Friday 30 August 2013

Why you Must Go Through Blog About Japan Before Visiting the Country?

If you are going on a trip to Japan, learning about the customs of the Japanese society guarantees you of an entertaining trip. While you are in Japan, just do not only look at the surroundings and click photos but also take out some time to know about the customs of the place.

Japan is a place where you can learn a lot about history and culture. There are still many historical monuments, religious temples and shrines to collect enough information about the history of Japan.

So, if you are visiting Japan, you can get help from blog about Japan and know a lot about customs, places to visit and other aspects of Japan.

Crowded and Noisy City of Tokyo

For most tourists, Tokyo charts high on their wish-list of places to visit in Japan. You can call Tokyo anything but a quiet city. As soon as you steps outside fro Shinjuku international airport, roaring sounds and various noises will welcome you to the land of rising sun. Whether its day or night time, streets alongside high rise buildings are chock-a-block with people.

Crowded and Noisy City of Tokyo
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You will see sales persons with megaphones covering their ears trying to sell their products by screaming about the latest products out in the market, a common sight to see in front of almost every electronic shop in Tokyo. While roaming on the streets, you will come across huge collection of video games scattered around the shops.

However, as soon as you step into the trains, complete and utter silence will welcome you. Most of the people around you in trains or tubes will have their eyes closed or will be seen busy playing games on their mobile phones. Tokyo’s trains are so peaceful that people can sometime fall asleep while commuting and may even miss their stop.

Top Class Services at Japanese Hotels

If you are staying in a hotel in Japan, you will be amazed to see the top class services being offered to you. Employees at the hotels are taught to behave kindly and politely with their customers. You will be given everything in the hotels until you are not asking for any unrealistic service.

Employees in Japanese Hotels
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Services at Japanese Hotels
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With the kind of services provided to you in the hotels, you will feel like in authoritative position. Similar kinds of services are offered to you at restaurants, hotels and almost everywhere in the Japanese society.

You can know a lot about other interesting aspects of Japan on blogs from Japan.

Thursday 22 August 2013

Best Shopping Destinations in Japan Metropolises

When it comes to shopping, Japan is an ultimate destination for the shopaholics. With plenty of shopping places around the big cities, you will never feel short of options. In Japan, you can literally buy anything and everything from different marketplaces. Whether you are looking for designer products or funky ones, you will be spoilt for choices in the Japanese market.

The metropolises like Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto have several markets to buy a discerning range of products from. Here are a few ideal places to do shopping in Japan, take a look:

Shopping Places in Japan

Tokyo:

The capital city of Japan has as many as 50 world famous shopping places, where you can find varied range of products. Ginza is an affluent shopping district with exclusive stores of many top brands. With lots of shopping options, Ginza is Asia’s biggest upscale shopping centre. Shibuya is another busy shopping neighbourhood in Tokyo. There are many department stores flooded with shoppers during the seasonal sales and weekends. The shopping stores in here target young crowd. Tokyo’s high school students prefer to shop around Harajaku. Most shops focus on the inexpensive youth subcultures like hip hop and decora. Harajaku is the ideal place to understand the Gen Y Japanese consumers. There are many other shopping districts in the Tokyo city.

Ginza
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Osaka:

With several top notch shopping districts, shopping malls, arcades and streets, Osaka is one of the busiest shopping hubs in Japan. The two largest shopping districts in Osaka are Umeda in the north and Namba in the south. Both the districts are connected with Japanese Rail Network and have railway stations on their own names. There are several departmental stores, shopping arcades and extensive shopping malls spread around both districts. You can also go to Shinsaibashi Suji, which is city’s oldest and busiest shopping centre. This place falls in between Umeda and Namba. With many brand stores, chain stores, boutiques and restaurants, this place is often thronged by the shopper.

Shinsaibashi Suji
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Kyoto:

You can find high end fashion shops existing alongside old stores selling traditional crafts and foods, in Kyoto. The main shopping area is spread around Shijo and Kawaramachi streets’ intersection and houses Marui department stores as well as affluent fashion brands. JR Kyoto Station is the second largest shopping area in the city and houses Porta underground shopping mall, a big Aeon shopping mall and some large electronic retailers.

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Other large cities of Japan also sport some sprawling shopping centres. You can find a varied range of products from traditional gifts and souvenirs, latest gadgets, local foods to trendy clothes at these marketplaces.

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Thursday 8 August 2013

Read up on Japan to Travel well


Japan is a beautiful country to travel to as it is beautiful and interesting. The marvellous and picturesque landscapes and cityscapes make the country beautiful while its history and culture makes it interesting. The country is well known mainly for its culture, heritage, history and tradition. If you want you visit a country that is a wonderful blend of the two worlds, the ancient and the modern, then Japan is the right choice.

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The sights and sounds of Japan are not only captivating but extremely engaging. If you want to visit the country on a holiday, you should first have your trip all planned out. There are many references that will help you plan your trip to this wonderful country. You can read up on Japan from travel guides and books and mark out the places that interest you most. Then sit down with a map of Japan and try to chalk out the best ways of visiting all the sights you want to see. However, all this is a lot easier said than done.

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Making an itinerary for a trip to Japan requires in depth study of the country. Travel guides and books on Japan do not offer that amount of knowledge about Japan. To plan out a proper itinerary for your trip to Japan you need to know about the people and culture of Japan so that your trip to the country is fulfilling and smooth. This kind of information is not available in guide books; you need ‘first hand’ information about such things. Get ideas on from Japanese blogs. These blogs are written either by tourists who have visited Japan in the recent past or by the citizen of Japan. The information you will get on these blogs will be authentic and 100 percent genuine.

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You can read about the lifestyle of Japanese people in these blogs, get to know their world a little better so that you do not have trouble blending in when you visit Japan. You get information about their culture and history, so you know what to expect when you visit the country. These blogs will also inform you about places that are worth visiting in Japan, Japanese food and cuisine, places to shop in Japan, etc.

With all this information your trip to Japan will become a lot easier to plan out and you will also get a lot of insight into the country.