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1   Link   Fukuoka City
The Best City Known as a Base for a Trip in Japan.
Served by an extensive rail network including the Shinkansen “Bullet”train, as well as the expressways, Fukuoka is the best city known as a base for a trip in Japan. The city provides easy access to beautiful nature like popular hot springs or volcanic mountains, and amusement places such as Huis Ten Bosch. The Fukuoka City Subway is the only line in Japan that directly linked to a station and an airport.
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2   Link   Hiroshima
Hiroshima city is said to have originated in Tensho 17 (1589 A.D.) during the Azuchi Momoyama Period when Terumoto Mori began building a castle at the mouth of the Ota River and called the area "Hiroshima."
During the Edo Period, the expansion of arable land through land reclamation and a burgeoning population generated vigorous commerce. Eventually, Hiroshima became a major urban center, following Edo, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, and Kanazawa. 		121
3   Link   Kawasaki
Kawasaki (川崎市, Kawasaki-shi?) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area.

Kawasaki occupies a belt of land stretching about 30 km along the south bank of the Tama River, which divides it from Tokyo. The eastern end of the belt, centered around JR Kawasaki Station, is flat and largely consists of industrial zones and densely built working-class housing, the Western end mountainous and more suburban. The coastline of Tokyo Bay is occupied by vast heavy industrial complexes built on reclaimed land. 		227
4   Link   Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu, Kyushu's northernmost city and an international city with a million people, borders on the main island of Japan across the Kanmon Strait.
Kitakyushu is near the Asian countries, and particularly because it is conveniently located on the straight line connecting Tokyo and Shanghai, has been blessed with prosperity as a gateway to Asia and as an industrial base in Japan.
Today, Kitakyushu is advancing diverse activities under the key word 'internationalization' on the basis of the fundamental plan of the 'Kitakyushu Renaissance,' whose basic concept is 'Toward Becoming an International and Technological City with Waterfront, Green Environment and Human Contact.'
The approach internationalization that Kitakyushu is undertaking through use of resources peculiar to the region can be generally classified into two courses of action.
One is to strategically advance economic intercourse with other countries, taking into consideration the progress of economic internationalization based on the core concept of 'Pan-Yellow Sea Economic Region,' with the aim of changing the region's economic structure and generating a new urban energy.
The other course of action is to positively transfer accumulated industrial technologies and environmental preservation technologies to developing countries so as to contribute to the balanced development of the world. 		67
5   Link   Kobe
Kobe, the capital of Hyogo prefecture which lays next to the ocean on its southern side, is a major Japanese city with a population of more then 1.5 million people. It is located on Japan’s main and largest island, Honshu. It is famed in Japan’s business world for having one of the busiest harbours for maritime trade, being ranked 1st in size in the country ,after merging with Osaka's port, as well as one of the largest in the world. 		224
6   Link   Kyoto
Kyoto is an ancient city with a 1200 year history. It was established as Japan's capital under the name "Heian-kyo" in the year 794. Although many transformations have taken place over the years, Kyoto has always adopted the most advanced standards of the times. It has greatly contributed to the nation's industrial, economic and cultural development and strength. The dauntless and leading spirit of Kyoto's past as a capital city, is still felt here today.
Kyoto also preserves the beloved properties of its culture as testimonials of time. This is shown in the ancient temples and shrines built in styles unique to Kyoto, as well as private houses. Moreover, many festivals, ceremonies and traditional industries reveal the will of this city to transmit and develop its 1200 year culture.
Heian-kyo was a remarkably large area with a vast cityscape planned around the grounds of the old Imperial Palace, located in the north. It extended 5.2km. from north to south, and 4.7km. from east to west. On either side of the main road, Suzaku-oji (85m. wide), were areas called Sakyo and Ukyo, inhabited by up to 150,000 residents. The national markets in each of these areas were the largest in all of Japan, and a great number of commodities were brought in from around the nation. The Government was directly managing the manufacture of many handicrafts, and craftsmen who practiced the most advanced techniques of the time also gathered to live here.
Dai-dairi is where the Government offices and the house of the Emperor were located, in the northern part of Heian-kyo. This was the political center of the nation where nobles, officers and soldiers, as well as the Emperor himself, worked. The surrounding area consisted mainly of the administrative offices, located on the neatly arranged streets. 		115
7   Link   Nagoya
Gateway to the City of Nagoya, Nagoya Station is bustling with over one million passengers every day. The station is conveniently surrounded by department stores, hotels, office towers and other buildings, and it also boasts Aichi Prefecture’s largest underground shopping area.
The JR Central Towers were completed in 1999. In 2006, the 47-floor and 247-meter-tall Midland Square building was also completed, near the East entrance to Nagoya Station followed by the opening of the Nagoya Lucent Tower in 2007. This 40-floor, 180-meter high tower is located in the Ushijima Minami area, near the North entrance to Nagoya Station. Furthermore, the 36-floor, 170-meter-tall Mode Gakuen Spiral Towers, located South of Nagoya Station, are scheduled to be completed in 2008. A variety of development projects like these are under way befitting the gateway to 21st century Nagoya. 		234
8   Link   Osaka
Osaka (大阪市, Ōsaka-shi?) is Japan's second city, and the heart of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with nearly 20 million people. Located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū, Osaka is a City in Japan and also is a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture.

Historically the commercial capital of Japan, Osaka functions as one of the command centers for the Japanese economy. The ratio between daytime and night time population is 141%, the highest in Japan, highlighting its status as an economic center. Its nighttime population is 2.6 million, the third in the country, but in daytime the population surges to 3.7 million, second only after Tokyo. Osaka has traditionally been referred to as the "nation's kitchen" (天下の台所, tenka no daidokoro?), or the Mecca of gourmet food. 		217
9   Link   Saitama
Saitama City is the prefectural capital located in the southeastern area of Saitama Prefecture. Historically, the city developed as a post-station town along Nakasendo Road. Today, it is a strategic traffic point of eastern Japan and a crossroads for JR lines, private railway lines, and five Shinkansen lines including the Tohoku and Joetsu lines.
Saitama City was born on May 1, 2001, with the merging of the three cities formerly known as Urawa, Omiya and Yono. On April 1, 2003, it became the 13th government designated city in Japan. In addition, through the merger with the former Iwatsuki city on April 1, 2005, Saitama City will strive to pave the road toward the future as a core city of the Kanto area. 		273
10   Link   Sapporo
Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi?) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan.

Sapporo is best known outside Japan for hosting the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia, and for the annual Yuki Matsuri in the city, internationally referred to as the Sapporo Snow Festival, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world. The city is also home to Sapporo Brewery. 		219
11   Link   Sendai
Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi?) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku (northeast) region. The city has a population of one million and is one of Japan's seventeen designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the daimyo Date Masamune, and is well known by its nickname, the "City of Trees" (杜の都, Mori no Miyako?). There are about 60 zelkova trees on Jouzenji Dori (定禅寺通) and Aoba Dori (青葉通). In winter, the trees are decorated with thousands of lights in an event called the Pageant of Starlight (光のページェント), which starts in December and ends when the New Year starts. Many people visit Sendai to see the Pageant of Starlight. 		191
12   Link   Tokyo
The history of the city of Tokyo stretches back some 400 years. Originally named Edo, the city started to flourish after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate here in 1603. As the center of politics and culture in Japan, Edo grew into a huge city with a population of over a million by the mid-eighteenth century. Throughout this time, the Emperor resided in Kyoto, which was the formal capital of the nation. The Edo Period lasted for nearly 260 years until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, when the Tokugawa Shogunate ended and imperial rule was restored. The Emperor moved to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo. Thus, Tokyo became the capital of Japan. 		89
13   Link   Yokohama
Yokohama (横浜市, Yokohama-shi? is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshū. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area.

Yokohama's population of 3.6 million makes it Japan's largest incorporated city.

Yokohama developed rapidly as Japan's prominent port city following the end of Japan's relative isolation in the mid-19th century, and is today one of its major ports along with Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya, Hakata, Tokyo, and Chiba.

Yokohama's foreign population of nearly 75,000 includes Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Brazilians.Among the attractions are festivals and events. 		94