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Japan consists of eight regions. Each with their own unique flavors that together make up a captivating country.

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Otaru Art Base

Otaru Art Base

The Otaru Art Base is not just an assembly of museums; it showcases Otaru’s significant history and cultural development.

Sakurayama Shrine

Sakurayama Shrine

Sakurayama Shrine is considered a spiritual ‘power spot’, and visitors come from far and wide to seek protective blessings.

Iwate Museum of Art

Iwate Museum of Art

Standing in the center of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, the Iwate Museum of Art celebrates the region’s most illustrious artists.

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Discover the Different Regions of Japan

Gokayama village in Toyama prefecture, Chubu region

Chubu

Most tourists will only glimpse the region as a blur through a bullet train window; Chubu, though, deserves your attention.

A camel looking out over the Tottori sand dunes

Chugoku

Bordered by the more famous regions of Kansai and Kyushu is one of Japan’s most beautiful gardens, the country’s oldest shrine and ever-changing sand dunes.

Hokkaido Asahikawa City

Hokkaido

It’s a whole new world on the northern island of Hokkaido.

Illuminated autumn leaves at Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto, Kansai

Kansai

For centuries, Kansai has been the cultural heartland of Japan.

Kanto Region

Kanto

Most people will come to Kanto for Tokyo but the region has other talents that are well worth setting aside some time to explore.

Kyushu's Mount Aso, Kyushu Japan

Kyushu

Kyushu is one of Japan’s four main islands and by far it’s most underrated.

Shisa and Okinawa

Okinawa

Discover white sandy beaches, crystal blue waters, wild jungles, and centuries of unique native traditions.

OnomichiKurushima kaikyo bridge in Ehime, Japan.

Shikoku

Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s five main islands, is a hidden gem of history and spirituality.

Tohoku

Japan’s most poetic landscape.

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