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The capital of the prefecture of the same name, Aomori (pop. 297,000) is a drab modern city, with an active shipping and fishing industry, but little sightseeing.
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Atami is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan. The name literally means \"hot ocean\", a reference to the town\'s famous onsen hot springs. Atami has been a resort since the 8th century, and is now part of Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
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Chatan is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan. The town is divided up into three districts: Kitamae, Mihama, and Sunabe.
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Chiba Prefecture is located in the Greater Tokyo Area of Honshū Island, Japan. Its capital is Chiba City.
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Fukushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshū. The capital is the city of Fukushima.
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Hakone is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, less than 100 kilometers from Tokyo. Famous for hot springs, outdoor activities, natural beauty and the view of nearby Mt. Fuji, Hakone is one of the most popular destinations among Japanese and international tourists looking for a break from Tokyo.
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The Japanese city of Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshū, the largest of Japan\'s islands.
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Iriomote is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself. Despite its having an area of 289 kmē the island\'s total population is less than 2,000, and infrastructure is limited to a single coastal road connecting the hamlets on the northern and eastern shores.
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Ishigaki is an island west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group. It is also the name of the main and only city on the islands.
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Nagasaki is an attractively situated port city on the island of Kyushu and the capital of Nagasaki Prefecture. As one of Japan\'s closest port cities to the Asian mainland, Nagasaki has played a prominent role in foreign trade relations for many centuries and was the most important of only a very few ports open to restricted numbers of foreign traders during Japan\'s period of isolation.
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With over two million inhabitants, Nagoya is Japan's fourth most populated city. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and the principal city of the Nobi plain, one of Honshu's three large plains and industrial centers.
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Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. The modern city was founded on May 20, 1921. However, it had been one of the most important and populous sites in the Ryukyu Islands as the capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom,
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Onomichi City was an important port town historically and its recent history has seen it save itself from being just be an unappealing industrial city compressed between the coast and mountains by leveraging this cultural wealth.
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Surrounded by the historical cities of Kyoto and Nara to the east and Kobe to the west, Osaka is the cnter of finance, trade and cultural exchange in western Japan. The city presents visitors with an eclectic blend of the old, the new and the totally unique.
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Otsu is a small village in Japan. It is located about five miles from Kyoto, and is considered a central and strategic location in Japan. The village is quite near Osaka, the birthplace of Hiro Nakamura, and both are in the Kansai or Kinki region of Japan.
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The Shiretoko Peninsula, is located on the easternmost portion of the Japanese island of Hokkaidō, protruding into the Sea of Okhotsk.
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Shizuoka prefecture, located in Japan's approximate geographic center, is best known as the home of Mount Fuji. The elegant outlines of this volcanic mountain are recognized all over the world as a symbol of Japan. The temperate climate here is said to be reflected in the people of this prefecture, who are known for their mild and open manner.
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Tokyo (literally, "eastern capital") is de facto capital of Japan and home to the Japanese government and emperor. It is also the nation's most populous urban area (12 million people, or about 10 percent of the country's population, live in Tokyo) and one of 47 prefectures of Japan.
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Toyama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.
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Yokohama is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3.6 million, Japan\'s largest incorporated city and second most populous urban area after Tokyo.
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