Japan
Hokkaido & Northern Honshu
+ Sapporo
Sights
* Botanical Garden and Batchelor Museum
* Odori Park
* Sapporo Beer Garden and Museum
* Tokeidai Clock Tower
* Akan National Park
* Hakodate
* Hiraizumi
* Hirosaki
* Kakunodate
* Matsushima
* Otaru
* Sado-shima
* Sendai
* Shikotsu-toya National Park
* Towada-Hachimantai National Park
Central Honshu
+ Tokyo
Western Honshu & Shikoku
+ Kyoto
Kyushu & the Southern Islands
+ Nagasaki
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
Lying off the northwest coast of Honshu, this mountainous island was once a place of exile, but is now an oasis of rural tranquillity. Visit Aikawa, with its fascinating gold mine and folk museum; Mano, the medieval capital; and Sawata, for the Myoshoji Temple set in the hills.
Address: 40km off west coast of Honshu
Boat: Regular ferry and hydrofoil services between Ryotsu and Niigata, Naoetsu and Ogi
Air: Regular flights between Ryotsu and Niigata
Info: Niigata Kotsu Information Centre, Ryotsu Phone: (0259) 23 3300
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