Twenty reasons to visit Tokyo
No one mixes tradition with off-the-wall quirkiness quite like the Japanese.
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One day three ways: Osaka
See the 'floating garden observatory' on the upper floors of the Umeda Sky Building.
Tokyo nightlife: Night visions after dark
Ben Groundwater steps out in Japan's capital after dark and is drawn into an amazing whirl.
One day three ways: Kyoto
Kyoto is a joy to walk around and its beautifully presented streets many temples don't cost a yen.
Six of the best: Japanese onsens
It's a real joy to bathe outside here on a sunny autumn day, surrounded by the falling red and gold leaves.
Tokyo's first hotel skyscraper
The 47-storey Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku is a standout.
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Sublimely unique, Japan is beautiful, warm and inviting. This archipelago of islands, also known as the "Land of the Rising Sun", is meeting point between traditional and contemporary. With an abundance of cultural wonders from The Golden Pavilion to Nijo Castle; natural wonders from Mount Fuji to snow onsens; and modern pow-wows of high-rises, malls and restaurants.
