Wakkanai 606martial arts 847Marugame 666Matsue 480-4, 482Matsue-jō 481Matsumae 582Matsumoto 257-63, 258Matsushima 558-60matsutake mushrooms 825Matsuyama 659-65, 660

accommodation 661, 663drinking 664food 663-4nightlife 664sights 659travel to/within 664-5

Matsuyama-jō 659Matsuzaki 186mausoleums 553, 709measures 864meditation 198, 252-3Meiji Restoration 806-7Meiji-jingū 89memorials

26 Martyrs Memorial 695

Atomic Bomb Hypocentre Park 692

Dan-no-ura Memorial 473Hiroshima National

Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims 431

Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims 692

One-Pillar Torii 693Peace Memorial Park

773Peace Park 692Rikuzen-takata

Ippon-matsu 551Shiroyama Elementary

School 693tsunami memorials 551

Mii-dera Temple 383military & navy bases 729,

772, 773military museums 729, 773 Minakami 285-7minshuku 844Mito 172Miyagi Prefecture 551-60,

552Miyajima 438-41, 439,

40, 401Miyako-jima 776-80, 777Miyanoshita 175-6Miyanoura 755-6

Miyazaki 731-5, 732Miyazaki, Hayao 837-8Miyazaki Prefecture 731-9Miyazaki-jingū 731mobile phones 24, 864Mojikō 685Momotarō 450, 455money 25, 861-2, see also

costsbargaining 27discount cards 858tipping 27, 862

monkeysArashiyama Monkey Park

Iwatayama 314Kō-jima 737Toi-misaki 737Yunokawa Onsen

Monkeys 579-80monuments, see Buddhist

statues, statues & monuments

Monzen 252Morioka 541-4, 543Motobu Peninsula 773-4Moto-Hakone 177-8motorcycle travel 870-3Motosu-ko 162mountain biking, 286mountains, see also Mt Fuji

Aso-gogaku 714Bizan 631Daisen 490-1Gas-san 518Haguro-san 517-18Hakkōda-san 538Hakodate-yama 578Hiei-zan 309-10Ishizuchi-san 665Jōnen-dake 269Kasa-yama 478-9Kofuji 205Kujyū-san 748Me-Akan-dake 624Mt Chibusa 205Mt Ōmuro 179Poroshiri-dake 597Rausu-dake 617Shari-dake 616Takao-san 170-1Tamoyachi-dake 538Tottabetsu-dake 597Tsurugi-san 644-6Utsukushi-ga-hara-

kōgen 258Yudono-san 518

Mt Fuji 14, 61, 66, 155-9, 154, 156, 15

climbing 33, 61, 155-9

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Mt Fuji continuedfood 56highlights 154

Mugi 646-7Murechō 672Murō-ji 406Muroto-misaki 648museums, see also Ainu

museums, archaeolog-ical sites & museums, art galleries & art museums, craft & folk art museums, design museums, maritime musems, military museums, railway museums, science & technology museums, volcano museums

Abashiri Prison Museum 613

Aizu Bukeyashiki 508 Amami-no-Sato 760Amuse Museum 107-8Aoyagi Samurai Manor

Museum 525Beer Museum Yebisu

84-5Cup Noodles Museum 191Date Museum 654-5Dejima Museum 693, 695discount passes 79Edo-Tokyo Museum 108Former Kaichi School

257-8Fukui Dinosaur Museum

240Fukushima Checkpoint

Site 227Gasshō-zukuri Folk

Village 237Ghibli Museum 93Hakone Geomuseum 177Hakutsuru Sake Brewery

Museum 377Hida Folk Village 231Hikiyama Festival Float

Exhibition Hall 689Hirado Christian

Museum 704Hiroshima Peace

Memorial Museum 427, 431

Hokkaidō Museum of Northern Peoples 613

Intermediatheque 78Inuyama Artifacts

Museum 220

Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum 672

Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum 781

Japan Rural Toy Museum 455

Japanese Lamp & Lighting Museum 278

Japanese Sword Museum 92

Kinryō-no-Sato 667Kiriko Kaikan 253Kitakyūshū Kankyō

Museum 685Kite Museum 79Kōbe City Museum 374Koizumi Yakumo

(Lafcadio Hearn) Memorial Museum 481

Kyoto International Manga Museum 295

Kyūshū National Museum 687

Maneki-neko Museum 444

Marukin Soy Sauce Historical Museum 457

Matsue History Museum 481

Matsumoto Open-Air Architectural Museum 259

Matsumoto Timepiece Museum 258

Matsūra Historical Museum 704

Meguro Parasitological Museum 85

Meiji-mura 221Mollusc Mugi Shell

Museum 646Momofuku Andō Instant

Ramen Museum 361Momotarō Karakuri

Hakubutsukan 455Morijuku Museum 469Musée Tomo 84Museum of Commerce &

Domestic Life 658Museum of Kyoto 294 Museum of the Meiji

Restoration 719Nagai Takashi Memorial

Museum 693Nagasaki Atomic Bomb

Museum 692Nagasaki Museum of

History & Culture 695Nakao Mansion 689Nara National Museum

387National Film Centre 78-9

National Museum of Ethnology 360

National Shōwa Memorial Museum 97

Nebuta no Ie Wa Rasse 531

Nezu Museum 91Ogi Folk Museum 502Okhotsk Drift Ice

Museum 613Okinawa Prefectural

Museum & Art Museum 767

Old Sapporo Court of Appeals Building 569

Onomichi Literature Museum 444

Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses 360

Osaka Museum of History 355

Osaka Museum of Housing & Living 353

Otaru Music Box Museum 584

Otokoyama Sake Brewery Museum 595

Reimeikan 719RIAS Ark Art Gallery 550Saito Family Summer

Villa 496Sakamoto Ryōma

Memorial Museum 649Sand Museum 489Sapporo Beer Garden &

Museum 576Sapporo Winter Sports

Museum 569-70Satsuma Denshōkan 730Sengūkan 420Shiki Memorial Museum

659Shikoku-mura 672Shin-Yokohama Rāmen

Museum 192-3Shitamachi Museum 103Shōko Shūseikan 719Southern Cross Center

765Sumo Museum 108Tachiarai Heiwa

Kinenkan 686Taga-jinja & Sex Museum

654Taiko Drum Museum 108Takayama Festival Floats

Exhibition Hall 229Takayama Shōwa-kan 229Tanegashima

Development Centre - Gun Museum 758

Tattoo Museum 192Teddy Bear Eco Village

231Tōdai-ji Museum 393Togakushi Folk Museum

& Ninja House 277Tokyo National Museum

99, 100-01, 115Tōno Folk Village 546Tsuboya Pottery

Museum 769Twenty-Four Eyes Movie

Village 457Umigame-kan 753Yakushima Environmental

& Cultural Village Center 753

Yakusugi Museum 753Yamatogawa Sake

Brewing Museum 512Yokohama Archives of

History 192Yoron Minzoku-mura 765Yūshū-kan 95, 97 Yuzawa Town History

Museum 505music 771, 835-6

AKB48 99, 836 festivals 259, 506, 554Kodō drummers 502taiko 108, 502, 531, 533

Myōjō-ji 251Myōkō Kōgen 506-7Myōshin-ji 311-12

NNachi 416Naeba 505-6Nagahama 385-6Nagano 272-6, 273Nagano Prefecture 271-83,

274Nagasaki 692-704, 694,

696, 698accommodation 700-1drinking 702festivals & events

699-700food 701-2history 810internet access 703nightlife 702orientation 703shopping 702-3sights 692-9tourist information 703tours 699travel to/within 703-4

Nagasaki Prefecture 691-705

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- ONagata 756Nagoro 646Nagoya 208-18, 210

accommodation 213-14climate 206drinking 215-16entertainment 216festivals & events 212-13food 214-15history 208internet access 217medical services 217nightlife 215-16orientation 217shopping 216sights 209-12tourist information 217travel to/within 217-18

Naha 766-72, 768Naikū 420Nakano-shima 485Nanzen-ji 305Naoshima 19, 460-4,

461, 18Nara 16, 386-97, 388

accommodation 394-5drinking 396festivals & events 393-4food 395-6history 386nightlife 396sights 387-93tours 393travel to/within 397walking tours 392

Narai 227-8Narita 202Narita Express tickets 28Naruko Gorge 559Naruko Onsen 559Naruto Whirlpools 637national parks 852

Akan National Park 620-6, 622-3

Akiyoshi-dai Quasi- National Park 468-9

Bandai-Asahi National Park 510

Daisen-Oki National Park 484-5

Daisetsuzan National Park 600-6, 602-3

Hakusan National Park 256

Hokkaidō 565Kirishima-Yaku National

Park 727-8Kushiro Wetlands

National Park 626

Northern Honshū (Tōhoku) 494

Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park 608-13, 610-11

San-in Coast National Park 491

Shikotsu-Tōya National Park 589-94, 590-1

Shiretoko National Park 616-20, 401, 618, 400

Unzen-Amakusa National Park 706

newspapers 864Nichinan-kaigan 737Niigata 495-7Niigata Prefecture 495-507,

495Nii-jima 188Nikkō 163-9, 164ninjas 277Niseko 586-9Nishi Hongan-ji 293Nishi Iya 643-4Nishino-shima 484-5nō 833

festivals 259Kanazawa 248-9Kyoto 342Osaka 370Sado-ga-shima 498Tokyo 138

Noboribetsu Onsen 592-3Nobunaga, Oda 801-2Nokonoshima 680Noroshi 254Northern Hokkaidō

595-613Northern Honshū (Tōhoku)

67, 492-560, 493climate 492festivals 504food 57, 528highlights 493hiking 62, 492history 494national parks 494onsen 65, 492travel passes 494travel to/within 494-5

Northern Japan Alps 257, 266

Northern Kansai 422-5Northern Territories

dispute 627notable buildings 839, see

also historic buildings, individual buildings

Noto Peninsula 251-5, 252Noto-chō 254-5

Noto-kongō Coast 252-3Nozawa Onsen 278-80nuclear disasters 508, 853Nyūtō Onsen 528-9

OŌagata-jinja 221-2Obi 736-7Obihiro 628-9Ōboke 641-4O-Bon 34Obuse 277-8Ogasawara Archipelago

202-5Ogi 501-3Ogimachi 237-8Ōhara 317-18Ohatsu Tenjin Shrine 351-2Ohkinohama 653Ōita Prefecture 739-48Ōjima 776Okayama 447-53, 448Okayama Prefecture

447-65Okhotsk 612Oki Islands 484-5Okinawa 68, 766-74, 767

children, travel with 52food 58, 763language 764

Okinawa Prefecture 766-90Okinoerabu-jima 762-4Ōkōchi Sansō 312okonomiyaki 824Oku-Matsushima 560Oku-no-in 17, 409-10, 17Oku-Tama Region 171Old Hakone Hwy 178Ōma 540Ōmi-shima 447Onoaida 756Onomichi 444-6onsen 11, 29, 63-5, 153, 11

Akanko Onsen 623-6Akiu Onsen 553Aoni Onsen 539Asahidake Onsen 600-3Beppu 741-2Bessho Onsen 281books 65Chūzen-ji Onsen 169-70costs 63 Daisetsu Kōgen Onsen

605Dōgo Onsen 662Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen

504-5etiquette 64-5

food 744Fukiage Roten-no-yu 605Fukuchi-Onsen 265Ginzan Onsen 517Hakone 173, 175-6Hirayu Onsen 264-5Iya Valley 643Ize Peninsula 179Izu Islands 187-9Kaga Onsen 250-1Kagoshima 719Kamikōchi 267Kaniyu 168Kawa-yu Onsen 418Kawayu Onsen 620-3Kinosaki 422-3Kurokawa Onsen 717-18Kuronagi-onsen 262Kusatsu Onsen 284-5Kyoto 320Kyūshū 673language 63Matsumoto 258Mizunashi Kaihin Onsen

582Naruko Onsen 559Niseko 587Noboribetsu Onsen

592-3Northern Honshū

(Tōhoku) 492Nozawa Onsen 278-80Nyūtō Onsen 528-9Rebun-tō 611-12Rendai-ji 185Rishiri-tō 608-9Shin-Hotaka Onsen 265-7Shirahama 415Shirahone Onsen 263-4Shiretoko Peninsula 617Shōdo-shima 457Shuzen-ji Onsen 186-7Sōunkyō Onsen 603-4Takaragawa Onsen 285-6Takeo Onsen 691Tanegashima 758tattoos 64Tawarayama Onsen 477Tokachi-dake Onsen

605-6Tokyo 97, 110-11Tottori 490Tōya-ko Onsen 591-2Ukawa Onsen Yoshino-

no-Sato 424Unzen 706Watarase Onsen 418Yakushima 754-5Yuda Onsen 467

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onsen continuedYumoto Onsen 170Yunokawa Onsen

Monkeys 579-80Yunomine Onsen 417-18Zaō Onsen 515

Ōnuma Regional Park 582-3

opening hours 25, 862origami 98Osaka 351-74, 352, 398

accommodation 361-3activities 351-61Amerika-Mura 355-6,

364-7, 368-9, 371climate 349Denden Town 371Dōtombori 356-7, 367,

398drinking 368-9entertainment 369-70festivals & events 361food 363-8history 351Kita (Umeda) 351-3,

361-2, 363-4, 368, 370, 354

Minami 356, 358, 361, 368, 371, 356

Naka-no-shima 353, 361-2

Namba 362-3, 368-9, 371nightlife 368-9orientation 371-2postal services 372Shinsaibashi 355-6, 362-

3, 364-7, 368-9, 371Shin-Sekai 367-8, 369shopping 370-1sights 351-61Tempōzan 359-60Tennō-ji 357-9tourist information 372travel passes 374travel to/from 372-3travel within 373-4walking tours 358

Ō-shima 188Osorezan-bodaiji 539-40Ōsu Kannon 212Ōsumi Islands 752-9Otaru 583-6, 584, 42-3Ōtsu 383Ōuchi-juku 509Ōzu 657

Ppainting 830-1palaces, see also castles

Imperial Palace (Tokyo) 75

Kyoto Imperial Palace 295, 297

Nikkō Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park 166

Shūgaku-in Rikyū Imperial Villa 309

paper fortunes 108parks, see also gardens,

national parksApple Park 533Arashiyama Monkey Park

Iwatayama 314Chūō-kōen 635Gifu-kōen 222Godaisan 649Hakusan-kōen 496Hirosaki-kōen 533Inokashira-kōen 93Institute for Nature

Study 85Kanman-ga-Fuchi Abyss

166Kansui Park 255Kikkō-kōen 442Kitanomaru-kōen 75, 77Koshimizu Gensei-kaen

615Kōzan-kōen 466Kyoto Imperial Palace

Park 297Maruyama-kōen 303, 4Mt Asama Magma Stone

Park 282Odaiba Kaihin-kōen

109-10Ōdōri Kōen 567-8Onshi Hakone Kōen 178Ōnuma Regional Park

582-3Peace Memorial Park 16,

427, 16Peace Park 692Ritsurin-kōen 669Shinjuku-gyoen 93Ueno-kōen 99Yoyogi-kōen 89, 12

Path of Philosophy 305, 308Pearl Harbor 810performing arts 833-4Perry, Matthew 805phone cards 864pilgrimage routes 20

88 Temples of Shikoku 637-40, 641, 638-9

Dewa Sanzan 517-19Kumano Kodō 20,

414, 20planetariums 733planning, see also

individual regionsbudgeting 25, 59-60calendar of events 32-5children, travel with 52-3internet resources

25, 753itineraries 36-45Japan basics 24-5, 26-7Japan’s regions 66-8repeat visitors 28travel seasons 24, 32-5

plants 852, see also autumn-foliage viewing, cherry-blossom viewing, plum-blossom viewing

plum-blossom viewing 32, 172, 851

politics 792-3pop culture 31, 33, 836population 793, 814-15postal services 863pottery 248, 830

Arita 690-1Bizen 453courses 479, 513Hagi-jō Kiln 477Hirashimizu Pottery

District 513Imari 690Jōmon pottery 830 Karatsu 688Kyūshū 690museums & galleries 84,

176, 301, 353, 769Noritake Garden 209Tokoname Pottery

Footpath 219Tsuboya Pottery Street

766-7public art 19, 18

Hachikō Statue 87Maman 81Myth of Tomorrow 87Shinjuku I-Land 92

public holidays 33, 863public transport 873-4puppet theatre 833-4

Inuyama 220Osaka 369, 370 Takayama 230Tokushima 635

Rradio 864

railway museumsHara Model Railway

Museum 189, 191JR SCMAGLEV & Railway

Park 218Omiya 163Umekōji Steam Locomo-

tive Museum 293Usui Tōge Railway Village

283Rairai Gorge 553rakugo 834rāmen 130, 822, 44

Hakata rāmen 683Kitakata 512 museums 191, 192-3, 361

Rebun-tō 611-13religion 517, 793, 813-14,

see also individual religions

Rendai-ji 185-6restrooms 864rice 825 rice terraces 254, 458Rinnō-ji 166Risaburō Foundry 254Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu

National Park 608-13, 610-11

Rishiri-tō 608-11rock climbing 571Roppongi Hills 81rotemburo 206 ruins 240, 553Rurikō-ji 466Russia 607Rusutsu 588Ryōan-ji 310-11ryokan 13, 329, 843-4, 13Ryōtsu 499-500Ryūga-dō 648

SSado-ga-shima 497-504,

498accommodation 499-

500, 502, 503, 504activities 501-2, 504drinks 503-4festivals & events 498food 500-1, 502-4history 497sights 499, 500, 501-2,

503travel to/within 498-9

safe travel 863, 873bears 616Fukushima Prefecture

508Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

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Great East Japan Earthquake 501, 508

radiation 508road rules 872

Saga Prefecture 688-91Saigō, Takamori 806Saihō-ji 316Saijō 437Sai-ko 161-2Saitobaru 737Sakata 521sake 160, 437, 496, 826-7,

828books 827Hakutsuru Sake Brewery

Museum 377Kinryō-no-Sato 667Otokoyama Sake Brewery

Museum 595Yamatogawa Sake

Brewing Museum 512Sakurai 405-6samurai 799, 806

houses 707, 728Kakunodate 525museums 525, 553, 644

sand baths 729, 398, 399Sandan Gorge 435San-in Coast National

Park 491Sanjūsangen-dō Temple

299, 301Sanriku Kaigan 549-51Sanzen-in 317Sapporo 68, 567-77, 562-3,

568accommodation 572-3activities 570-1children, travel with 52climate 561drinking 575festivals & events 32,

401, 571food 57, 573-5highlights 562history 567medical services 576nightlife 575orientation 575sights 567-70snow festival 32tours 571travel passes 577travel to/within 576-8

Sapporo Snow Festival 32, 401, 571, 400

Sapporo Teine 570-1, 18sashimi 820-1, 57Satsuma Peninsula 728-30

Sawata 500-1science & technology

museumsKawasaki Good Times

World 375Kitakyūshū Innovation

Gallery & Studio 685Mazda Museum 432Miyazaki Science Centre

733Nagoya City Science

Museum 211National Museum of

Emerging Science & Innovation (Miraikan) 109

National Science Museum 103

Space Science & Tech-nology Museum 758

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry & Technology 209

Toyota Exhibition Hall 218-19

Volcano Science Museum 592

sea kayaking 203-4, 647sea turtles 646, 753, 756seal-watching 606-7Sendai 552-8, 554

accommodation 554-5drinking 557entertainment 557festivals & events 553-4food 555-6history 553sights 553travel passes 557travel to/within 557-8

Sengaku-ji 85-6Sengokuhara 177senior travellers 858Senmaida 254Sensō-ji 107, 115, 115Sensui Gorge 715Sensui-jima 443sentō

Ibusuki 729Kagoshima 719Naoshima 461Tokyo 111 Tottori 489, 490Unzen 706Yunomine Onsen 417

Setouchi Shimanami Kaidō 445

Setouchi Triennale 462shabu-shabu 821Shari 615-16

Shibuya Crossing 87, 14Shiga Kōgen 280Shiga Prefecture 383-6,

384Shikanoshima 680Shikine-jima 188-9Shikoku 68, 630-72, 632-3

climate 630food 57highlights 632-3outdoor activities 630temples 630travel to/from 631

Shikotsu-Tōya National Park 589-94, 590-1

Shimabara 707-9, 708Shimabara Peninsula 705-9Shimabara-jō 707Shimane Prefecture 480-8Shimanto City 653-4Shimanto-gawa 637Shimbara 707Shimoda 181-4Shimogamo-jinja 299Shimoji-jima 780Shimokita Peninsula

539-41Shimonoseki 472-6, 474-5Shingū 416-17Shin-Hotaka Onsen 265-7shinkansen 28, 874Shintō shrines, see also

individual shrinesDazaifu 687Fukuoka 680Hokkaidō 570Isaniwa-jinja 659Ise 418-20Izumo Taisha 485-6Kamakura 196Kashihara 404Kōbe 375Konpira-san 667Kyoto 299, 309, 310,

314-15Miyajima 438Nara 393Nikkō 163, 165-6Osaka 351-2, 359Ōyamazumi-jinja 447Taikodani-Inari-jinja 469Takachiho 738Tokyo 83, 89, 93, 95

Shiono-misaki 415-16Shira-hama 184-5Shirahama 413-15Shirahone Onsen 263-4Shiraishi-jima 464-5Shirakami-sanchi 536

Shirakawa-gō 236-9, 38-9Shiretoko National Park

616-20, 401, 618, 400Shitennō-ji 359shōchū 725, 828shodō 831Shōdo-shima 457-60, 458Shōhō-ji (Gifu Great

Buddha) 222Shōji-ko 162shopping 14, 30, 60, see

also individual regionsbargaining 27electronics 98language 882tax exemptions 28

Shōren-in 303shrines 29, see also Shintō

shrinesConfucian 699 etiquette 27, 813Kansai 349Kyoto 302

shukubō 844-5Shukunegi 501-3Shuzen-ji Onsen 186-7silk 248, 283skiing 19, 32, 48-51,

506, 49Asahidake Onsen 600Bandai Plateau 510costs 48, 51Daisen 491Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen

504-5Furano 598-9Hakuba 270Ishizuchi-san 665Kusatsu Onsen 284Minakami 286Myōkō Kōgen 506-7Naeba 505-6Niseko 586Nozawa Onsen 279Rishiri 609Rusutsu 588Sapporo Teine 570-1, 18Shiga Kōgen 280Sōunkyō Onsen 604Tazawa-ko 527Zaō Onsen 515

smoking 148snorkelling

Aka-jima 774Chichi-jima 203Higawa-hama 789Hoshisuna-no-hama 786Iriomote 786-7Kita Minato 205

900

IND

EX S- T

snorkelling continuedNakanoshima Beach 780Tokashiki-jima 775

snow monkeys 276snowboarding 19

Furano 598-9Niseko 586Sapporo Teine 570-1

soba 822-3soccer 846Sosogi 254Sotokaifu 504Sōunkyō Onsen 603-4Sōun-zan 177Southern Hokkaidō 578-83Southern Tokushima

Prefecture 646-7Southwest Islands 68,

749-90, 750beaches 749climate 749, 751diving 749, 779ferry travel 752highlights 750history 751language 751travel seasons 749travel to/within 751-2

soy sauce breweries 525sperm whales 204sports & sporting venues

846-7, see also individual sports

festivals 770Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome

680 museums 95, 108,

569-70park golf 580Sapporo Dome 571Tokyo 139-40

statues & monuments, see also Buddhist statues

Byakui Dai-kannon 284dog statues 87, 775John Manjirō 654Kamaishi Dai-kannon 550Madame Butterfly

Statue 699 Peace Tower 731-3

Studio Ghibli 837-8subway travel 873-4sukiyaki 821Sumiyoshi Taisha 359, 2

sumo 17, 213, 846-7, 17, 113Fukuoka 681Osaka 361Sumo Museum 108Taihō Sumo Museum 621

surfingKisami 185Koigaura-hama 737Kujūkuri-hama 201Ōhama 185Rishiri 609Shimoda 184Tokushima 647

sushi 820-1, 12Suwa-jinja 695Suzu 254-5swords 92, 719

TTachiarai 686Taikodani-Inari-jinja 469Taiyūin-byō 166Takachiho 738-9, 739Takachiho Gorge 738Takamatsu 630, 669-72,

670Takao 318-20Takaoka 254Takao-san 170-1Takaragawa Onsen 285-6Takasaki 283-4Takauji, Ashikaga 800-1Takayama 228-35, 230

accommodation 231-3activities 229-31drinking 234food 233-4nightlife 234shopping 234-5sights 229-31travel to/within 235

Takayama Matsuri 33, 35Takeno 424Taketomi-jima 788-9Tanabe 413Tanegashima 757-9Tango Peninsula 424-5Tanzan-jinja 405Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine

Route 260Tawarayama Onsen 477taxis 873Tazawa-ko 527-8tea 829tea ceremonies 320, 704teahouses 707telephone services 24,

863-4

television 864temples 11, 29, see also

Buddhist temples, individual temples

etiquette 27Kansai 349Kyoto 302Shikoku 630Zuiryū-ji 254

tempura 821-2Tenjin Matsuri 33Tenman-gū 687Teshima 464theatre 833, 834, see also

kabuki, puppet theatrefestivals 259, 458 Kyoto 341-2Tokyo 138-9

theme parks, see amusement parks

time 864, 883tipping 27, 862Tōdai-ji 16, 389, 390-1Tōfuku-ji 314Togakushi 276-7Tōhoku, see Northern

Honshū (Tōhoku)toilets 864Toi-misaki 737Tokachi 628-9Tokachi-dake Onsen 605-6Tokara-rettō 758Tokashiki-jima 775-6, 30Tōkō-ji 478Tokunoshima 761-2Tokushima 631, 634-7, 634Tokyo 66, 70-152, 71, 72-3

accommodation 70, 117-22

activities 74-111Akihabara 97-8, 120-1,

129, 135, 145-6, 96, 30, 115

Asakusa 105-9, 121-2, 130-1, 136-7, 146, 106

children, travel with 52, 109

climate 70courses 111Daikanyama 84dangers 147drinking 131-7Ebisu 84-6, 118, 125, 133,

142, 86emergencies 147entertainment 137-40festivals & events 33,

116-17food 56, 70, 122-31gay travellers 135

Ginza 79-80, 117, 123, 132, 141, 76

Golden Gai 136Harajuku 89-92, 118-19,

126-7, 134, 143-4, 90, 113

highlights 71history 74immigration 148internet access 147internet resources 148itineraries 78Kabukichō 92Kagurazaka 98Kōrakuen 93-7, 120-1,

128, 96lesbian travellers 135Marunouchi (Tokyo

Station area) 75-9, 117, 122-3, 131-2, 140-1, 76

media 147medical services 147Meguro 84-6, 118, 125,

133, 142, 86money 147Naka-Meguro 84nightlife 131-7Odaiba 109-11, 131,

137, 110orientation 146-7Roppongi 80-4, 117-18,

124-5, 132-3, 141-2, 82safety 147Shibuya 86-8, 118-19,

125-6, 133-4, 142-3, 88, 14

Shimo-Kitazawa 85Shinjuku 92-3, 119-20,

127-8, 134-5, 144-5, 94shopping 140-6sights 74-111Sumida-gawa 105-9,

121-2, 130-1, 136-7, 146, 106

telephone services 148Tokyo Bay 109-11, 131,

137, 110tourist information 148tours 116travel agencies 148travel seasons 70travel to/from 149-50travel within 105, 150-2Tsukiji 79-80, 117, 123,

132, 76Ueno 98-9, 102, 103-5,

121, 129-30, 135-6, 146walking tours 104west Tokyo 92-3Map Pages 000

Photo Pages 000

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DEX T-Z

Yanaka 98-9, 103-5, 121, 129-30, 135-6, 146, 104

Tokyo City View 81Tokyo Disney Resort 111Tokyo International Forum

78, 23Tokyo Metropolitan

Government Offices 92Tokyo Sky Tree 108Tokyo Tower 83, 37Tomakomai 595tombs 405, 500Tomo-no-ura 442-3tonkatsu 824Tōno 546-9, 547Tōshōdai-ji Temple 404Tōshō-gū 163, 165Tottori 488-91tourist information 864-5tours, see also boat cruises

& tours, walking tours, individual regions

bus 116, 571cycling 235-6ghost 116Kagoshima Fish Market

Tour 722Mt Fuji 158

Towada-ko 536-8, 537Tōya-ko 591-2Toyama 255-7Toyama Prefecture 255-7train museums, see railway

museums train travel 28, 151, 262,

873-8costs 875language 875passes 152, 494, 676,

875-7 reservations 874, 878schedules 878shinkansen 28, 874tickets 878

transport 60, 867-78, 883travel seasons 24, 32-5,

see also individual regions

travel to/from Japan 25, 867-8

travel within Japan 25, 868-78

Tsukiji Market 28, 79-80, 116, 7, 113

Tsumago 226-7, 21

tsunami 508, 549, 550, 551, 853

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū 196

Tsurugi-san 644-6Tsuruoka 519-21Tsuwano 469-72, 470tuna 80, 540

UUchiko 658-65Udo-jingū 736udon 822-3Ueno Tōshō-gū 99Uji 316ukai, see cormorant fishingukiyo-e 277, 259, 831Umeda Sky Building 351Umi Jigoku 44-5unagi 823Unzen 706-7Usuki 747Utazu 666Uwajima 654-7, 655

Vvacations 863vegans 825-6vegetarians 825-6visas 865-6visual art 832-3volcano museums

Aso Volcano Museum 714 Gamadas Dome Mt

Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall 708

Volcano Science Museum 592

volcanoes Aso-san 714Bandai-san 510Iō-zan 620Iwaki-san 536 Kaimon-dake 731Kirishima-Yaku National

Park 727Mihara-san 188Mt Asama 281Naka-dake 714O-Akan-dake 624Osore-zan 539Ōwakudani 177Sakurajima 718, 724Sanbe-san 488

Shinmoe-dake 728Shōwa-Shin-zan 591Unzen-dake 705-6Usu-zan 591Yōtei-zan 592Yufu-dake 746

volunteering 866

Wwabi-sabi 832Wajima 253-4Wakkanai 606-8walking tours

Kyoto 304Minami (Osaka) 358Nara 392Onomichi 444Sanriku Kaigan 551 Tokyo 104, 116

wasabi farm 269washi 239waterfalls

Akiu Falls 553Anmon Falls 536Kegon-no-taki 169Nachi-no-taki 416Nunobiki Falls 375Ōko-no-taki 753Ryūzu-no-taki 170Senriga-taki 727Soundless Waterfall 317

weather 24, 32-5, see also individual regions

weights 864Western Honshū 67, 426-

91, 428-9climate 426food 56-7 highlights 428-9travel seasons 426

whale-watching 203, 204, 653, 775

whaling 689white-water rafting 286,

643wi-fi 28, 860wildcats 786wildlife 786, 851-2wineries 598, 629women in Japan 815women travellers 866work 866writers, see authorsWWII 809-10

YYaeyama Islands 780-90,

782-3Yahata 685yakitori 819Yakushi-ji Temple 403-4Yakushima 20, 752-7,

754, 21yamabushi 517-18Yamadera 519Yamagata 513-15Yamagata Prefecture

513-21, 514Yamaguchi 465-8, 466Yamanaka-ko 162-3yamaneko 786Yamato clan 795-6Yamato-Yagi 404-5Yasaka-jinja 303Yashima 672Yasukuni-jinja 95Yawatahama 657Yayoi people 794-5Yobuko 689Yokohama 189-95, 190Yonaguni-jima 789-90Yonezawa 515Yonezawa-gyū (beef) 515 Yoritomo 798-9Yoron-tō 764-5Yoshimizu-jinja 406Yudanaka 276Yufuin 746-7Yuki Matsuri 32Yumoto Onsen 170Yunomine Onsen 417-18Yunotsu 488

ZZamami-jima 774-5Zaō Onsen 515-17zazen 252-3Zenkō-ji 272Zentsū-ji 666-7Zōjō-ji 83-4zoos

Asahiyama Zoo 595Higashiyama Zoo &

Botanical Gardens 212Ueno Zoo 103

902

Walking Tour detourWalking Tour

Path/Walking Trail

BeachBird SanctuaryBuddhistCastle/PalaceChristianConfucianHinduIslamicJainJewishMonumentMuseum/Gallery/Historic BuildingRuin

Sento Hot Baths/Onsen

ShintoSikhTaoistWinery/VineyardZoo/Wildlife SanctuaryOther Sight

DivingBodysurfing

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking & NightlifeCafe

BankEmbassy/ConsulateHospital/MedicalInternetPolicePost OfficeTelephoneToiletTourist InformationOther Information

AirportBorder crossingBus

CyclingFerry

Underground station

MonorailParking

Metro/MRT/MTR station

Petrol stationSkytrain/Subway stationTaxiTrain station/RailwayTram

Other Transport

LighthouseHut/ShelterBeach

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

River, CreekIntermittent River

Swamp/Mangrove

Reef

Canal

Water

Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake

Glacier

Mudflat

Beach/Desert

Airport/Runway

Cemetery (Christian)

Cemetery (Other)

Park/Forest

Sportsground

Sight (Building)

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

Capital (National)Capital (State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

State/Province

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingCourse/Tour

SkiingSnorkellingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

Pedestrian overpass

Secondary

Unsealed roadRoad under construction

Tunnel

Cable car/Funicular

Sights

Activities,Courses & Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Information Routes

Boundaries

Hydrography

Areas

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