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Ueno Park opened in 1873. Set in Tokyo's Ueno district, the park is dotted with museums, temples and the zoo. Visitors head for the Tokyo National Museum and statue of Meiji samurai Takamori…
Yanaka Cemetery Park, in quaint Yanaka, houses the 1913 grave of shogun, or military general, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. There are also tombs of famed actors, but the cemetery is best known for…
Hamarikyu Garden is a traditional Japanese garden on the Sumida River. Surrounded by the high-rise buildings of the Shiodome business district, it provides a relaxing green space within the…
The serene Meiji Shrine sits amid 175 acres of wooded gardens in Yoyogi. Dedicated to the memory of the Meiji Emperor and Empress, visitors come to this 1920s Tokyo building to write prayer…
Yoyogi Park is a tree-filled stretch where jugglers, acrobats and bongo players gather. It was the site for the 1964 Olympic Games. On Sunday afternoons, the dancing Elvises and baby-doll…
On the north-eastern tip of Hokkaido, remote Shiretoko National Park is perfect hiking terrain, with lakes, forest and rugged cliffs stretching along the coast.
