JAPAN TRAVEL

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href="sapporo.htm"><strong>Sapporo</strong></a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=3072">Susukino</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2859">Wakkanai</a><br> <br> <b><i><a href="tohoku.htm">TOHOKU</a></i></b><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=3077">Aizu Wakamatsu</a><br> <a href="akita.htm">Akita</a><br> <a href="aomori.htm">Aomori</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2822">Fukushima</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2832">Hachinohe</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=3081">Hiraizumi</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2833">Hirosaki</a><br> <a href="matsushima.htm">Matsushima</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2737">Morioka</a><br> <a href="sendai.htm"><strong>Sendai</strong></a><br> <a href="yamagata.htm">Yamagata</a><br> <br> <b><i><a href="kanto.htm">KANTO</a></i></b><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/chiba.htm">Chiba</a><br> <a href="hakone.htm">Hakone</a><br> <a href="kamakura.htm">Kamakura</a><br> <a href="mito.htm">Mito</a><br> <a 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href="japan.php?poi_id=3075">Kotohira</a><br> <a href="matsuyama.htm">Matsuyama</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2746">Naoshima</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2761">Naruto</a><br> <a href="takamatsu.htm">Takamatsu</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2753">Tokushima</a><br> <br> <b><i><a href="kyushu.htm">KYUSHU</a></i></b><br> <a href="beppu.htm">Beppu</a><br> <a href="fukuoka_dazaifu.htm">Dazaifu</a><br> <a href="fukuoka.htm"><strong>Fukuoka</strong></a><br> <a href="kagoshima.htm">Kagoshima</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2843">Kanda</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2884">Kirishima</a><br> <a href="kitakyushu.htm">Kitakyushu</a><br> <a href="kumamoto.htm">Kumamoto</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2865">Miyazaki</a><br> <a href="nagasaki.htm"><strong>Nagasaki</strong></a><br> <a href="oita.htm">Oita</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2881">Saga</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=66">Tosu</a><br> <a href="japan.php?poi_id=2862">Yufuin</a><br> <br> <i><b><a href="okinawa.htm">OKINAWA</a></b></i><br> <a href="okinawa_naha.htm">Naha</a><br> <br> <a href="japanese_prefectures_list.htm"><strong>JAPANESE PREFECTURES</strong></a><br> </p> <p class="MenuSmallOn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/">JAPANESE TOPICS</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/culture/culture.html">Japanese Culture</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japan_picture/">Japan Pictures</a><br> <a href="map_of_japan.html">Japan Map</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_friends/japanese_dating.htm">Japanese Dating</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_friends/japanese_girls.html">Japanese Girls</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanforum/">Japan Forum</a><br> <a 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align="center"><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japan/japan_city.htm">JAPAN TRAVEL - CITY</a></h2> <p align="center"><font size="2">Click on your city of interest.</font><p> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/japan_map_cities.gif" width="240" height="256" usemap="#FPMap0"></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" valign="top" bordercolor="#C0C0C0"> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japan_picture/"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japan_picture/albums/userpics/travel/normal_DSC05806.jpg" width="235" height="312" align="left" alt="Japan Pictures"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-style:none; border-width:medium; " colspan="2" bgcolor="#87C2C2"> <h4 align="center"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> JAPAN TRAVEL TOOLS<br> </font></b></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top"> <h3><a href="map_of_japan.html">MAP OF JAPAN</a></h3> <p><font size="2"><a href="japan_map.html"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/japan_map_tohoku_small.png" width="93" height="117" alt="Japan Map" align="left"></a>Maps of Japan including by Japan city, Japan regions, political and Japan islands</font><p> </td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top"> <h3><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="japan_rail_pass.htm">JAPAN RAIL PASS</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="japan_rail_pass.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/DSC05924_tiny.jpg" width="120" height="106" align="left" alt="Japan Rail Pass"></a><font size="2">Save Big $$ on rail travel around Japan and make your trip more enjoyable with a Japan Rail Pass.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" valign="top"> <h3><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanforum/japan-travel-f5.html">JAPAN TRAVEL FORUM</a></h3> <p class="MenuSmallOn" align="left"> <font size="2">Do you have questions about travelling to Japan that you can't find the answers to? Ask them on our Japan travel forum.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" valign="top"> <h3> <b><font size="2"> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_language/japanese_phrase_basic.htm">JAPAN TRAVEL PHRASE BOOK</a></font></b></h3> <p> <font size="2"><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japanese_language/japanese_phrase_basic.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/MCj00788600000[1].gif" width="120" height="76" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Phrase Book"></a>It is always handy to know some basic Japanese phrases even if you are on an organised tour to Japan.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left:1px none #C0C0C0; border-right:medium none #808080; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" colspan="2" bgcolor="#87C2C2"> <h4 align="center"> <a href="japan_itinerary.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font size="4" color="#FFFFFF"> JAPAN TRAVEL ITINERARIES</font></a></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left:1px none #C0C0C0; border-right:medium none #808080; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <font size="2">To help plan your trip to Japan we have put together some sample itineraries including:</font><ul> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_itinerary_one_day.htm">Tokyo Itinerary - One Day</a></font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_itinerary_5_day.htm">Tokyo Itinerary - 5 Day</a></font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="japan_itinerary_7_day.htm">Tokyo/Japan Itinerary - 7 Day</a></font></li> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a href="japan_itinerary_14_days.htm">Japan Itinerary - 14 Day - Tokyo, Mt Fuji, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima</a></font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-style:none; border-width:medium; " colspan="2" bgcolor="#87C2C2" bordercolor="#000000"> <h4 align="center"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4">JAPAN TRAVEL FEATURES<br> </font></b></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top"> <h3><a href="map_of_japan_regions.html">TRAVEL JAPAN - REGIONS</a></h3> <p><font size="2"><a href="map_of_japan_regions.html"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/japan_map_tohoku_small.png" width="93" height="117" alt="Travel Japan Map" align="left"></a>Discover the whole of Japan - detailed information on all the regions of Japan.</font><p> </td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="bullet_train.htm">BULLET TRAIN</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="bullet_train.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/DSC05924_tiny.jpg" width="120" height="106" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Bullet Train"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Known in Japan as the Shinkansen, no trip to Japan would really complete without a trip on this high speed train.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" valign="top"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="japan_temples.html">JAPAN TEMPLES</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="japan_temples.html"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/kyoto_DSC05806_small.jpg" width="84" height="109" align="left" alt="TRAVEL JAPAN TEMPLES"></a><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Guide to Japan Temples including detailed guides to <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_temples.html">Tokyo Temples</a> and <a href="kyoto_temple.htm">Kyoto Temples</a>.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: medium" valign="top"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="ski_japan.htm">SKI JAPAN</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="ski_japan.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/niseko_grand_hirafu_lift_ticket_small.jpg" width="120" height="107" align="left" alt="Ski Japan"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Japan has some of the best ski resorts in the world and some with the best deep powder snow.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-style:none; border-width:medium; " colspan="2" bgcolor="#87C2C2"> <h4 align="center"><b><font color="#FFFFFF" size="4"> JAPAN TRAVEL CITIES<br> </font></b></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h4 align="center"><a href="kanto.htm">KANTO REGION</a></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" valign="top"> <h3 align="left"> <b><font size="2"><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/">Tokyo</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/image_004_tiny.jpg" width="100" height="64" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Tokyo"></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Tokyo the mega city. 150 page guide to Tokyo.</span><p class="MenuOn"> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/Tokyo_hotels">Tokyo Hotels</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_tower.htm">Tokyo Tower</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_disneyland.htm">Tokyo Disneyland</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyomap.htm">Tokyo Map</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/narita_airport.htm">Narita Airport</a></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <p align="left"><b><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/tokyo_districts.htm"> <font size="2" color="#000000"> <span style="text-decoration: none">TOKYO DISTRICTS</span></font></a></b><p class="MenuOn"> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/akasaka.htm">Akasaka</a><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/shinjuku.htm"><img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/image/shinjuku-neon_small.jpg" width="92" height="103" align="right" alt="Tokyo Shinjuku"></a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/akihabara.htm">Akihabara</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/chiyoda.htm">Chiyoda</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/ginza.htm">Ginza</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/harajuku.htm">Harajuku</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/minato.htm">Minato</a><br> <span style="font-family: Arial"><a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/roppongi.htm"> Roppongi</a></span><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/shibuya.htm">Shibuya</a><br> <a href="/web/20120317081424/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/tokyo/shinjuku.htm">Shinjuku</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="yokohama.htm">YOKOHAMA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="yokohama.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/yokohama_minatomirai21_small.jpg" width="97" height="109" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Yokohama"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Almost a part of Tokyo, Yokohama is popular with visitors to Japan. Also has Japan's tallest building.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="hakone.htm">HAKONE</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="hakone.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/hakone_torii_small.jpg" width="120" height="98" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Hakone"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A resort town and region close to Tokyo and thus very popular with foreigners and Japanese alike.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="kamakura.htm">KAMAKURA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="kamakura.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/great_buddha_kamakura_small.jpg" width="96" height="100" align="left" alt="Great Buddha"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Famous for its temples, shrines and <a href="kamakura_great_buddha.htm"> The Great Buddha</a>.</font><p> </td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="nikko.htm">NIKKO</a></font></b></h3> <p> <font size="2">Nikko is famous for its temples and shrines including Nikko Toshogu Shrine (World Heritage site) and its nearby Nikko National Park. Nikko Tours and attractions.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" colspan="2" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h4 align="center"><a href="kansai.htm">KANSAI REGION</a></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="osaka.htm">OSAKA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="osaka.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japan_picture/albums/userpics/travel/thumb_DSC05901.jpg" width="105" height="82" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Osaka"></a><font size="2">Japan's second largest city; famous for its food and drink. Historically a trading city and this theme continues today.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="kyoto.htm">KYOTO</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="kyoto.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/kyoto_DSC05806_small.jpg" width="84" height="109" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Kyoto"></a><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Kyoto is a city known for its history and culture with 17 World Heritage sites. No trip to Japan would be complete without going to Kyoto.</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; " bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="nara.htm">NARA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="nara.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/nara-todaiji_daibutsuden_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Nara"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Nara was the capital long before Kyoto, and today preserves its main sights much more attractively than Kyoto within the large Nara Park.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; " valign="top" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="kobe.htm">KOBE</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="kobe.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/kobe_Ijinkan_GermanHouse_small.jpg" width="100" height="105" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Kobe"></a><font size="2">A cosmopolitan port city with an international flavour, hemmed in by Mt. Rokko.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; " bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="himeji.htm">HIMEJI</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="himeji.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/DSC05891_small.jpg" width="121" height="110" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Himeji"></a><font size="2">Famous for Himeji Castle, recognised as a building of world significance and on the World Heritage list. </font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: medium; " valign="top" bgcolor="#DADADA">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; " colspan="2" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h4 align="center"><a href="chugoku.htm">CHUGOKU REGION</a></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; " bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="hiroshima.htm">HIROSHIMA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="hiroshima.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/hiroshima_kannon_statue_small.jpg" width="80" height="124" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Hiroshima"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Hiroshima is famous for what happened there in World War II, but today Hiroshima is a modern city.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; " valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="miyajima_travel.html">MIYAJIMA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="miyajima_travel.html"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/D2701003_small.jpg" width="123" height="98" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Miyajima"></a><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Miyajima Island and its famous Tsukishima shrine are near Hiroshima</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; " bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="okayama.htm">OKAYAMA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="okayama.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/okayama_castle_hilltop_small.jpg" width="120" height="115" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Okayama"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Famous for its Okayama Castle and the Korakuen Garden, one of Japan's official Three Great Gardens.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; " valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="kurashiki.htm">KURASHIKI</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="kurashiki.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/kurashiki_quay_3_034_small.jpg" width="95" height="107" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Kurashiki"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A fashionable little town with beautiful views and a cute market.</font><p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" colspan="2" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h4 align="center"><a href="kyushu.htm">KYUSHU REGION</a></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="nagasaki.htm">NAGASAKI</a></font></b></h3> <p> <font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="nagasaki.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/nagasaki_meganebashi_bridge_small.jpg" alt="Travel to Japan Nagasaki" width="120" height="86" align="left"></a>Nagasaki has a great history and was a key point of contact with outside world prior to modern times.</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; 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border-left-width: 1px; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: medium; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" valign="top" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="kagoshima.htm">KAGOSHIMA</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="kagoshima.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/kagoshima_and_sakurajima_small.jpg" width="120" height="90" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Kagoshima"></a><font size="2">The 'Naples of Japan': bay location, hot climate and impressive stratovolcano, Sakurajima.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" style="border-left-style: none; border-left-width: medium; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1" bgcolor="#DADADA"> <h3> <b><font size="2"><a href="beppu.htm">BEPPU</a></font></b></h3> <p> <a href="beppu.htm"> <img border="0" src="/web/20120317081424im_/http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/images/beppu_chinoikejigoku_small.jpg" width="120" height="90" align="left" alt="Travel Japan Beppu"></a><font size="2">Famous for its thousands of onsen (hot springs)</font></td> <td width="247" style="border-left-style: solid; 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