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These symbols and abbreviations give vital information for each listing: Must-visit recommendation Sustainable or green recommendation No payment required % Telephone number f Ferry UNDERSTAND h Opening hours j Tram p Parking d Train Get more from your trip n Nonsmoking a pt apartments Learn about the big picture, to a Air-conditioning d double rooms make sense of what you see. i Internet access d m dorm beds W Wi-fi access q quad rooms s Swimming pool r rooms v Vegetarian selection s single rooms E English-language menu ste suites c Family-friendly tr triple rooms # Pet-friendly tw twin rooms g Bus SURVIVAL GUIDE Your at-a-glance reference For symbols used on maps, see the Map Legend. Vital practical information for a smooth trip. ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Japan Sapporo & Hokkaidō p571 Northern Honshū The Japan Alps & (Tōhoku) Central Honshū p501 p212 Kyoto Mt Fuji & Hiroshima & p297 #_ Around Tokyo Western Honshū ^# Tokyo p156 p434 Kansai p70 Shikoku p358 Kyūshū p641 p695 Okinawa & the Southwest Islands p768 Rebecca Milner, Ray Bartlett, Andrew Bender, Craig McLachlan, Kate Morgan, Simon Richmond, Tom Spurling, Phillip Tang, Benedict Walker, Wendy Yanagihara P LAN ON THE ROAD YOUR TRIP Welcome to Japan . . . . . .6 TOKYO . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Shuzen-ji Onsen . . . . . . . 184 Japan’s Top 25 . . . . . . . . 10 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Izu Islands . . . . . . . . . .185 Need to Know . . . . . . . . .24 Sights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Ō-shima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 First Time Japan . . . . . . . 26 Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Nii-jima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 What’s New . . . . . . . . . . .28 Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Shikine-jima . . . . . . . . . . . 186 If You Like… . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Hachijō-jima . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Month by Month . . . . . . . 32 Festivals & Events . . . . . . 115 Kamakura . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Sleeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Yokohama . . . . . . . . . . .192 Skiing in Japan . . . . . . . . 48 Eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Chichibu & Oku-Tama . .198 Travel with Children . . . . 52 Drinking & Nightlife . . . . . 135 Takao-san . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Eat & Drink Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . 142 Oku-Tama . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Like a Local . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Nikkō & Around . . . . . . .200 Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Japan on a Budget . . . . . 59 Nikkō . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Hiking in Japan . . . . . . . . 61 Chūzen-ji Onsen . . . . . . . 206 MT FUJI & Visiting an Onsen . . . . . . 63 Yumoto Onsen . . . . . . . . . 207 AROUND TOKYO . . . . 156 Regions at a Glance . . . . 66 Ogasawara Fuji Five Lakes . . . . . . . 158 Archipelago . . . . . . . . . 208 Mt Fuji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Chichi-jima . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 COW Fuji-Yoshida . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Haha-jima . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 ARDLION/SHUTTERSTOCK © KSSMYaahaomiwōt-okjaaio-sgnku uao . -ck k . . aho . .-i . . -kk . . . oo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111116666646677 NNTCHaaEggNEoo TyJyaaRA A .P & .AL .A N .Hr .o OA .u .LNn .Pd .S . S .H . . .&Ū . . . . . . . .222111233 Hakone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Inuyama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Hakone-Yumoto . . . . . . . . 170 Gifu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Miyanoshita & Gujō-Hachiman . . . . . . . . 230 Kowakidani . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 OSAKA-JŌ P364 Kiso Valley Chōkoku-no-Mori & Nakasendō . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Gōra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Magome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Sōun-zan & Sengokuhara . . . . . . . . . . 173 Tsumago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 TUPUNGATO/SHUTTERSTOCK © HMIAIStzthōaouaik . tm moPo . .n-oei H . .ed n . .a-aim . .nk . . . osa . . .unc . . .elh . . .a i . . . . . . . .& . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111117777754855 KNHTHOaiiakisdkduroaaaa .h y-i .i FRad . . umea . .rg . .uaO . .ik on . . . an . . .swe . . . .a . . .n . . . . .- .g . . . . .ō . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222222334334443221 Shira-hama . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Shirakawa-gō Kisami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 & Gokayama . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Matsuzaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Kanazawa & the Hokuriku Coast . . . . 248 Dōgashima . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 NISHIKI MARKET, KYOTO P304 Contents Kanazawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Nara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Daisen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481 Noto Peninsula . . . . . . . . 258 Temples Southwest Tottori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Kaga Onsen . . . . . . . . . . . 262 of Nara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 San-in Coast Fukui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Yamato Plain . . . . . . . . . . 405 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 483 Toyama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Yoshino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Izumo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 The Northern Kii Peninsula . . . . . . . . .408 Iwami Ginzan . . . . . . . . . . 485 Japan Alps . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Kōya-san . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Yamaguchi & Around . . 486 Matsumoto . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Along the Yamaguchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Azumino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Kumano Kodō . . . . . . . . . . 415 Tsuwano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490 Shirahone Onsen . . . . . . . 275 Shirahama . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Hagi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 Kamikōchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Ise-Shima . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 Shimonoseki . . . . . . . . . . 497 Hakuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Shiga Prefecture . . . . . . 426 Ōtsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 Nagano & Around . . . . . 280 NORTHERN HONSHŪ Nagano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Hikone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426 (TŌHOKU) . . . . . . . . 501 Togakushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 Nagahama . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 Miyagi Prefecture . . . . . 505 Obuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 Northern Kansai . . . . . . 429 Sendai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506 Nozawa Onsen . . . . . . . . . 287 Miyama-chō . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Matsushima . . . . . . . . . . . 510 Shiga Kōgen . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Kinosaki Onsen . . . . . . . . . 431 Ishinomaki . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 Bessho Onsen . . . . . . . . . 289 Tango Peninsula . . . . . . . . 433 Naruko Onsen . . . . . . . . . 513 Karuizawa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Iwate Prefecture . . . . . . 514 Gunma Prefecture . . . .292 HIROSHIMA & WESTERN Morioka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 Takasaki & Around . . . . . . 292 HONSHŪ . . . . . . . . . . . 434 Hiraizumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 Minakami Onsen-kyo . . . . 293 Hiroshima & Around . . 435 Tōno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519 Kusatsu Onsen . . . . . . . . . 295 Hiroshima . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435 Sanriku Kaigan . . . . . . . 522 Miyajima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445 Minami-Sanriku & KYOTO . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Iwakuni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Kesennuma . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Onomichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449 Rikuzen-takata & History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Shimanami Kaidō Ōfunato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523 Sights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452 Kamaishi & Ōtsuchi . . . . 525 Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Tomo-no-ura . . . . . . . . . . 453 Aomori Prefecture . . . .525 Festivals & Events . . . . . . 332 Okayama & Around . . . 454 Aomori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526 Sleeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Okayama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 Hirosaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 Eating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 Naoshima . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Towada-ko . . . . . . . . . . . . 533 Drinking & Nightlife . . . . . 348 Teshima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Hakkōda-san . . . . . . . . . . . 534 Entertainment . . . . . . . . . .350 Shōdo-shima . . . . . . . . . . 466 Shimokita Peninsula . . . . .535 Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Kurashiki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469 Akita Prefecture . . . . . . 537 Kasaoka Islands . . . . . . . 472 Akita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537 KANSAI . . . . . . . . . . 358 Matsue & Kakunodate . . . . . . . . . . . 540 Osaka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359 the San-in Coast . . . . . . 473 Tazawa-ko . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 Kōbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382 Matsue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474 Nyūtō Onsen . . . . . . . . . . 544 Sakai Minato . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Himeji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Yamagata Prefecture . . 545 Nara & Around . . . . . . .391 Oki Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . 478 Yamagata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 ON THE ROAD Yamadera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 ZGTDSsaaeinuōkwzra auOat onanSk s .a Oae .nn n . . zs . . ae . . . nn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555555545500831 TAKASHI YASUI/500PX © Niigata Prefecture . . . . 554 Niigata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554 Sado-ga-shima . . . . . . . . 557 Echigo-Yuzawa Onsen . . . .563 Naeba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564 NATIONAL ART CENTER Myōkō Kōgen . . . . . . . . . . 565 TOKYO P84 Fukushima Prefecture . 566 Aizu-Wakamatsu . . . . . . . 566 Kushiro-shitsugen Uwajima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 635 Bandai Plateau . . . . . . . . 568 Takamatsu & Kagawa Tokachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Prefecture . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Kitakata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .570 Hakodate . . . . . . . . . . . 636 Takamatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 Yashima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 689 SAPPORO & HOKKAIDŌ . . . . . . . . 571 SHIKOKU . . . . . . . . . 641 Marugame . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 Sapporo . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Tokushima & Zentsuji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 The Anan Coast . . . . . . 644 Kotohira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 Central Hokkaidō . . . . . 588 Tokushima . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 Kanonji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694 Niseko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589 Naruto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649 Otaru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593 The Anan Coast . . . . . . . . 653 KYŪSHŪ . . . . . . . . . . 695 Shikotsu-Tōya National Park . . . . . . . . . . 595 Muroto-misaki . . . . . . . . . 655 Fukuoka & Around . . . . 698 Tomakomai . . . . . . . . . . . . 601 Iya Valley & Around . . . 656 Fukuoka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 Northern Hokkaidō . . . 602 Iya Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 Dazaifu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707 Asahikawa . . . . . . . . . . . . 602 Nishi Iya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658 Karatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708 Biei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604 Higashi Iya . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 Imari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710 Furano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605 Ōboke & Koboke . . . . . . . 660 Hirado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 Daisetsuzan Tsurugi-san . . . . . . . . . . . 661 Arita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 609 Kōchi & Around . . . . . . . 662 Nagasaki & Around . . . 714 Wakkanai . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613 Kōchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662 Nagasaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu Shimanto City . . . . . . . . . 667 Shimbara Peninsula . . . . . 727 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 617 Ashizuri-misaki . . . . . . . . 668 Central Kyūshū . . . . . . . 730 Eastern Hokkaidō . . . . . 621 Ehime Prefecture . . . . 669 Kumamoto . . . . . . . . . . . . 730 Abashiri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 Matsuyama . . . . . . . . . . . .669 Aso-san & Around . . . . . . 734 Shari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622 Ishizuchi-san . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Kurokawa Onsen . . . . . . . 737 SNhaitrieotnoaklo P ark . . . . . . . . . . 623 Uchiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680 Yufuin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 Akan National Park . . . . . . 627 Ōzu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681 Beppu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739 Kushiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634 Yawatahama . . . . . . . . . . . 682 Usuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746 Contents UNDERSTAND Takachiho . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747 Northern Japan Today . . . . . . . . . . .816 Okinawa-hontō . . . . . . . . . 794 Southern Kyūshū . . . . .749 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818 Kagoshima . . . . . . . . . . . . 750 Kerama Islands . . . . . .794 Sakurajima . . . . . . . . . . . . 757 Aka-jima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794 The People of Japan . .835 Satsuma Peninsula . . . . . 758 Zamami-jima . . . . . . . . . . 796 Japanese Cuisine . . . . . 840 Kirishima-yaku Kume-jima . . . . . . . . . . . 797 Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854 National Park . . . . . . . . . . 760 Miyako Islands . . . . . . . 798 Architecture . . . . . . . . .863 Miyazaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762 Miyako-jima . . . . . . . . . . . 798 Aoshima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766 Irabu-jima Traditional Japanese Nichinan-kaigan & & Shimoji-jima . . . . . . . . . 801 Accommodation . . . . . .866 Cape Toi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Yaeyama Islands . . . . . . 802 Sport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870 Obi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Ishigaki-jima . . . . . . . . . . . 802 Living Art of the Iriomote-jima . . . . . . . . . . 808 Geisha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872 OKINAWA & Taketomi-jima . . . . . . . . . . 811 Environment . . . . . . . . . 874 THE SOUTHWEST Hateruma-jima . . . . . . . . . 812 ISLANDS . . . . . . . . . 768 Yonaguni-jima . . . . . . . . . 813 SURVIVAL Ōsumi Islands . . . . . . . .771 GUIDE Yakushima . . . . . . . . . . . . 771 Tanegashima . . . . . . . . . . 776 Amami Islands . . . . . . . 778 Directory A–Z . . . . . . . .880 Amami-Ōshima . . . . . . . . . 778 Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . 891 Tokunoshima . . . . . . . . . . 781 Language . . . . . . . . . . . . 904 Okinoerabu-jima . . . . . . . 782 Yoron-tō . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Ducfheaherl o mhi’th(l Hniis hotd )enisflgLceBatcel ,t e n nudwa eoah oi o haudga ni e Pirnhnrftvsi nnff dr n is did w maowioostonocideedi ai tllffWu irhhtsvcrhwdeso tlnehattenaiaihaianshmhhnhedczwendiln ’tdordhoeaeeaessrit..l. ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 6 Welcome to Japan Japan is truly timeless, a place where ancient traditions are fused with modern life as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Traditional Culture Exquisite Food On the surface, Japan appears exceedingly Wherever you are in Japan, it seems, you’re modern, but travelling around it offers nu- never more than 500m from a great meal. merous opportunities to connect with the Restaurants often specialise in just one dish country’s traditional culture. Spend the night – perhaps having spent generations perfect- in a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn), sleep- ing it – and pay close attention to every stage, ing on futons and tatami mats, and padding from sourcing fresh, local ingredients to as- through well-worn wooden halls to the sembling the dish. Moreover, you don’t have bathhouse (or go one step further and sleep to travel far to discover that Japanese cuisine in an old farmhouse). Chant with monks or is deeply varied. The hearty hotpots of the learn how to whisk bitter matcha (powdered mountains are, for example, dramatically dif- green tea) into a froth. From the splendour ferent from the delicate sushi for which the of a Kyoto geisha dance to the spare beauty coast is famous. It’s also intensely seasonal, of a Zen rock garden, Japan has the power to meaning you can visit again at a different enthral even the most jaded traveller. time and experience totally new tastes. Spectacular Outdoors Dynamic Cities Japan is a long and slender, highly volcanic The neon-lit streetscapes of Japan’s cities archipelago. It’s over two-thirds mountains, look like sci-fi film sets, even though many of with bubbling hot springs at every turn. In them are decades old. Meanwhile, cities like the warmer months there is excellent hiking, Tokyo and Osaka have been adding new ar- through cedar groves and fields of wildflow- chitectural wonders that redefine what build- ers, up to soaring peaks and ancient shrines ings – and cities – should look like. There’s an (the latter founded by wandering ascetics). indelible buzz to these urban centres, with In the winter, all this is covered with snow their vibrant street life, 24-hour drinking and and the skiing is world class. (And if you’ve dining scenes, and creative hubs that turn never paired hiking or skiing with soaking out fashion and pop culture trends consumed in onsen, you don’t know what you’ve been the world over. Travel is always smooth and missing.) Meanwhile in the southern reach- efficient, whether you’re using the subway to es, there are tropical beaches for sunning, get around or the shinkansen (bullet trains) snorkelling, diving and surfing. to go from one city to the next. 7 ESB PROFESSIONAL/SHUTTERSTOCK © Why I Love Japan By Rebecca Milner, Writer I’ve lived in Tokyo for 15 years now and am continuously surprised – sometimes on a daily basis – by something new. Such is the joy of living in a place that prides itself on constant renewal and reinvention; it seriously never gets old. Over the years I have had many oppor- tunities to introduce visiting family and friends to Japan. Seeing the awe and enchantment on their faces when first seeing Kyoto’s Golden Temple or experiencing the kindness of com- plete strangers never fails to take me back to the moment I first arrived and was instantly smitten. 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