Hakone Hakone is a popular resort town in Kanagawa Prefecture. It is home to the most visited national park in Japan, Fuji-Hakone-Izu. From here, visitors can take clear views of Mount Fuji or landscape photos of the mountain peeking over forests, lakes and colorful hills. In the heart of the park is Lake Ashi – …
Osaka Castle is one of the most famous and historic castles in all of Japan. The iconic Osaka symbol in the Kanzai region of central Japan played an important role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth-century samurai era. About the Osaka Castle The current main tower in Osaka Castle is a concrete reconstruction …
Jitsumi Gauguin Yamaguchi (山口 剛 20; 20 Januari 1909 – 20 May 1989), also known as Kato Gauguin Yamaguchi, Japanese artist and student of Goju-ryu karate under the guidance of Chojun Miyagi. This is one of the most-famous karate-do majori from Japan and the founding of the International Karate-do Association Goju Kai. Gugen Yamaguchi …
Capsule hotels are one of the options of budget hotels in Japan. In them, the sleeping cells are located one above the other. This type of hotels are located mainly around airports and train stations, as well as in areas with entertainment venues. However, their guests are not representatives of the most insolvent population, as …
RX-7 FD, THIRD GENERATION- 1991 The ultimate expression of Mazda’s rotating power: Yes, in a word – the last chapter in the RX-7 saga so far, FD was also the best. Now transformed by the GT into an uncompromising sports car, the FD looks as eternally modern today as it did when it was first …
The Mongol invasion of Japan took place in 1274 and 1281 AD, when Kublai Khan (ruled 1260–1294) sent two huge fleets from Korea and China. In both cases, the Japanese, and especially the samurai warriors, vigorously defended their shores, but it was the typhoons and the so-called kamikaze or “divine winds” that sank and flooded …
In Japan, there is a 7-storey building, invulnerable to earthquakes. It is made mainly of wood. Experiments in this field are usually used for high-tech materials such as flexible concrete or metal alloy. However, the population is more widespread in the population, researchers from five universities have learned to live in the countryside. The idea …
Accelerating economic globalization continues to expand and deepen Japan’s trade and investment relations with countries in North America, Asia and Europe. Trade, which underpinned Japan’s economic prosperity in the second half of the 20th century, was made possible by advances in multilateral trade liberalization, progress largely due to the work of the General Agreement on …
Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R (1999-2002). The fifth and final of the Skyline GT-R (the R35 lacks the “Skyline” in its name), the epitome of a generation raised in games such as Gran Turismo, Fast & Furious and many other digital dreams. A wicked-looking four-seater coupe, so filled with Japanese technical brilliance that it can show …
In the spring in Japan begins the flowering season of cherry sakura. In Japan, the cherry blossom season of sakura will begin, which is greeted every year with great enthusiasm in the Land of the Rising Sun. The first buds blossomed on controlled trees in the park in the city of Nagasaki on the southern …