Japan Hostels

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Cities are categorized alphabetically:

Akan Gun Hiroshima-shi Mount Fuji Saga Pref
Aomori Hojo-shi Mt. Fuji Sakurai City
Arida-gun Hokkaido Nagano Sapporo
Asahidake Onsen Hokkodate Nagasaki Shimoda
Beppu City Horo-izumi-gun Nagoya Shimogyo-ku
Beppu Spa Resort Imaichi-shi Nagoya City Shizuoka
Chikuma Ise-shima Nationa.. Naha City Sorachi-Gun
Fukuoka Iwate Prefecture Nara Takayama
Fukuoka City Izu Peninsula Narita Tanabe
Fukushima City Kanazawa Narita Int’l AP Tokyo
Fukushima Prefecture Kansai Int. Airport Nasu Ube-shi
Fukushima-ken Kawaguchi City Nikko Ueda-shi
Gifu Kinugawa Spa Nishi-muro-gun Uwajima
Gunma Ken Kobe Nishimuto-gun Volcano Aso
Hakodate Kochi Oita-ken Wajima-shi
Hakone Kokura Okayama Wakkanai-shi
Hakone National.. Koyasan Okinawa Yokohama City
Hida Takayama Kumamoto-ken Osaka
Hirosaki Kyoto Osaka-shi
Hiroshima Maruyama Rebun-to

Japan known as Nihon or Nippon in Japanese, is an island nation in East Asia. The “Land of the Rising Sun” is a country where the past meets the future. Japanese culture stretches back millennia, yet has also adopted (and created) the latest modern fashions and trends. Japan is a study in contrasts and contradictions. Many Japanese corporations dominate their industries, yet if you read the financial news it seems like Japan is practically bankrupt. Cities are as modern and high tech as anywhere else, but tumbledown wooden shacks can still be spotted next to glass fronted designer condominiums.

On an average subway ride, you might see childishly cute character toys and incredibly violent pornography – sometimes enjoyed by the same passenger, at the same time! Japan has beautiful temples and gardens which are often surrounded by garish signs and ugly buildings. In the middle of a modern skyscraper you might discover a sliding wooden door which leads to a traditional chamber with tatami mats, calligraphy, and tea ceremony. These juxtapositions mean you may often be surprised and rarely bored by your travels in Japan. The Japanese are proud of their four seasons (and an astonishing number of them are firmly convinced that the phenomenon is unique to Japan), but the tourist with a flexible travel schedule should aim for spring or autumn ..  Read more at Wikipedia