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88 Temples of Shikoku 531, 534-5, 548, 532-3

AAbashiri 510-12accommodation 740-2, see also

individual regionslanguage 768minshuku 726reservations 727, 740ryokan 725-6shukubō 726-7

activities 27-30, see also individual activities

Adachi Museum of Art 418addresses 743aidoru 719Aikawa 457-8Ainu Kotan 515-16Ainu people 463, 495, 515-16, 697

museums 479, 492-3, 495, 511air travel

airlines 755, 756-7airports 755to/from Japan 755-6within Japan 756-7

Aka-jima 657-8Akan Kohan 515-17Akan National Park 513-17, 514-15Akashi Kaikyō Suspension Bridge 327AKB48 719Akita 440-1, 441Akita Prefecture 435-41, 436Akiyoshi-dai 402Amami Islands 643-9Amami-Ōshima 643-5, 644Amanohashidate 362-3Amaterasu 624, 625Ambe, Noriko 715American military bases 657Anglo-Japanese Alliance 689, 691

animals 735, see also bears, cranes, deer, monkeys, seals, snakes, turtles

anime 720-1, 26Anraku-ji 215Aomori 426-9, 428

climate 424Aomori Prefecture 426-35, 427Aoni Onsen 433Aoshima 622aquariums

Kagoshima City Aquarium 609Miyajima Public Aquarium 375Okinawa Chiraumi Aquarium 656Osaka Aquarium 309-10Shimonoseki Kaikyō-kan 406

Arashiyama bamboo grove 12, 271, 12Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama

273-4archaeological sites, see also kofun

Hida Folk Archaeological Museum 189

Kaitei Iseki 671-2Nara Prefecture Kashihara

Archaeological Museum 343Saitobaru Archaeological Museum

623Tofurō ruins 577Uenohara Jōmon-no-Mori 615

architecture 9, 25, 721-4, 9early modern 722-3gasshō-zukuri 190Metabolism 724Tokyo 70traditional 721-2, 723wooden 723

Arita 580-1art museums & galleries

21_21 Design Sight 6221st Century Museum of

Contemporary Art 227Adachi Museum of Art 418Art House Project 396BankART Studio NYK 152Benesse House Museum 397Bridgestone Museum of Art 55Bunkamura 68CAI the Bathhouse 80Chibajo Annexe 596-7Chichū Art Museum 397Fujii Folkcraft Art Gallery 189Fukuoka Art Museum 567Fukuoka Asian Art Museum 567Gallery Kuraya 398Gokayama Washi-no-Sato 198Hagi Uragami Museum 411Hakone Open-Air Museum 139Hara Museum 66Hatakeyama Collection 66

Hayashibara Museum of Art 385Hirano Masakichi Bijutsukan 440Hiroshima Museum of Art 369Hokusai-kan 210Idemitsu Museum of Arts 58Ikuo Hirayama Museum of Art 383International Design Centre

Nagoya 175Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

562Ishibashi Museum of Art 578Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum

229Ishikawa Wajima Urushi Art

Museum 235Itchiku Kubota Art Museum 136Izu Chōhachi Art Museum 149Japan Ukiyo-e Museum 217Kagoshima City Museum of Art

608-9Kumamoto Prefectural Museum

of Art 597Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional

Crafts Centre 597Kurokabe Museum of Glass Art 331Kutaniyaki Art Museum 238Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

268Lee Ufan Museum 22, 397Matsumoto City Museum of Art 217Miho Museum 328Mitsubishi Ichigokan 55MOA Museum of Art 143Mori Art Museum 59Musée Tomo 63Museum of Contemporary Art

Tokyo 82Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine

Arts 175National Art Center Tokyo 62National Museum of Modern

Art 268National Museum of Western Art 79Neiraku Art Museum 334Nii-jima Modern Glass Art

Museum 163Ōhara Museum of Art 390Okayama Prefectural Bizen

Ceramics Art Museum 388Ōkura Museum of Art 63Ōta Memorial Art Museum 71Rokuzan Bijutsukan 220Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan

Museum of Art 73Shimada Museum of Art 597-8Shimane Prefectural Art Museum

414Shimonoseki City Art Museum

407-8Suntory Art Museum 62Takamatsu City Museum of Art 559

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INDEX A

-CTokugawa Art Museum 174Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art

Museum 66Utsukushi-ga-hara Bijutsukan 218Watari-Um 71Yokohama Museum of Art 151Yumeji Art Museum 385

arts 713-21, see also individual artsfestivals 22, 85, 397, 454

Asahidake Onsen 507-8Asahikawa 492-6Ashino-ko 142Ashizuri-misaki 546Aso-gogaku 601Aso-san 601-4, 602Asuka 343-4Atami 143ATMs 746-7, 747atomic bomb sights

Hiroshima 365-70Nagasaki 582-3

atomic bombing 692, 693autumn foliage 737Awa-odori Matsuri 28, 248, 525,

530, 248azaleas 735

Bbaggage forwarding 757bamboo grove (Arashiyama) 12,

271, 12baseball 176

Fukuoka 570Hiroshima 370Nagoya 179Tokyo 107

Bashō, Matsuo 445, 449, 685bathrooms 750beaches 26

Aka-jima 657Amami-Ōshima 643-4Amanohashidate 362-3Chichi-jima 166Haha-jima 167-8Hateruma-jima 671Irabu-jima 663Iriomote-jima 668Ishigaki-jima 664-5Katsura-hama 541-3Koigaura Beach 623Kume-jima 659Miyako-jima 660Moroyose 360Neshiko Beach 593Nii-jima 163Ohkihama 547Okinoerabu-jima 646-7Ō-shima 162

Rebun-tō 501San-in Coast National Park 422-3Shikine-jima 164Shimoda 146Shirahama 351-3, 729Shiraishi-jima 399Takeno 360Taketomi-jima 670Tanegashima 642Tokashiki-jima 658-9Tokunoshima 646Yakushima 638-9Yonaguni-jima 672Yoron-tō 647Zamami-jima 658

bears 518, 735beer 470, 709, see also breweriesŌdōri Nōryō Gāden festival 471Yebisu Beer Museum 64

Beppu 625-31, 626, 628, 630Beppu Traditional Bamboo Crafts

Centre 627Bessho Onsen 215-16bicycle travel, see cyclingBiei 504birdwatching 164, 517Bizan 525Bizen 388boat cruises

Abashiri 511Akan-ko 516Gunkanjima 589Hotokegaura 430Ine 362Iriomote-jima 669Nagasaki 588Naruto Whirlpools 531Ogi 457Ōzu 549San-in Coast National Park 422-3Sata-misaki 620Shimanto-gawa 546Shimoda 146Shiretoko National Park 520Takegashima 539Tazawa-ko 435-7Tokushima 528Towada-ko 434Yonaguni-jima 672

boat travel, see boat cruises, ferry travel

books 718culture 675drinks 709environmental issues 735food 700history 691Japanese people 696

novels 675, 687onsen 728sake 709The Tale of Genji 679travel 675

bovine sumō 416, 547, 646breweries

Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum 321-2

Hokkaidō Brewery 470Kokusen Awamori 671Miyake Sake Brewery Museum

390Nagoya 181Otokoyama Jyōzō 493Saijō 378Sapporo Beer-En 470Takasago Meiji Jyōzō 493

bridgesAkashi Kaikyō Suspension Bridge

327Kappa-bashi 18, 18Kintai-kyō 377Megane-bashi 585Setouchi Shimanami Kaidō

382-3Buddha images 632, 633Buddhism 677, 678, 681, 682budget 20, 699, 709, 740, 763bullet trains, see shinkansenbullfighting 416, 547, 646bunraku 316, 716Burakumin people 697burial mounds 340, 343, 344, 390,

623bus travel 200, 303, 758-9, 761

language 771business hours 742butoh 717

Ccalligraphy 713camellias 735camping 740-1candle-making 550canoeing 486, 545, see also

kayakingCape Toi 623capsule hotels 741-2car travel 759-61

driving licences 759hire 760language 771road rules 760scenic drives 456, 481, 546

carbon offsetting 756cartoons, see animecash 746castella 591

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castles 9, 24, 721, 722Hikone-jō 329, 330, 9Himeji-jō 325Hirado-jō 593Hirosaki-jō 431Hiroshima-jō 369Inuyama-jō 183Iwakuni-jō 378Kanazawa Castle Park 227-8Karatsu-jō 579Kōchi-jō 541Kumamoto-jō 597Marugame-jō 556Matsue-jō 413Matsumae-jō 480Matsumoto-jō 216, 2-3Matsuyama-jō 550-3Nagoya-jō 174Nijō-jō 257-8Obi-jō 623Okayama-jō 385Osaka-jō 304Ōzu-jō 549Shimabara-jō 595Shuri-jō 651Takamatsu-jō 559Tokushima Castle Museum 528Uwajima-jō 547Waki-honjin 221

cathedrals, see churchescaves

Akiyoshi-dō 402Ama-no-Yasukawara 624Dōgashima 149Fugaku Wind Cave 136Narusawa Ice Cave 136Ryūga-dō 541Shōryūdō 647

cell phones 749Central Honshū 45, 169-240, 170

accommodation 169climate 169, 171food 169highlights 170planning information 169travel seasons 169

ceramics 714-15Arita 580-1Bizen 388Hagi 411-12Imari 580Kanazawa 229, 230, 231Karatsu 578-9Kyūshū 578

Naha 651Osaka 305Tokoname 182Yamagata 447

chapels, see churchescherry-blossom viewing 19, 28,

735, 19Hikone-jō 329Kakunodate 439Kyoto 256, 259, 263, 264, 265Tokyo 75, 85Yoshino 345-6

Chichi-jima 166-7Chiiori 538children, travel with 43-4Chiran 615-16Chōfu 407-8Chōkoku-no-Mori 139-41Chōshi-kei Valley Monkey Park 394Christianity 684, 686, 696churches

Catholic Church (Tsuwano) 403Chapel of St Maria 403Hakodate Harisutosu Seikyōkai 478Ōura Catholic Church 587St Francis Xavier Memorial Church

400Urakami Cathedral 583-4

Chūzen-ji Onsen 127-8cinema 705, 719-21, 737

National Film Center 55Yamagata International

Documentary Film Festival 447climate 20, 27-30, see also individual

regionsclimate change 756coffee 710-11comic books 255, 715Confucianism 688conservation 538, 735consulates 743-4coral-grass viewing 511cormorant fishing

Gifu 185Inuyama 184Iwakuni 378Ōzu 549

costs 20, 39, 699, 709, 740, 763courses

cooking 84, 280, 712ikebana 84-5religious trainee programs 446

crafts 230Hokkaidō Folk Arts & Crafts Village

493Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of

Traditional Products & Crafts 229

Japan Folk Crafts Museum 68

Kumamoto Prefectural Traditional Crafts Centre 597

Kurashiki Museum of Folk-craft 391Miyako Messe & Fureai-Kan Kyoto

Museum of Traditional Crafts 269

Miyako Traditional Arts & Crafts Centre 660

Naha City Traditional Arts & Crafts Center 651

Sanuki Folkcraft Museum 559Toyama Municipal Folkcraft Village

223cranes 517credit cards 746, 747cruises, see boat cruisescuisine, see foodculture 694-8currency exchange 21, 747customs regulations 742-3cycling 757

Abashiri 511Kibiji 389-90language 771Marugame 557Shimanami Kaidō 382-3Sōunkyō 508

cycling terminals 741

DDaibutsu (Kamakura) 157, 682Daibutsu (Nara) 17, 242, 334-6, 17Dai-ō Wasabi-Nōjo (wasabi farm) 220Daisen 422Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse 509Daisetsuzan National Park 16, 247,

505-10, 506-7, 16, 247Daishi, Kōbō 538, 540, 557dance 716-17

festivals 359, 401, 403, 454, 530, 610, 623, 624

Dazaifu 576-7deer 337, 657Dejima 584-5depachika 108, 287Dewa Sanzan 444-7disabilities, travellers with 750-1discount cards 743diving, see also snorkelling

Aka-jima 657Iriomote-jima 668-9Miyake-jima 165Southwest Islands 659Yonaguni-jima 671-2Zamami-jima 658

Dōgashima 149-50Dōgo Onsen 551dolphin hunting 737-8dolphin swimming 165, 166

785

INDEX D

-Fdrinks 708-12

beer 64, 470, 471, 709books 709coffee 710-11costs 709language 770sake 321-2, 337, 390, 493, 557-8,

709, 710-11shōchū 612, 709tea 710-12tea ceremony 84, 244, 280, 245

driving, see car travel

EEarth Celebration 29, 454earthquakes 733

Great East Japan Earthquake 2, 424, 435, 674, 736, 748, 752

Great Kantō Earthquake 151, 690Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen 458-9economy 674Edo 142Edo period 685-8Ehime Prefecture 546-56Eihei-ji 239-40electricity 741, 743embassies 743-4emergencies 21

language 770endangered species 735English teaching 753environmental issues 733-5, 737-8

books 735carbon offsetting 756CO emissions 733, 738conservation 538, 735dolphin hunting 737-8endangered species 735nuclear fallout 736, 748recycling 733sustainable travel 538, 734tuna fishing 738whaling 737-8

Erimo-misaki 522-3Esashi 480etiquette 281, 674, 695

‘geisha-spotting’ 732food 704onsen 730restaurant 702

events, see festivalsexchange rates 21, 747

Ffactories

Amo Chinmi Processed Seafoods Company 379

Furano Aisu-miruku Kojō 503

Furano Budō-kajū Kojō 503Furano Chīzu Kojō 503Nagoya factory tours 181

Farm Tomita 503fauna, see animalsferry travel

to/from Japan 409, 498, 756within Japan 396, 636, 757-8

festivals 25, 27-30, 248, 248Akita Kantō Matsuri 440Aoba Matsuri 349Aoi Matsuri 280archery 125, 159, 403, 618arts 22, 85, 397, 454Asano-gawa Enyūkai 231Ashino-ko Kosui Matsuri 138Atsuta Matsuri 175Awa-odori Matsuri 28, 248, 525,

530, 248beer 471Birdman Contest 330Bonbori Matsuri 159candles 349cherry-blossom tunnel 439Come Back Salmon Night 511Daimon-ji Gozan Okuribi 28, 281dance 359, 401, 403, 530, 610,

623, 624deer-antler cutting 337Dekimachi Tennō-sai 175Design Festa 85Doburoku Matsuri 196dogsled races 496Dōsojin Matsuri 212, 218Doyō-yoichi 579dragon-boat races 588, 651drumming 147, 235, 598, 619Earth Celebration 29, 454Enka Taikai 205Erekocha Matsuri 619film 447fire 136, 212, 218, 280, 281, 509,

511, 603fire-walking 375flying 330food 453Furano Wine Festival 504Furukawa Matsuri 195Fuzoku Emaki Parade 221Ganjitsu 85Gion Matsuri 28, 248, 280-1, 401,

248Gojinjō Daikō Nabune Matsuri 235Gokaichō Matsuri 205Golden Week 28Gujō Odori 186-7Hakata Dontaku Matsuri 571Hakata Gion Yamakasa Matsuri 571Hakodate Goryōkaku Matsuri 479

Hakodate Minato Matsuri 479Hakone Daimonji-yaki Matsuri 138Hakone Daimyō Gyoretsu Parade

138Hakozaki-gū Tamatorisai

(Tamaseseri) 570Hanagasa Matsuri 447Hassaku Matsuri 446Heso Matsuri 504Hi-furi Matsuri 603Hikiyama Matsuri 439Hime-no-Miya Matsuri 185Hi-no-kuni Matsuri 598Hi-watari Matsuri 131Hiwatarishiki 375Hokkai Bonodori 471Hokkaidō 471Hyakumangoku Matsuri 231Hyōbaku Matsuri 508ice 508Inuyama Matsuri 183Isle of Fire Festival 610Jangara Matsuri 593Japan Cup Zenkoku Inu-zori

Wakkanai Taikai 496Jidai Matsuri 281kabuki 394Kagatobi Dezomeshiki 231kagura 624Kagura-sai 359Kamakura Matsuri 159Kamiari-sai 418Kangen-sai 375Karatsu Kunchi Matsuri 579Kiku-no-hana Taikai 176Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 29,

310-11, 29Kitsune-bi Matsuri 195Kokiriko Matsuri 198Kotan Matsuri 494Kunchi Matsuri 588Kurama-no-hi Matsuri 30, 281, 30Kurofune Matsuri 147Kyōkoku Hi Matsuri 509lanterns 159, 231, 337, 401Luminarie 322Mantōrō 337Marimo Matsuri 516martial arts 175Matsumoto-jō Sakura Matsuri 218Minato Matsuri 175Miyazaki-jingū Grand Festival 619music 218, 231, 454, 460, 571Nachi-no-Hi Matsuri 354Nada-no-Kenka Matsuri 326Nagahama Hikiyama Matsuri 330Nagoya Matsuri 176Naha Ōzunahiki 653Nebuta Matsuri 28, 427

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festivals continuedNeputa Matsuri 431Niigata Matsuri 452nō 218, 231, 337, 359Nōson Kabuki 394O-Bon (Festival of the Dead) 28Ōdōri Nōryō Gāden 471Ohara Festival 610Okunchi Matsuri 593Omizutori 337Onsen Festival 627Orochon-no-hi 511Oshiro Matsuri 218Osore-zan Taisai 430Ōtsu Dai Hanabi Taikai 328Ōtsu Matsuri 328Peace Memorial Ceremony 370Peiron Dragon Boat Races 588puppets 175, 176, 218Reitai Matsuri 159rock music 460Rōsoku Matsuri 349Ryūkyū-no-Saiten 653Sado-ga-shima 453Sagi Mai Matsuri 403Saidai-ji Eyō 387Saitō Kinen Matsuri 218Sake-no-jin 452salmon 511Sanja Matsuri 85Sapporo Yuki Matsuri 471Seijin-no-hi (Coming-of-Age

Day) 27Sentei Festival 408Setouchi International Art Festival

22, 397Setsubun Matsuri 27, 280Shichi-Go-San (7-5-3 Festival)

30, 30Shika-no-Tsunokiri 337Shimoda Taiko Matsuri 147Shōgatsu 27, 30Shōrei-sai 446Shōrō-nagashi 588snow 471, 494Sogadon-no-Kasayaki 610summer fireworks festivals 29Tagata Hōnen-sai Matsuri 185Taimatsu Matsuri 218Takayama Matsuri 28, 191, 29Takigi Nō 598Takigi Nō Matsuri 218Tanabata Chōchin Matsuri 401Tanabata Matsuri 627

Tenjin Matsuri 218, 310, 442Tōka Ebisu 310Tōshō-gū Autumn Festival 125Tōshō-gū Grand Festival 125tug of war 653Usudaiko dance festival 623Wajima Taisai 235water 596wine 504Yabusame 403, 618Yamagata International

Documentary Film Festival 447Yamayaki 337Yayoi Matsuri 125Yohashira Jinja Matsuri 218Yosakoi Matsuri 543Yoshida no Himatsuri 136Yuki Matsuri 27, 494

films, see cinemafishing, see cormorant fishing, marlin

fishing, tuna fishingflora 735-7food 7, 23, 244-5, 699-712, 7, 244-5

books 700castella 591children 44cooking courses 84, 280, 712costs 699Dai-ō Wasabi-Nōjo (wasabi farm)

220etiquette 702, 704festivals 453fugu 710Hokkaidō cuisine 484internet resources 703, 705izakaya 244, 700, 701, 244-5kaiseki 706-7Kōbe beef 707language 768-9Marukin Soy Sauce Historical

Museum 393Matsue cuisine 416nagashi-sōmen 617Okinawa cuisine 648okonomiyaki 706rāmen 154, 573, 704-5regional specialities 708restaurants 699-708sashimi 244, 702-3, 245shabu-shabu 703Shinshū cuisine 211shokudō 699-700soba 705sukiyaki 703sushi 702-3sweets 244, 707-8, 244tempura 703-4tonkatsu 706udon 705

unagi 705vegetarian travellers 712yakitori 700-1

football (soccer) 176foreign exchange 21, 747Former Japanese Navy Underground

Headquarters 656fugu 710Fuji Go-ko 135-8Fuji-san, see Mt FujiFukuchi Onsen 203Fukui 239Fukui Prefecture 239-40Fukuoka 566-76, 568

climate 563Fukuoka Prefecture 566-78Fukuoka Rekishi no Machi

Kottō-mura 570Fukushima One nuclear powerplant

736, 748Furano 503-5

Ggalleries, see art museums &

galleriesgardens, see parks & gardensGas-san 444-5gasshō-zukuri 190gay travellers 86, 744geisha 229, 279-80, 293, 731-2, 33geisha dances 16, 16geography 733-5geology 733-4Gifu 185-6Gion Matsuri 28, 248, 280-1, 401,

248glass-blowing 482globefish 710Godzilla 693Gokayama 196-9gold leaf 230Gōra 139-41Great Buddha of Nara 17, 242,

334-6, 17Great East Japan Earthquake 2, 424,

435, 674, 736, 748, 752Great Kantō Earthquake 151, 690Grutt Pass 59, 743Gujō-Hachiman 186-7Gunkanjima 589Gunma Prefecture 128-30

Hhabu snakes 645Hachijō-jima 164-5Hagi 409-13, 410Haguro-san 444Haha-jima 167-8

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INDEX H

-Ihaiku 445Hakata rāmen 573Hakkōda-san 429Hakodate 477-81, 478Hakodate-yama 479Hakone 138-43, 140Hakone-machi 142-3Hakone-Yumoto Onsen 138-9Hakuba 213-15, 41Hakusan National Park 239hanami, see cherry-blossom viewingHateruma-jima 671Hattōji 389health 744-5Hearn, Lafcadio 413-14, 417, 597hells (Beppu) 625-7, 629Hida District 187-99Hida-Furukawa 194-5Hideyoshi, Toyotomi 683, 684Higashi Iya 537hiking 23, 247

Aikawa 457Akan National Park 513, 516Asahidake Onsen 507Aso-san 603Chūgoku Shizen Hodō 423Daibutsu 158Daisen 422Daisetsuzan Grand Traverse 509Dewa Sanzan 444-7Hachijō-jima 164Haha-jima 167-8Hakkōda-san 429Hakodate-yama 479Hakuba 213-15Hakusan National Park 239Historical Temple Walk 380Iriomote-jima 668Ishizuchi-san 556Jōnen-dake 220Kaeda Gorge 622Kamakura 159Kamikōchi 201Kirishima-Yaku National Park 614Magome 222Misen 375Miyanoshita 139Mt Fuji 133-4, 136Niseko 486Noto-chō 237Oirase-gawa 433-4Oku-Tama 131Rebun-tō 501Rishiri-tō 498-9safety 502Sandan Gorge 372Senjōgahara Shizen-kenkyu-rō 128Shikotsu-ko 493

Shikotsu-tōya National Park 490-2Shiretoko Traverse 519-20Sōunkyō 508Sōun-zan 141Suzu 237Takao-san 131Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route

224-5Togakushi 209-10Tokachi-dake 510Tsumago 222Tsurugi-san 537Unzen 594Yakushima 639, 641Zaō Onsen 449

Hikone 328-30Hikone-jō 329, 330, 9Himeji 325-7, 326Himeji-jō 325Himiko 676, 677Hirado-jima 592-3Hirara 660-2, 662Hirayu Onsen 203Hirohito 692-3Hirosaki 431-3, 432Hiroshige 714Hiroshima 11, 46, 365-74, 368, 11

accommodation 370-1activities 370climate 364drinking 373festivals 370food 371-3sights 365-70tourist information 374travel to/from 374travel within 374

Hiroshima National Peace Memo-rial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims 365

history 676-93age of courtiers 679-80age of warriors 680-4ancient history 676-9books 691Edo period 685-8Hōjō shōgunate 681-2, 683Meiji Restoration 608, 688-90modern period 693modernisation 687, 688Mongol invasions 681-2Nanjing Massacre 689, 691occupation 692, 693periods 678reunification 684-5seclusion 685-8Taishō period 692Tokugawa shōgunate 685-8

warring states period 683-4Westernisation 687, 688WWI 690WWII 584, 690, 691

hitchhiking 761Hiwasa 538Hōjō shōgunate 681-2, 683Hokkaidō 47, 462-523, 464-5

accommodation 462climate 462food 462, 484highlights 464-5history 463national parks 463onsen 492planning information 462scenic drives 481skiing 486travel seasons 462travel to/from 463travel within 463-6

holidays 748Hongū 355-6Hōryū-ji 340-1Hōshi Onsen 246, 246hot springs, see onsenHotaka 220-1

IIbusuki 616-17ice climbing 486ikebana 84-5Ikeda 522Ikeda-kō 617Ikuchi-jima 382-3Imamura, Shōhei 720Imari 579-80Imperial Palace (Tokyo) 54Ine 362Inno-shima 382insurance 745international money transfers 747internet access 745internet resources 21, see also

individual locationsfood 703, 705onsen 730

Inuyama 183-4, 183Inuyama-jō 183Iō-jima 643Irabu-jima 662-3Iriomote-jima 668-70Irōzaki 149Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum 562Isaniwa-jinja 553Ise 357-60Ise-jingū 358Ise-shima 357

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Ishigaki City 663-8, 667Ishigaki-jima 663-8Ishikawa Prefecture 225-39Ishiyama-dera 328Ishizuchi-san 556Itami, Jūzō 719itineraries 31-8

Kyoto 262Tokyo 63

Itō 143-5Itsukushima-jinja 375, 241Iwaki-san 431Iwakuni 377-9Iwami Ginzan 418-19Iya Valley 535-7, 536izakaya 244, 700, 701, 244-5Izu Archipelago 161-5Izu Peninsula 143-50, 144Izumo 417-18

JJapan Alps 8, 45, 199-204, 8Japanese language 730, 763, 767-74Jinata Onsen 728Jizō-ji 534-5Jo-an Teahouse 183-4Jōgasaki 143-5Jōmon people 676-7J-pop 719

Kkabuki 13, 716, 13

festival 394Kotohira 557Kyoto 293Tokyo 106Uchiko 550

Kaeda 622Kaga Onsen 238-9Kagawa Prefecture 556-62Kagoshima 605-14, 606-7Kagoshima Prefecture 605-17, 637-49kagura 624kaiseki 706-7Kaitei Iseki 671-2Kakunodate 438-9Kamakura 156-60, 156Kamikōchi 18, 199-202, 247, 18, 247Kanaya Onsen 149Kanazawa 225-34, 226-7Kanka Gorge Ropeway 394Kanmon Tunnel 407Kanonji 556

Kansai 46, 300-63, 301accommodation 300climate 300discounts 303food 300highlights 301planning information 300travel seasons 300

Kappa-bashi 18, 18Karatsu 578-9Kasaoka Islands 399Kashihara 343Katsura Rikyū 276Kawabata, Yasunari 718Kawa-yu Onsen (Kansai) 356, 729Kawayu Onsen (Hokkaidō ) 513-15kayaking, see also canoeing

Amami-Ōshima 644Iya Valley 535Miyako-jima 660Niseko 486Shimanto-gawa 546Takegashima 539

Kenroku-en 17, 228-9, 17Kerama deer 657Kerama Islands 657-9Kibiji 389-90Kii Peninsula 346-57, 347Kii-Katsuura 354Kii-Ōshima 353-4Kikuchi, Rinko 68Kinkaku-ji 270, 6Kinosaki 360-2, 729Kintai-kyō 377Kirishima-Yaku National Park 614-15Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri 29, 310-11,

29Kiso Valley 221-3Kiso-Fukushima 222-3kissaten 710Kitano, Takeshi 720Kōbe 319-25, 320Kōbe beef 707Koboke 535-6Kōchi 541-5, 542Kōchi Prefecture 540-6Kōfuku-ji National Treasure Hall 334kofun 340, 343, 344, 390, 623Kō-jima 623kokumin-shukusha 742Kotohira 557-9, 558Kōya-san 14, 346-51, 348, 14Kōzan-ji 408Kūkai 680Kumamoto 596-601, 598Kumamoto Prefecture 596-605Kumamoto-jō 597Kumano Kodō 18, 352, 355, 18

Kume-jima 659Kunisaki Peninsula 632-3Kurama-no-hi Matsuri 30, 281, 30Kurashiki 390-3, 392Kuril Islands 520Kurokawa Onsen 604-5Kurokawa, Kisho 724Kurosawa, Akira 580, 719Kurume 577-8Kusatsu Onsen 128-9Kushimoto 353-4Kushiro 517-18Kushiro Shitsugen National Park 517-18Kussharo-ko 513Kyoto 46, 249-99, 250-1

accommodation 249, 281-5activities 279-80Arashiyama 271-4, 291, 272, 12central Kyoto 255-9, 284, 258climate 249, 252courses 280downtown Kyoto 254-5, 283-4,

286-9, 256drinking 292entertainment 292-4etiquette tips 281festivals 280-1food 249, 286-92Higashiyama 259-69, 284-5, 289-

91, 260, 266-7highlights 250-1history 252internet resources 296itineraries 262Kibune 291-2, 278Kitayama 276-9Kurama 291, 278Kyoto Station Area 252-4, 282-3,

286, 253medical services 296northwest Kyoto 270-1, 270Ōhara 291, 277planning information 249Sagano 271-4, 291, 272shopping 294-6sights 252-79southeast Kyoto 274-5southwest Kyoto 275-6tourist information 297tours 280travel seasons 249travel to/from 297-8travel within 298-9

Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto Gosho) 255-6

Kyūshū 47, 563-633, 564-5accommodation 563climate 563

789

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-Mfood 563highlights 564-5history 566planning information 563travel seasons 563travel to/from 566travel within 566

Kyūshū Ceramic Museum 581

Llacquerware 230, 715lakes

Ashino-ko 142Fuji Go-ko 135-8Ikeda-kō 617Kussharo-ko 513Mashū-ko 513Shikotsu-ko 493Tazawa-ko 435-8Towada-ko 433-5, 434

Lamp no Yado 729language 730, 763, 767-74

Southwest Islands 636left luggage 746legal matters 746legends 148, 205, 240, 388, 551, 625lesbian travellers 86, 744literature 718, see also books

haiku 445Onomichi Literature Museum 380

love hotels 89, 742-9

Mmagazines 741Magome 11, 221-2Maizuru 363Maki, Fumihiko 724Manabe-shima 399manga 255, 715manga kissa 90Manjirō, John 546Mano 456manzai 717maps 746, 760-1marimo 516markets

Ameya-yokochō 113Asa-ichi 237Daichi Makishi Kōsetsu Ichiba 651Dōguya-suji Arcade 307Hakodate Asa-ichi 479Jinya-mae Morning Market 190Karato Ichiba 406Kōbō-san Market 294Miya-gawa Morning Market 190Ni-jō Ichiba 469Nishiki Market 14, 254-5, 14

Ōmichō Market 231Sunday Market (Kōchi) 543Tenjin-san Market 294Tsukiji Fish Market 14, 57-8, 14

marlin fishing 672martial arts 175Marugame 556-7Mashū-ko 513Matsue 413-16, 414Matsue cuisine 416Matsumae 480Matsumoto 216-20, 217Matsumoto-jō 216, 2-3matsuri, see festivalsMatsuyama 550-6, 552Matsuzaki 149-50measures 741medical services 744Meiji Restoration 608, 688-90Memorial Peace Park

(Okinawa-hontō) 655-6Metabolism (architecture) 724Miho Museum 328Mikura-jima 165military bases 657Minakami Onsen 129-30Minamoto, Yoritomo 680-1minority cultures 697minshuku 726Mishima, Yukio 718Mito 130Miyajima 374-7, 376Miyake-jima 165Miyako Islands 660-3, 661Miyako-jima 660-2, 36Miyanoshita 139Miyazaki 617-21, 618Miyazaki, Hayao 720, 721Miyazaki Prefecture 617-25mobile phones 749Mojikō 570Momotarō (the Peach Boy) 388money 20-1, 746-7

discount cards 743Mongols 681-2monkeys

Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama 273-4

Chōshi-kei Valley Monkey Park 394Jigokudani Yaen-kōen 210Kō-jima 623

Moroyose 360Motobu Peninsula 656Moto-Hakone 142-3Motomachi 477-9motorcycle travel 761, see also car

travelrider houses 742

mountain climbingAkita Komaga-take 437Asahi-dake 507Daisen 422Hakuba 214Ishizuchi-san 556Jōnen-dake 220Kaimon-dake 617Kamikōchi 201Mt Fuji 132-3, 134, 135Rishiri-tō 498-9Togakushi 209

mountain huts 742, 498movies, see cinemaMt Fuji 10, 45, 132-8, 132, 10Murakami, Haruki 718Murakami, Ryū 718Murakami, Takashi 715Murasaki, Shikibu 718Muroto-misaki 540-1museum pass (Tokyo) 59, 743museums, see also art museums &

galleriesAbashiri Kangoku Hakubutsukan

511Advertising Museum Tokyo 58Ainu Museum 495Akan Kohan Eco-Museum Centre

516Akarenga Kyōdokan 440Akira Kurosawa Memorial Satellite

Studio 580Anglo-Satsuma Museum 616Aomori-ken Ritsu-bijyutsukan 426Aso Volcano Museum 603Ayamihabiru-kan 671Bashō Kinenkan 449Chidō Hakubutsukan 442Date Museum 547Dejima Museum 584-5Edo-Tokyo Museum 81-2Fukugawa Edo Museum 82Fukuoka City Museum 569Gamadas Dome Mt Unzen Disaster

Memorial Hall 596Gasshō-zukuri Minka-en 196Ghibli Museum 73-4Grutt Pass 59, 743Gun Museum 642Hakata Machiya Furusato-kan 567Hakodate-shi Hoppō-minzoku

Shiryōkan 479Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum

321-2Hida Folk Archaeological Museum

189Hida Furukawa Matsuri Kaikan 195Hihōkan Sex Museum 627Hikawa Maru 152

790

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museums continuedHikiyama Festival Float Exhibition

Hall 579Hirado Christian Museum 593Historical Museum of China 588Hokkaidō Ritsubun-gakukan 469Hokkaido-ritsu Hoppō-minzoku

Hakubutsukan 511Honda Museum 229Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of

History 325Inax Live Museum 182Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum 663Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of

Traditional Products & Crafts 229

Iwami Ginzan Museum 419Japan Folk Crafts Museum 68Japan Rural Toy Museum 390Japan-US Memorial Museum 354Japanese Sword Museum 73Kakunodate Kabazaiku Denshōkan

439Kakunodate Rekishimura

Aoyagi-ke 438-9Kamikaze Peace Museum 616Kanazawa Noh Museum 227Kanazawa Phonograph Museum

229Kawai Kanjirō Memorial Hall 262Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Kinenkan

492-3Kayano Shigeru Ainu Memorial

Museum 495Kaze-no-Yakata 523Kinryō-no-Sato 557-8Kiriko Kaikan 235Kita-ke 234Kitakyūshū Innovation Gallery &

Studio 570Kitakyūshū Kankyō Museum 570Kite Museum 55Kōbe City Museum 321Kōbe Maritime Museum 321Koizumi Yakumo (Lafcadio Hearn)

Memorial Museum 413-14Kurabō Memorial Hall 390Kurashiki Museum of Folk-craft 391Kyoto International Manga

Museum 255Kyoto National Museum 261-2Kyūshū Ceramic Museum 581Kyūshū National Museum 576Marukin Soy Sauce Historical

Museum 393Matsue History Museum 414-15

Matsumoto Timepiece Museum 216-17

Matsūra Historical Museum 593Mazda Museum 370Meguro Parasitological Museum 65Miyajima History & Folklore

Museum 375Miyake Sake Brewery Museum 390Miyako Messe & Fureai-Kan Kyoto

Museum of Traditional Crafts 269

Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature & History 618

Miyazaki Science Centre 618Modern Transportation Museum

304-5Mollusc Mugi Shell Museum 539Morijuku Museum 403Munakata Shikō Kinenkan 426Museum Meiji-mura 184-5Museum of Commerce & Domestic

Life 550Museum of Kyoto 255Museum of Oriental Ceramics 305Museum of the Meiji

Restoration 608Myōzen-ji Folk Museum 197Nagai Takashi Memorial Museum

584Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

582-3Nagasaki City Museum of History &

Folklore 584Nagasaki Museum of History &

Culture 585Nagasaki Traditional Performing

Arts Museum 587Nakamura Memorial Museum 229Nara City Museum of

Photography 336Nara National Museum 334Nara Prefecture Kashihara

Archaeological Museum 343National Film Center 55National Museum of Emerging

Science & Innovation 83National Museum of Ethnology 310National Science Museum 79Nezu Museum 71Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum

495Nihon no Akari Hakubutsukan 210Nikkō Woodcarving Center 123-5Nishijin Textile Center 258Ōhi Pottery Museum 229Okayama Prefectural Museum 385Okhotsk Ryūhyō-kan 511Okinawa Prefectural Museum 651Okinawa Prefectural Peace

Memorial Museum 655-6Onomichi Literature Museum 380

Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses 310

Osaka Museum of History 303Osaka Museum of Housing &

Living 303Peace Memorial Museum

(Hiroshima) 365, 370Reimeikan 608Sado Nōgaku-no-sato 455Saitobaru Archaeological Museum

623Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial

Museum 541Sanuki Folkcraft Museum 559Sapporo Winter Sports Museum

467Satsuma Denshōkan 616Sex Museum (Taga-jinja) 547Shiki Memorial Museum 553Shikoku-mura 562Shimane Museum of Ancient

Izumo 418Shin-Yokohama Rāmen Museum

154Shitamachi Museum 77Shōko Shūseikan 608Showa-kan 76Southern Cross Center 648Space Technology Museum 642Tachiarai Heiwa Kinenkan 577Taikan Bonsai Museum 210Taiko Drum Museum 81Takayama Shōwa-kan 190Takayama Yatai Kaikan 189Takumi-Bunkakan 195Tokushima Castle Museum 528Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of

Photography 64Tokyo National Museum 77Tomo-no-Ura Historical Museum

379Tosa Washi Paper Museum 543Toyohira-gawasake Kagakukan

469Toyota Commemorative Museum of

Industry & Technology 174Treasure Museum 349Tsuboya Pottery Museum 651Uchiwa-no-Minato Museum 557Uenohara Jōmon-no-Mori 615Umekōji Steam Locomotive

Museum 254Umigame-kan 639Yakushima Environment Culture

Village Center 638Yebisu Beer Museum 64Yokohama Archives of History 152Yokohama Port Museum 151Yoron Minzoku-mura 647-8Yukiguni-kan 458-9

791

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-Omusic 718-19

festivals 218, 231, 454, 460, 571sanshin 654Taiko Drum Museum 81

Myōkō Kōgen 460-1myths 148, 205, 240, 388, 551, 625

NNachi 354Naeba 459-60Nagahama 330-1Nagamachi District (Kanazawa) 225-7Nagano 204-9, 208Nagano Prefecture 204-23, 206Nagasaki 581-92, 582, 586, 588Nagasaki Prefecture 581-93nagashi-sōmen 617Nagoya 171-82, 172

accommodation 176-7climate 169drinking 179emergency services 180entertainment 179-80festivals 175-6food 178-9history 171-3medical services 180shopping 180sights 173-5, 181tourist information 180-1travel to/from 181travel within 181-2

Naha 649-55, 652climate 634

Nakamura 546Nakayama Rice Fields 394Nanjing Massacre 689, 691Naoshima 396-9Nara 331-40, 332, 342Nara-kōen 333-6

walking tour 335, 335Naramachi 336-7Narita 160-1Naruto Whirlpools 531national parks 737

Akan National Park 513-17, 514-15Daisetsuzan National Park 16, 247,

505-10, 506-7, 16, 247Hakusan National Park 239Kirishima-Yaku National Park

614-15Kushiro Shitsugen National Park

517-18Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National

Park 498-503, 500-1San-in Coast National Park 422-3Shikotsu-tōya National Park

489-92, 490-1

Shiretoko National Park 518-21Towada-Hachimantai National

Park 433-5Unzen-Amakusa National Park

594-5National Treasures, see also Unesco

World Heritage SitesAnraku-ji 215Inuyama-jō 183Isaniwa-jinja 553Jo-an Teahouse 183-4Kerama deer 657Kōfuku-ji National Treasure Hall

334Kōzan-ji 408Matsumoto-jō 216, 2-3Rurikō-ji 400Shoin 557Tokugawa Art Museum 174Wada-ke 197Zenkō-ji 204-5

Nemuro 520newspapers 741Nichinan-kaigan 623nightingale floors 722Niigata 451-3Niigata Prefecture 450-61, 451Nii-jima 163Nikkō 122-7, 124Niseko 40, 485-9, 41Nishi Iya 537Nishiki Market 14, 254-5, 14Nishimuraya Honkan 730nō 227, 716

festivals 218, 231, 337, 359Kyoto 294Miyajima 375Osaka 316Sado Nōgaku-no-sato 455Tokyo 106

Noboribetsu Onsen 489-91Nobunaga, Oda 684Nokonoshima 570Northern Honshū (Tōhoku) 46,

424-61, 425accommodation 424climate 424food 424Great East Japan Earthquake 2,

424, 435, 674, 693, 736, 748, 752highlights 425history 426planning information 424scenic drives 456skiing 450travel seasons 424

northern Japan Alps 199-204Noshappu-misaki 496Noto Peninsula 234-8, 236

Noto-chō 237-8Noto-kongō Coast 235Nozawa Onsen 212-13, 730nuclear power 736nuclear warfare, see atomic bombing

OŌagata-jinja 185Obi 623Obihiro 521-2Ōboke 535-6Obuse 210Ōe, Kenzaburo 718Ōedo Onsen Monogatari 82, 728Ogasawara Archipelago 13, 165-8, 13Ogi 457Ogimachi 196-8Ohkihama 547Ōita Prefecture 625-33O-jima 240Okayama 382-8, 384Oki Islands 416-17Okichi 148Okinawa cuisine 648Okinawa Prefecture 10, 649-72,

650, 10Okinawa-hontō 47, 649-56Okinoerabu-jima 646-7okonomiyaki 706Oku-no-in cemetery 14, 348-9, 14Oku-Tama 131Ōmi-shima 383Ōmori 419Omote-sandō-dōri 70Ōnin War 684Onomichi 380-1onsen 7, 24, 246, 728-30, 7, 246

Aoni Onsen 433Asahidake Onsen 507-8Asama Onsen 217Beppu 627Bessho Onsen 215-16Bokuden-no-yu 200books 728Chūzen-ji Onsen 127-8Dōgo Onsen 551Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen 458-9etiquette 730festivals 627Fukuchi Onsen 203Hachijō-jima 164Hakone-Yumoto Onsen 138-9Hinomaru Onsen 420Hirauchi Kaichū Onsen 637-8Hirayu Onsen 203Hōshi Onsen 246, 246internet resources 730Iriomote Onsen 668

792

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-P

onsen continuedIzu Peninsula 145Jinata Onsen 728Kaga Onsen 238-9Kagoshima 609Kanaya Onsen 149Kawa-yu Onsen (Kansai) 356, 729Kawayu Onsen (Hokkaidō) 513-15Kinosaki 360-1, 729Kurama Onsen 278Kurokawa Onsen 604-5Kusatsu Onsen 128-9Lamp no Yado 729language 730Minakami Onsen 129-30Motoyu Onsen 419Nii-jima 163Nishimuraya Honkan 730Noboribetsu Onsen 489-91Nozawa Onsen 212-13, 730Nyūtō Onsen 437Ōedo Onsen Monogatari 82, 728Onoaida Onsen 638Ō-shima 162Ōshirakawa Rotemburo 197Rotemburo Shrine 609-10Shikine-jima 164Shin-Hotaka Onsen 203-4Shirahama 352-3, 729Shirahone Onsen 202-3Shirakawa-gō no Yu 197Shiramizu no Yu 197Shuzen-ji Onsen 150Sōunkyō Onsen 508-10Takaragawa Onsen 7, 129-30, 246,

729, 7, 246Takeo Onsen 580-1tattoos 729Tawarayama Onsen 409Tokachi-dake Onsen 510Tottori 422Tōya-ko Onsen 491-2Unzen 594Urami-ga-taki Onsen 729Utsukushi-ga-hara Onsen 217Wakoto Onsen 513Watarase Onsen 356-7Yachigashira Onsen 479Yuda Onsen 401Yudomari Onsen 638Yume-no-yu Onsen 603Yumoto Onsen 128Yunomine Onsen 356Zaō Onsen 449-50

opening hours 742Osaka 15, 302-19, 306, 15

accommodation 311-12activities 302-10Central Osaka 303-5climate 300Dōtombori 15, 305-7, 15drinking 315-16entertainment 316festivals 310-11food 312-15history 302Kita 302-3, 311, 312-13, 315, 304Minami 305-7, 311-12, 313-16, 308Nakano-shima 305shopping 316-17sights 302-10Tempōzan 309-10Tennō-ji 307-8tourist information 317-18travel to/from 318-19travel within 319

Ō-shima 162-3Ōshima, Nagisa 719Ōsumi Islands 637-43Otaru 482-5, 483Ōtomo, Katsuhiro 721Ōtsu 328Ōwakudani 141-2Ōzu 549

Ppainting 713palaces, see also stately homes

& villasImperial Palace (Tokyo) 54Katsura Rikyū 276Kyoto Imperial Palace (Kyoto

Gosho) 255-6Sentō Gosho Palace 256

parks & gardens 23Arashiyama bamboo grove 12,

271, 12Arashiyama Monkey Park

Iwatayama 273-4Atomic Bomb Hypocentre Park 583Chōshi-kei Valley Monkey Park

394Chūō-kōen 528, 567Dōgo-kōen 553Fukushū-en 651Genkyū-en 330Gifu-kōen 185Glover Garden 587, 588Godaisan 541Gyokusen-en 229Hama-rikyū-teien 58Heiwadai-kōen 618

Heiwa-kōen 583Hirosaki-kōen 431Hokudai Shokubutsuen 467Institute for Nature Study 66Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum

562Isui-en 334Jigokudani Yaen-kōen 210Kairaku-en 130Kameyama-kōen 273Kanman-ga-Fuchi Abyss 123Kenroku-en 17, 228-9, 17Kikkō-kōen 378Kitanomaru-kōen 75Kiyosumi-teien 82Kōchi Prefectural Makino Botanical

Gardens 541Kōko-en 325Kōraku-en 383-5Kōzan-kōen 400Kyoto 6Kyoto Botanical Gardens 259Kyoto Imperial Palace Park 256Maruyama-kōen 263Memorial Peace Park

(Okinawa-hontō) 655-6Moerenuma-kōen 470Nara-kōen 333-6, 335Noritake Garden 174Nunobiki Hābu-kōen 321Ōhori-kōen 567Peace Memorial Park (Hiroshima)

11, 365, 11, 692Ritsurin-kōen 559Saitobaru Burial Mounds Park

623Sankei-en 153Sengan-en (Iso-teien) 605-8Senshū-kōen 440Shikina-en 651Shimoda Kōen 146Shinjuku-gyoen 73Shiroyama-kōen 190Shizuki-kōen 410Shōdo-shima Olive Park 393Shukkei-en 369Suizenji-kōen 597Ueno-kōen 77Uraku-en 183-4Yamashita-kōen 151-2Yoshiki-en 334Yoyogi-kōen 71

passports 755Peace Memorial Museum (Hiroshima)

365, 370Peace Memorial Park (Hiroshima) 11,

365, 11, 692Pearl Harbor 691, 693phone cards 749

793

INDEX P

-Spilgrimages 352, 355

88 Temples of Shikoku 531, 534-5, 548, 532-3

Dewa Sanzan 444-5Iwaki-san 431Kumano Kodō 18, 352, 355, 18Shichifukujin Meguri 84

planning 20-1, see also individual regions

budgeting 20calendar of events 27-30children 43-4essential information 20-1highlights 6-19, 23-6, 4-5internet resources 21itineraries 31-8, 63, 262regions 45-7repeat visitors 22ski trips 39-42travel seasons 20, 27-30

plants 735-7plum-blossom viewing 735

Kyoto 256Mito 130

pop art 715pop culture 26population 675, 694-8

decline 698density 734minority cultures 697

porcelain 230postal ATMs 746-7postal services 748pottery, see ceramicspublic holidays 748pufferfish 710

Rradio 741rakugo 106, 716rāmen 154, 573, 704-5Rebun-tō 501-3recycling 733religion 675, 696, see also individual

religionsreligious trainee programs 446

Rendai-ji 149restaurants 699-708, see also

Eating sections for individual locations

rider houses 742Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National

Park 498-503, 500-1Rishiri-tō 498-500river rafting 129, 486, 535rock-music festivals 460Rurikō-ji 400 Russo-Japanese War 689, 691Rusutsu 489

ryokan 8, 725-6, 8Ryōtsu 455Ryōzen-ji 534-5Ryūga-dō 541

SSado-ga-shima 453-8, 454safe travel 21, 748

driving 760hiking 502hitchhiking 761Mt Fuji 134

Saga Prefecture 578-81Saijō 378Saitobaru 623Sakai, Yoshie 715Sakamoto, Ryōma 609sake 337, 390, 493, 557-8, 710-11

books 709Hakutsuru Sake Brewery Museum

321-2Sakurai 344-5Sakurajima 609-10samurai 609, 683, 687, 689

museums 438-9residences 414, 595, 615

Sanbe-san 420sand baths 616sand dunes (Tottori) 420Sandan Gorge 372San-in Coast National Park 422-3sanshin 654Sapporo 47, 466-77, 468

accommodation 471-3activities 470-1climate 462drinking 474-5entertainment 474-5festivals 471food 473-4history 466medical services 475sights 466-70tourist information 475travel to/from 475-6travel within 476-7

sashimi 244, 702-3, 245Sata-misaki 620Satsuma Peninsula 615-17Sawata 455-6seals 496Seikan Tunnel 477senior travellers 743Sensō-ji 80-1, 242, 242Sensui-jima 379sentō, see onsenSentō Gosho Palace 256Setouchi International Art Festival 397

shabu-shabu 703Shichifukujin Meguri 84Shichi-Go-San (7-5-3 Festival) 30, 30Shiga Kōgen 211-12Shiga Prefecture 327-31, 329Shikanoshima 570Shikine-jima 163-4shikki 715Shikoku 47, 524-62, 526-7

88 Temples of Shikoku 531, 534-5, 548, 532-3

accommodation 524climate 524food 524highlights 526-7planning information 524travel seasons 524travel to/from 525travel within 525

Shikotsu-ko 493Shikotsu-tōya National Park 489-92,

490-1Shimabara 595-6, 595Shimabara Peninsula 593-6Shimabara Rebellion 684, 685Shimanami Kaidō 382-3Shimanto-gawa 546Shimoda 145-9, 146Shimoji-jima 662-3Shimokita Peninsula 430Shimonoseki 405-9, 406-7Shingū 354-5Shin-Hotaka Onsen 203-4shinkansen 18, 22, 762, 18Shinohara, Kazuo 724shinryoku 737Shinshū cuisine 211Shintō 688Shiono-misaki 353-4Shirahama 351-3, 729Shirahone Onsen 202-3Shiraishi-jima 399Shirakawa-gō 196-9Shiretoko National Park 518-21shōchū 612, 709shodō 713Shōdo-shima 393-6, 394shōgekijō 717Shoin 557shokudō 699-700shopping 24, see also depachika,

markets, individual locations language 770

shrines 23, 242-3, 242-3, see also temples

Akama-jingū 406Ama-no-Iwato-jinja 624Aso-jinja 603

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shrines continuedAtsuta-jingū 175Fushimi-Inari Taisha 242, 274Futarasan-jinja 123Heian-jingū 269Isaniwa-jinja 553Ise-jingū 358Itsukushima-jinja 375, 241Izumo Taisha 417-18Kamigamo-jinja 259Kashihara-jingū 343Kasuga Taisha 336Kibitsu-jinja 389Kibune-jinja 278Kirishima-jingū 614Kitano Tenman-gū 270Kōshi-byō 588Kumano Hongū Taisha 355Kushida-jinja 567Meiji-jingū 70Miyazaki-jingū 617-18Nachi Taisha 354Nogi-jinja 408Ōagata-jinja 185Osorezan-bodaiji 430Ōyamazumi-jinja 383Shimogamo-jinja 259Shin-Yakushi-ji 336Shōin-jinja 411Sumiyoshi Taisha 308Sumiyoshi-jinja 567Suwa-jinja 585Taga-jinja 547Tagata-jinja 185Taikodani-Inari-jinja 403Takachiho-jinja 624Takinō-jinja 123Tanzan-jinja 344Tenman-gū 576-7Tōshō-gū (Nikkō) 122-3, 242,

242Tōshōgū (Tokyo) 79Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū

157Udo-jingū 622-3Usa-jingū 633Yasaka-jinja 263Yasukuni-jinja 75-6Yoshimizu-jinja 345

shukubō 726-7Shuri District (Okinawa) 651Shuzen-ji Onsen 150silk dyeing 230Sino-Japanese War 689

skiing 13, 25, 39-42, 13, see also snowboarding

costs 39-40Daisen 422equipment 39Furano 42, 503-4GALA Yuzawa 458Hakkōda-san Rōpuwei Kabushiki

Gaishya 429Hakuba 213-15, 41Hakusan National Park 239Happō-one 40Ishizuchi-san 556lessons 42Myōkō Kōgen 460-1Naeba 459-60Niseko 40, 485-6, 41Nozawa Onsen 40, 212-13planning 39-42Rusutsu 489Sanbe-san 420Sapporo 470-1Sapporo Winter Sports Museum

467seasonal work 754Shiga Kōgen 40, 211-12Tazawako-Sukī-Jō 437Togakushi 209Zaō Onsen 449

Sky Tree (Tokyo) 22, 81, 722smoking (Tokyo) 114snakes 645snorkelling, see also diving

Aka-jima 657Amami-Ōshima 644Iriomote-jima 668, 669Ishigaki-jima 664Mikura-jima 165Miyako-jima 660Shimoji-jima 663Tokashiki-jima 658Zamami-jima 658

snow monkeys 210snowboarding, see also skiing

Furano 503-4GALA Yuzawa 458Hakkōda-san Rōpuwei Kabushiki

Gaishya 429Myōkō Kōgen 460-1Naeba 459-60Niseko 485-6Sapporo 470-1Tazawako-Sukī-Jō 437Tsurugi-san 537Zaō Onsen 449

snowshoeingHakuba 214Niseko 486Nozawa Onsen 212

soba 705soccer 176solo travellers 748-9Sōseki, Natsume 718Sotokaifu 458Sōunkyō Onsen 508-10Sōun-zan 141-2Southwest Islands 47, 634-72,

635accommodation 634climate 634, 636food 634highlights 635history 636language 636Okinawa cuisine 648planning information 634travel seasons 634travel to/from 636-7travel within 637

Sōya-misaki 496sport 176, see also baseball, soccer,

sumōstately homes & villas

Buke Yashiki Samurai Residence 414

Bukeyashiki Ishiguro-ke 439Former Hosokawa Gyōbutei

596Jinpū-kaku Villa 420Kikuya House 410Kubota House 410Kumagai Residence 419Kyū-Hakodate Kukōkaidō

478Kyū-Takatori-tei 579Ōhashi House 390Ōkōchi Sansō 273Ōta Residence 379Seison-kaku 229Shimazu-ke villa 608-605Shūgaku-in Rikyū 269

subways 762, see also train travelSuijin 677sukiyaki 703sumō 10, 176, 10

Fukuoka 571Nagoya 175Tokyo 82, 107

surfingIkumi 539, 540Koigaura Beach 623Ohkihama 547Tanegashima 642

sushi 702-3sustainable travel 538, 734

carbon offsetting 756Suzu 237-8sweets 244, 707-8, 244

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TTachiarai 577Tagata-jinja 185Taishō period 692Takachiho 623-5, 624Takachiho-kyō 624Takamatsu 559-62, 560Takamori, Saigō 605Takao-san 130-1Takaragawa Onsen 7, 129-30, 246,

729, 7, 246Takauji, Ashikaga 682, 683Takayama 187-94, 188Takayama Matsuri 28, 191, 29Takeno 360Taketomi-jima 670Tanabe 351Tanegashima 642-3Tange, Kenzō 723Tango Peninsula 362Tateyama caldera 224Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine Route 224-5tattoos 729Tawarayama Onsen 409taxes 747taxis 761-2Tazawa-ko 435-8tea 244, 710-12tea ceremony 244, 245

Kyoto 280Tokyo 84

telephone services 749temples 23, 242-3, 242-3, see also

shrines88 Temples of Shikoku 531, 534-5,

548, 532-3Adashino Nembutsu-ji 273Anraku-ji 215Asuka-dera 344Butsumoku-ji 548Byōdō-in 275Chikurin-ji 541Chion-in 263-4Chōraku-ji 145Chōshō-ji 431Chūren-ji 445-6Daigan-ji 375Daigo-ji 274-5Dainichibō 445-6Daishō-in 375Daitoku-ji 256-7Eihei-ji 239-40Eikan-dō 265Engaku-ji 157, 158Ennō-ji 158Enryaku-ji 269Fuji Sengen-jinja 135Fuki-ji 632

Fukuzenji 379Futago-ji 632Garan 349Ginkaku-ji 268Giō-ji 273Gyokusenji 145-6Hase-dera 158, 344Hida Kokubun-ji 189-90Higashi Hongan-ji 253-4Hōfuku-ji 145Hokkaidō Jingu 469Hōnen-in 265Honmyō-ji 597Hōryū-ji 340-1Hotsumisaki-ji 540Iō-ji 379Ishite-ji 553Ishiyama-dera 328Jakkō-in 276Jingo-ji 279Jinne-in 556Jizō-ji 534-5Jōei-ji 400Jōjakkō-ji 273Kanon-ji 556Kanzeon-ji 577Kenchō-ji 157, 158Kenin-ji 264Kimpusen-ji 345Kinkaku-ji 270, 6Kiyomizu-dera 262-3Kōdai-ji 263Kōfuku-ji 334, 585Kompira-san 557Kōmyōzen-ji 577Kongōbu-ji 349Kongōfuku-ji 546Kōsan-ji 382Kōtō-ji 595Kōzan-ji 408Kurama-dera 277-8Mii-dera 328Murō-ji 344-5Myōjō-ji 235Myōryū-ji 231Myōshin-ji 271Nanzen-ji 264-5Narita-san 578Ninna-ji 271Nishi Hongan-ji 254Nison-in 273Nyoirin-ji 345Oku-no-in 348-9Ōsu Kannon 175Rinnō-ji 122Risshaku-ji 448-9Rurikō-ji 400Ryōan-ji 271

Ryōsen-ji 145Ryōzen-ji 534-5Ryūkō-ji 548Saihō-ji 275Sanjūsangen-dō 261Sanzen-in 276Sengaku-ji 66Sensō-ji 80-1, 242, 242Shitennō-ji 307-8Shōfuku-ji 567, 585Shōhō-ji 185-6Shōren-in 264Sōfuku-ji 585Sōji-ji 235Taiyūin-byō 123Taizō-ji 633Tenryū-ji 273Tōchō-ji 567Tōdai-ji 17, 334-6, 17, 679Tōfuku-ji 274Tō-ji 254Tōkei-ji 158Tōkō-ji 411Tōrin-ji 663-4Tōshōdai-ji 341-3Yakuō-ji 538Yakushi-ji 341Yashima-ji 562Zenkō-ji 204-5Zenpō-ji 442Zenshō-ji 238Zentsū-ji 557

tempura 703-4Tendō 448Tenmyouya, Hisashi 715theatre 716-17theme parks, see also zoos

Cosmo World 151Fuji-Q Highland 135Kōrakuen Amusement Park 74Ocean Expo Park 656Sega Joypolis 83Tokyo Disney Resort 84Toyota Mega Web 83Twenty-Four Eyes Movie Village 393Universal Studios Japan 310

time 749tipping 747Tōdai-ji 17, 334-6, 17, 679Togakushi 209-10tōgyū 416, 547, 646Tohaku, Hasegawa 715Toho network 742Tōhoku, see Northern Honshūtoilets 750Tōjinbō 240Tokachi 521-3Tokachi-dake Onsen 510

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Tokara-rettō 643Tokashiki-jima 658-9Tokoname 182Tokugawa Art Museum 174Tokugawa, Ieyasu 684, 685Tokugawa Mausoleum 349Tokugawa shōgunate 685-8Tokunoshima 646Tokushima 525-31, 528Tokushima Prefecture 525-40Tokyo 17, 45, 50-118, 52-3, 17, 33

accommodation 50, 86-91activities 51-84Akihabara 76, 99-100, 112-13Asakusa 80-2, 90-1, 100, 104,

113, 80climate 50courses 84-5drinking 101-4Ebisu 64, 88, 94-5, 102, 109-10, 65emergency services 114entertainment 76, 104-7festivals 85food 50, 91-100gay & lesbian travellers 86Ginza 55-8, 86-7, 91-3, 101, 107-9,

56Harajuku 68-71, 97-8, 103, 110-

12, 69highlights 52-3history 51Ikebukuro 74-6, 88-9, 99, 104, 112internet resources 59, 85, 87, 92,

101, 115, 116itineraries 63Marunouchi 54-5, 86-7, 91-3, 101,

107-9, 56medical services 114Meguro 64-6, 88, 94-5, 102,

109-10, 65Odaiba 82-4, 114, 83planning information 50Roppongi 58-64, 87-8, 93-4, 60-1Shibuya 66-8, 88, 96, 102-3, 110, 67Shinagawa 66, 95-6Shinjuku 71-3, 88, 98-9, 103-4,

112, 72, 33Shirokane 66, 95-6shopping 17, 107-14, 17sights 51-84Tokyo Bay Area 82-4, 114, 83tourist information 115tours 85travel seasons 50

travel to/from 115-16travel within 116-18Ueno 89-90, 100, 113, 78West Tokyo 73-4

Tokyo International Forum 54, 9Tokyo Sky Tree 22, 81, 722tombs 340, 343, 344, 390, 623Tomo-no-ura 379-80tonkatsu 706Tōshō-gū 122-3, 242, 242Tōshōdai-ji 341-3Tottori 420-2, 421Tottori-sakyū (The Dunes) 420tourist information 750tours 750, see also boat cruises,

walking tours, individual locationsNagoya factory tours 181

Towada-ko 433-5, 434Tōya-ko Onsen 491-2Toyama 223-4Toyama Municipal Folkcraft Village

223Toyama Prefecture 223-5Towada-Hachimantai National Park

433-5train travel 303

costs 763language 763, 771rail passes 763-5reservations 765-6schedules 765shinkansen 18, 22, 762, 18subways 762to/from Japan 756Trans-Siberian Railway 756within Japan 762-6

trams 762Trans-Siberian Railway 756travel to/from Japan 755-6travel within Japan 756-66trekking, see hikingTsukiji Fish Market 14, 57-8, 14Tsumago 11, 221-2Tsumago-Magome Hike 11tsunami 2, 424, 435, 674, 733, 736,

752Tsuruga 240Tsurugi-san 537Tsuruoka 442-4Tsuwano 402-5, 404tuna fishing 738turtles 639, 640

UUchiko 550Udo-jingū 622-3udon 705Uenohara Jōmon-no-Mori 615

ukiyo-e 210, 217, 713-14, 687unagi 705Unesco World Heritage Sites, see also

National TreasuresAinokura 198Atomic Bomb Dome (Hiroshima)

365Byōdō-in 275Daibutsu (Great Buddha) 17, 242,

334-6, 17Daigo-ji 274-5Enryaku-ji 269Ginkaku-ji 268Iwami Ginzan 418-19Kamigamo-jinja 259Kinkaku-ji 270Kiyomizu-dera 262-3Kōzan-ji 279Kumano Kodō 18, 352, 355, 18Kyoto 279Miyajima 374-7Nijō-jō 257-8Nikkō 122Ninna-ji 271Nishi Hongan-ji 254Ogimachi 196-8Ryōan-ji 271Saihō-ji 275Shimogamo-jinja 259Shiretoko National Park 518-21Suganuma 198Tenryū-ji 273Tō-ji 254Ujigami-jinja 275Yakushima 15, 637-42, 638, 15, 36

Unzen 594-5Unzen-Amakusa National Park

594-5Urami-ga-taki Onsen 729US military bases 657Usa 632Usuki 632Utada, Hikaru 719Uwajima 547-9, 548

Vvacations 748vegetarian travellers 712video systems 741vine bridges 535visas 751, see also passportsvisual arts 713-15, see also individual

artsvolcanoes

Asahi-dake 507, 509Aso-san 601-4Daisen 422Eniwa-dake 493

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-ZHachijō-Fuji 164Iwaki-san 431Kasa-yama 411Me-Akan-dake 516Mihara-san 162Mihara-yama 164Mt Fuji 10, 45, 132-8, 132, 10Ōwakudani 141-2O-yama 165Sakurajima 609-10Sanbe-san 420Shōwa-Shin-zan 492Tarumae-zan 493Tokachi-dake 509Unzen-dake 593Usu-zan 492Yufu-dake 631

volunteering 752

Wwabi-sabi 714Wada-ke 197wagashi, see sweetsWajima 235-7Wakkanai 496-8walking, see hikingwalking tours

Kyoto 280Nara-kōen 335, 335Tokyo 85

Watarase Onsen 356-7waterfalls

Biwa-no-taki 537Ginga-no-taki 508Kegon-no-taki 127Nachi-no-taki 354Ōko-no-taki 639Pinaisāra-no-taki 668Ryūsei-no-taki 508Takachiho-kyō 624

wax-making 550weather 20, 27-30, see also individual

regionswebsites, see internet resourcesweights 741West Noto Coast 234-5Western Honshū 46, 364-423,

366-7accommodation 364climate 364food 364highlights 366-7planning information 364travel seasons 364

whale-watchingAka-jima 657Chichi-jima 166Kuroshio-machi 545Ogasawara Archipelago 166Zamami-jima 658

whaling 737-8white-water rafting 129, 486, 535wi-fi 745wildlife 735-7wildlife-watching 496, see also

birdwatching, whale-watchingwine 504wineries

Furano Wine Kojō 503Wain-jō 522

wisteria 535, 737women in Japan 698women travellers 752woodblock prints, see ukiyo-ewoodcarving 123-5work 753-4

visas 751World Heritage Sites, see Unesco

World Heritage SitesWWI 690WWII 584, 690, 691

YYaeyama Islands 663-72, 664-5Yahata 570yakitori 700-1Yakushi-ji 341Yakushima 15, 637-42, 638, 15, 36yaku-sugi 637, 639Yamadera 448-9Yamagata 447Yamagata Prefecture 442-50, 443Yamaguchi 399-402, 400Yamato dynasty 677-9, 692Yamato-Yagi 343Yashima 562Yawatahama 549Yayoi people 676, 677Yobuko 580Yojiro, Takita 720Yōkaichi 550Yokohama 151-5, 152Yonaguni-jima 671-2Yonezawa 448Yoron-tō 647-9Yoshimoto, Banana 718Yoshino 345-6Yudanaka 210-11Yudono-san 445Yufuin 631-2Yumoto Onsen 128Yunomine Onsen 356Yunotsu 419-20

ZZamami-jima 658Zaō Onsen 449-50Zenkō-ji 204-5Zenkō-ji legends 205Zentsū-ji 557zoos

Asahiyama Dōbutsukan 493-4Ueno Zoo 79

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