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Hida-Takayama – 飛弾高山

There is a town in the Chūbu region where you can experience the Japan of ancient times. This place is Hidatakayama (commonly knows as Takayama), in the northern part of the Gifu prefecture. Hidatakayama is a very nice place to experience the nature of its surrounding mountains, the traditional folklore …

Iwakuni – 岩国

Here’s Iwakuni, in Yamaguchi prefecture: due to its close position to Hiroshima prefecture we advice you to add it to your trip to Miyajima. What’s special about Iwakuni? In the past, Iwakuni was a castle city and its stronghold was among the best ones of those times: known also as Yokoyama-jō, …