Saturday, March 16, 2013

Japan ( Tokyo Tower, Mount Fuji 富士山 )

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. It located in the Pacific Ocean, its lies on the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. The capital of Japan is Tokyo. The currency use in business transaction is Japanese yen. All the Japanese used the Japanese language for communication. In the year 2011, the number of population was 127,817,277.

Beside that, Japan is an archipelago of 6852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shokoku which together comprise about 97% of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's ten largest population with over 127 million of people in now a days.

Japan Tokyo Tower

 People use Tokyo Tower as communication tower and observation tower
Tokyo Tower is 13 meter taller than  Eiffel Tower of Paris and the world tallest self supporting steel tower.It height is 333 meter and it was completed in the year 1958 as symbol for Japan rebirth as a major economic power and served it as a television and radio broadcast antenna and tourist attraction.

Visitor can ascend the main observation at 150 meter and the special observatory at 250 meter to get a bird eye view of Tokyo. This place is appropriate for people who like to view the image of bird and people who like to observe the surroundings.

Japan Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji  ( 富士山, 3776 meters) is Japan's highest mountain and the focal point of the sprawling Fuji Hakone- Izu National Park.Visible from Tokyo, the mountain is located to the west of Tokyo on the main island Honshu, straddling the border between Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.

Mount Fuji 
Japan's Highest Mountain-Mount Fuji
During the months of July and august is the climbing Mount Fuji season. In this two months the mountain is usually free of snow and the weather is mid, access by public transportation is easy and the mountain hut are opened. Everybody without climbing mountain experience are advice to tackle the mountain during this period.

This is the sunrise from the Summit

This following are several choices of time if you want to visit Japan:

Spring (Mar-May) - around the beginning of April, when the Sakura blossom, or who in Japan is called Hanami (hana = flower; mi (ru) = to see) In this time tourist can get a picnic under Sakura tree, which popular in Ueno Park, Tokyo.
Summer (June-Aug) dont miss Hokkaido. Summer in Hokkaido is great for people who love the outdoors activity. Also in July - May each year, in this time you could find the tourist attractions such as climbing on fuji mountain, because it's opened to the public when summer. Or you can see Hanabi (fireworks) tourist attraction in all places in Japan.
Autumn (Sept-Nov) Go to Kyoto. At this time in Japan the weather is pretty good, not so hot and not cold. Momiji or who leaves change color, usually red.
Winter (Dec-Feb) winter in Japan is very suitable for you who want to feel the Christmas atmosphere. Each December, Hakodate (Hokkaido) is white Illuminations along the way. In addition, each beginning of Feb there Yuki Matsuri in Sapporo. Here you can see sculpture ice for various types of famous buildings in the world.
 Retrieved from:
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Tower
3. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3009.html
4. http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Fuji
5. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2172.html
6. http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6901.html

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