Capital City: Tokyo (Tky)
Main Cities: Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Kawagoe
Population: 125,422,000   Area [sq.km]: 377,800
Currency: 1 yen, Languages: Japanese, Religions: Shinto, Buddhist, Christian
Northern Japan, Hokkaido,Summer Furano, Lavender all around. It blossoms during July 13 to 23, only 10 days. That relaxed color and fresh fragrance is splendid. 2001/07/21 Summer Furano, Lavender all around
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Sightseeing town and town of slop, Otaru. Otaru has 150,000 population and wonderful sightseeing spots, especially with glass products and thousand kinds of music boxes. They re-use old buildings of 100 years ago and changed them to zestful atmosphere. 2002/06/22 観光の街、坂の街、小樽です。
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Otaru canal keeps old warehouses. The warehouses which have been built in 1923 and leave traces of past, were re-used as stylish restaurants or haberdashers inside. 2001/07/22 ライトアップされた小樽運河。趣をどうぞ。
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Nighttime Otaru Canal. On the street side of the Canal, there are illuminated restaurants and fancy goods shops. On the other canal side, scenery was kept as in old times. Today the canal is just for sightseeing of 1,500 m long. 2002/06/22 Illuminated Otaru Canal of Hokkaido
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Sapporo city is a prefectural capital of Hokkaido Island. Hokkaido itself is a newly developed island of just 130 years. There are many sightseeing spots around Sapporo Station and by using train we can go around easily. 2002/07/22 Sapporo's YOSAKOI SORAN Festival in Summer
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YOSAKOI SORAN Festival became one of famous Summer Sapporo Scenes. It started in 1992 when a student saw YOSAKOI dancing in Shikoku Island and has been growing into 1.5 million audiences in 2002. 2002/06/22 Sapporo's YOSAKOI SORAN Festival in Summer
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