41. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Japan Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated northwest of the Pacific Ocean and east of http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08297a.htm

Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... J > Japan Japan Area and population Japan, called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), is situated north-west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic Honshiu or Hondo , Kinsui, Shikoku Hokkaido (Yezo), Taiwan or Formosa, and the southern part of Karafu (Sakhalin). There are besides about six hundred small islands, among which Sado , Oki, Tsushima , Iki, Awaji, and the four archipelagos of the Pescadores , Chishima (Kuriles), Ogasawara, Shima (Bonin), and Okinawa (Riu-kin) deserve mention. The word Japan is the collective name of the whole territory, exclusive of Formosa and Karafuto. The total area amounts to 162,655 sq. miles. On 31 March, 1908, the total population of Japan was 49,092,000 inhabitants; that of Formosa 3,155,005; and that of the Ainus (aborigines) 17,632. The population is divided according to castes into the Kwazoku (nobles), heads of families , 902; members of families , about 4600; Shizoku (former knights or Samurai), heads of

42. Prologue Ric Getter s personal memoir of a two-week trip to Japan, his wife s homeland. http://www.rgetter.com/japan/

HOME Prologue April 8 April 9 ... Resources Prologue A fisherman enjoys a solitary moment at a park in Ayabe, a rural corner of Kyoto prefecture. When we returned home from Japan, it was my intention to jot down some notes about the trip to help preserve the memory of the journey that I enjoyed so much. As we rode home from the airport in the dilapidated taxi, looking out at the rows of beige, soulless stucco bunkers and litter-lined highways of Silicon Valley, I realized that my heart had remained behind on the other side of the Pacific. That night, in spite of the fatigue of a twenty-two hour, dateline-crossing journey, I sat down to write. A strange thing began to happen as I did. I discovered that my writing was letting me return to Japan and relive, moment by moment, my memories of the people, the places and the experiences that had become so dear to me. Each night, for over six weeks, I returned to this journal and the notes evolved into a story and the story became a memoir and commentary on a country that I had suddenly grown to love. I found myself researching details and background information and reaching for the right words to describe a culture that offered so much to learn from. The result is a site that too large for anyone to digest in a single sitting. But it is hopefully designed in a way that can be consumed easily in a series of visits.

43. Japan Travel Information And Travel Guide - Lonely Planet When you hear the word 'Japan', what do you think of? Does your mind fill with images of ancient temples or futuristic cities? Do you see visions of mistshrouded hills or http://www.lonelyplanet.com/japan

44. Wayward Random || Japan Trip Details one person s first visit to Japan for two weeks in 1998. Includes a detailed journal and many photos. http://www.kristi.net/japan/

On May 29 - June 13th, I took my very first trip overseas, to Japan. I went to visit friends that I met 5-7 years ago while they were exchange students at my high school. I've been dreaming about going to Japan for all those years... and I finally made it. I decided to put my journal of the trip on the web for 2 reasons. One - I wanted to share my experience with anyone out there who might be wondering what it's like to visit a foreign country. And two - I wanted to keep a detailed journal for myself.. and I knew the only way I'd do that was if I promised to post it on my web site ahead of time. That way, I had several people out there counting on me to write this thing.. not just myself. I couldn't let them down. So here it is. I hope you enjoy reading about my trip as much as I enjoyed experiencing it. I'd love any feedback, questions, or suggestions on how to make this site easier to get around, so please email me! January 2001 UPDATE Click here to read about the Sequel to my Japan travelogue! May/June 1998 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat Day before departure Leave for Japan ... Arrive in Fukuoka,

45. Japan - Wiki Travel Guide - Travellerspoint Open source, wiki travel guide to Japan with information, photos, activities, maps, travel tips and more. Make money by contributing your knowledge of Japan and help others. http://www.travellerspoint.com/guide/Japan/

46. Japan -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeastsouthwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300531/Japan

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47. Oniko Goes To Japan! Includes Japan travel diary detailing travel to Tokyo, Mt. Fuji, Yamagata, and Saigoku (Kansai). http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/japan/

A Note to Prospective Advertisors... Please Click Here! Introduction The Travel Diaries Survival Guide ... Links Hello and Welcome! I'm 'Oniko' , and this website features the diaries from my annual trips to Japan... it lets me share my adventures with friends and family, and I figured there might be a few others out there, perhaps like you, who would find this page both fun and useful. Planning a trip to Japan, or just want to find out more? Then you're in the right place! In my Introduction , you can find out more about me and this site; in The Travel Diaries are the day by day accounts of my trips, with all the little lessons I learned and the amazing sights I saw; the Survival Guide is a list of the important bits of info that travelers in Japan should probably know (and most that I learned the hard way); Manga, Manga! covers topics related to one of the main reasons I travel to Japan - Japanese Comic Books! ; the pages let you find what you want, as well as provides a glossary and a bibliography for the site; is a variety of odd-ball things I've run across in my travels; and, finally, the

48. Geography And Map Of Japan Geography and maps of Japan. home page Japan treaty of kanagawa formosa taiwan cia factbook sakhalin island http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcjapan.htm

zWASL=1;zGRH=1 zJs=10 zJs=11 zJs=12 zJs=13 zc(5,'jsc',zJs,9999999,'') zDO=0 Home Education Geography Geography Search Geography What Is Geography? Maps Share w(x2+zWl+'?p=1" zT="18/1[N" rel="nofollow">Print') See More About: japan asia More Japan Information CIA Factbook ... Geography Home Page Japan Introduction Japan Background: Geography Japan Location: Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula Geographic coordinates: 36 00 N, 138 00 E Map references: Asia Area: total: 377,835 sq km land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) Area - comparative: slightly smaller than California Land boundaries: km Coastline: 29,751 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm; between 3 nm and 12 nm in the international straits - La Perouse or Soya, Tsugaru, Osumi, and Eastern and Western Channels of the Korea or Tsushima Strait contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Climate: varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north Terrain: mostly rugged and mountainous Elevation extremes: lowest point: Hachiro-gata -4 m highest point: Mount Fuji 3,776 m

49. A Short Trip To Japan By Internet Weekly Lynn Larrow describes her trip to Kyoto, Nara and Tokyo in detail. http://home.pacbell.net/ldl/japan/japan.html

A Short Trip To Japan by Internet Weekly The Shinto shrine above is one from a picture I took through the crystal clear glass window of a Sunrise tour bus . It was not part of the tour, but its simple beauty appealed to me. In Kyoto , there are over 1600 Buddhist temples and 400 Shinto shrines! For a student of Eastern Philosophy, e.g., Taoism and Zen Buddhism, Kyoto was truly a Disneyland for the Mind. I have always been fascinated with Japanese history and culture: art, haiku, Geishas, Akira Kurosawa , Godzilla, and Japanese Animation ( Anime ). My first exposure to Japanese Culture was through the Hollywood satire " Teahouse of the August Moon ", which I saw when I was very young with mother. I didn't realize it at the time, but the original author, Vernon J. Sneider is from my hometown of Monroe, MI , which is probably why we went to see it in the first place. Although I was not impressed with Glenn Ford, I was struck even back then by the delicate beauty of a traditional Japanese woman in kimono. When I was in college, I worked in a vegetarian restaurant where I became hooked on such Japanese delicacies as miso soup tamari Udon noodles, tempura and

50. Japan | Define Japan At Dictionary.com –noun 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Japan

51. Millard North Japanese Trip 1998 Daily journal and photos from teen s trip to Japan. http://www.dreamingpoint.com/journals/japan1998/

[Picture Journal] [Thumbnail Gallery] [Biographies] Questions? Want to chat about the trip or the page? E-mail Andy at andy m at dreamingpoint dot com , (no spaces, convert to normal email address) For other sites by Andy McAllister, visit http://design.dreamingpoint.com

52. Japan Travel Guide | Frommer's Travel Guides Plan your Japan vacation with the Frommer's comprehensive Japan travel guide. The travel guide includes information about hotels, restaurants, attractions, shopping and http://www.frommers.com/destinations/japan/

53. Travel Journal: Japan April 2002 Details of a twelve day trip across much of Japan. http://www.ryanthiessen.com/travel/japan2002/journal.html

Travel Journal: Japan April 2002 Other travels More pictures from this trip Day 1 – Arrivals We went out to a restaurant with a bunch of Pete's co-workers, where I had a pizza and sashimi and Japanese beer. After a while I got quite tired and we headed back to Pete's place. After a long and busy day, it was great to finally get there and relax, I think it took me about 2 minutes to fall completely asleep. Day 2 – Exploring Tokyo The keep and moat at the imperial palace In the morning we went to "mister donut" and bombed around Tokyo where Pete finished some items for work. After all that, we went to the Imperial Palace of Tokyo and visited the Imperial Gardens. They were really nice, but I was disappointed that we didn't get explore much of the palace because it is blocked off to the general public. I found it quite interesting that there was no imposing main entrance like in European fortresses.

54. Japan Guide -- National Geographic A guide to Japan with articles, photos, facts, videos, and news from National Geographic. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/japan-guide/

55. Jan Does Japan - Travel Stories And Pictures From Japan Details of various trips within Japan including Okinawa, Izu-hanto, Matsushima and Fukuoka. http://www.janhoo.com/japan.html

Japan Travel Menu - Part 1 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Nagasaki, July, 2008 Nagasaki is a surprisingly beautiful city. While it is true that the architecture is not that different from most other Japanese cities (i.e. mainly concrete and random buildings), the location of the city is fantastic. Recommend Book From Amazon.com Gunkanjima, July, 2008 Discovering Gunkanjima was probably the most interesting part of our visit to Nagasaki, thus I have decided to add a separate gallery just from Gunkanjima. Hopefully one day I will be able to step foot on the island. Enjoy! Recommend Book From Amazon.com Okinawa, December-January, 2007/2008 A visit to the main island of Okinawa, including sights such as Camp Zanpa, Cape Manza, Cape Hedo, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Himeyurui-no-to museum, Mabuni hill, Shuri-jo castle, and other famous attractions. Recommend Book From Amazon.com Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Presented by Boots 4 You Outlet 4 Bags Janhoo Blog and Janhoo.com

56. Official Tourism Guide For Japan Travel Which of the Offthe-beaten-track tour would you like to experience? http://www.japantravelinfo.com/top/index.php

57. Birdwatching Trip Report - Japan - February - March 2002 - Surfbirds.com Report from a birdwatching trip to Japan in early 2002. http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/trips/japan/japan-0402-ba.html

For birders all over the world EMAIL THIS PAGE TO PALS Surfbirds Home More reports for this region Japan "from palm-trees to pack-ice" a report from a trip to Japan in February/March 2002 by Introduction Following sites/areas were visited: Honshu: Osaka - Kyoto - Kiso River; Naka-Karuizawa; Tokyo with Yoyogi Park, Yatsu Higata and Funabashi; Omigawa (Tonegawa) Kyushu: Arasaki; Yatsushiro mudflats; Kadogawa harbour Hokkaido: Nemuro Peninsula with Lake Furen, Nosappu Misaki, Ochiishi Misaki and Kiritappu; Area north of Kushiro with Setsurigawa, Tanch-no-Sato, etc Itinerary Feb 20th: Left Stockholm vith KLM flight via Amsterdam to Osaka Kansai international airport, where we arrived the following morning. Feb 21st: Upon arrival at Osaka at 9.00 we were met by the local birder Koji Tagi, who swiftly put us in his car and drove north through Osaka. Started birding around lunch-time at a site near Kawanishi City looking for Solitary Snipe, which unfortunately was not at home. Birded a few sites north of Osaka, the best being a small lake at Ikejiri at Kameoka City where we saw our first Falcated Ducks. The day ended at Mount Myoken for some forest birds. Night at Ibaraki Central Hotel in Osaka. Feb 22nd: Early start for the 2.5 hours drive to Kawashima Bridge at Kiso River in order to look for the Scaly-sided Merganser that had been present for more than a week. Spent several hours searching for the bird and then learned that it had not been seen for the last three days. We saw some other good birds though, like Grey-headed Lapwing, Long-billed Plover and Chinese Bamboo-Partridge, the latter introduced though. After some scrubland birding we drove towards Nagoya and looked for Baikal Teals at Tatsuta Bridge at Kiso River. Among the large flocks of ducks we quickly located good numbers of the teal. From here we drove past Kisen Dam without seeing the hoped for Crested Kingfisher. We were better off with the big flocks of corvids near Ogura, near Kyoto, where we found several Daurian Jackdaws including a couple of adult "pied" birds. We hurried back to Osaka in order to take the limousine bus to the airport for our flight to Kyushu.

58. Asia Times Online :: Japan News And Japanese Business And Economy Asia Times Online. The Asia News Hub providing the latest news and analysis regarding economics, events and trends in business, economy and politics throughout Asia. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan.html

59. Jg's Japan Trip Report John Greene visits Japan to see seven Phish concerts in 2000. http://www.johngreene.org/japan.html

Hey everyone... thanks for clicking... On June 7, 2000, Heather, Rob, and I flew to Tokyo, Japan to see 7 Phish shows in 8 days. Nine days later (after the shows), Rob came back, while Heather and I stayed in AsiaPac for another 12 days. I did some work, she did some exploring. Here is my report of the first 8 days... typos and all... Update: Rob and I scanned a boatload of pictures. There are inline-links throughout this page to about half of them. When you click a link, the picture will display in another window. Subsequent clicks will direct images to the same window, so leave it open for best results. If you'd rather just look at the pictures, you can browse the entire picture directory . Otherwise, scroll down, read, click, and enjoy. This site recently moved to my home linux machine (johngreene.org) and should be a little faster than UMass site. All setlists courtesy of Dan Hantman's PHISH-INFO mailing list. jg (July 8, 2000) Part 1 Phish tour Japan 2000 Until a month ago, I'd never been farther west than California. Hell, I didn't manage to get to Europe until last summer. Suffice to say, I didn't consider myself much of a traveller. Well, all that changed on June 7th when we boarded United Airlines Flight 853 to Tokyo, Japan. It didn't really hit me until we were actually on the plane and the video screen showed our flight trajectory. Not 24 hours before, I was working the BEA booth at JavaOne and trying to tie up a dozen loose ends at work. But then it really hit me. We were about to fly for 11 hours over the pacific...

60. Japan - Definition And More From The Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition of word from the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/japan

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