Japan is a fascinating country known for its traditional arts and crafts including tea ceremonies held at charming tea houses. Beautiful traditional Japanese Gardens can be found all over Japan including Kenroku-en in Kanazawa boasting well-manicured lawns, zen gardens, rock gardens, and koi ponds. The country is the host of a variety of vibrant festivals including Kyoto`s famous, traditional summer festival Gion Matsuri. The country is known for producing and consuming the highest quality of Sushi in the world, drinking sake, and spending evenings in traditional izakayas.
Visiting magnificent temples and shrines can be a pass time in Japan with hundreds of them dotted around the country, some of the most mesmerizing include Kyoto`s iconic Kinkaku-Ji and Tokyo`s Senso-Ji, a famed Buddhist temple. Castles are another recurring site in the country dating back over centuries, many still in their original form, Himeji-jo is one of the greatest castles in the country.
Getting around the country can be done speedily and easily onboard the stunning, state of the art Shinkansen bullet trains that travel across the country at lightning speeds. Some of the fascinating train journeys that can be taken in Japan include the Kurobe Gorge Railway along suspension bridges over the deep gorge and the Sunrise Seto/Izumo sleeper trains which are the last in the country transporting passengers from Tokyo to Takamatsu and Izumo.