"Japan" Japan by sjvessey

Japan Travel Guide: 22,704 reviews and 48,192 photos

I arrived in Japan on 15th February and left on the 13th July, destination Maui!

Cities I've been to are described on their own pages where possible, but you can find a lot of photos here in the travelogues relating to the town of Kamakura, hiking in the mountains outside of Tokyo, a sumo contest I went to, and a visit to the Fujikyo Highland theme park at the foot of Mount Fuji.

All the photos on these pages have been taken by myself using a Canon Digital Ixus. For getting around and about, and finding places to see, my Tokyo Insight Guide (www.insightguides.com) has been well worth the money. The amount of text accompanying each picture varies considerably in terms of detail - mainly reflecting how much spare time I had when I uploaded the photos. I'll fill out the sparser entries whenever I get the chance. In the meantime, just enjoy Japan.

Pros and Cons

Pros:An incredible, fascinating place to go
Cons:It's expensive!
In a nutshell:Go there, you won't regret it

Last visit to Japan: Jul 2001
Intro Updated Jun 12, 2004
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Reviews (9)

Go white water rafting Off The Beaten Path (2)

White water rafting outside of Tokyo - about 3-4 hours outside by train! more travel advice

Fujikyu Highland Things to Do (2)

If amusement parks are your thing, you could do worse than spend the day at Fujikyu Highland, especially if the day is a... more travel advice

Mount Fuji Favorites (5)

On maps it is marked as Fuji-san. Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of things Japanese knows that -san is usually... more travel advice

Go hiking in the mountains Off The Beaten Path (2)

Mountains cover about 80% of Japan, and are pretty damn steep! See my separate travelogue for more photos. more travel advice

Travelogues (4)

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Comments (34)

b1bob Jun 18, 2005 at 9:22 AM Report Abuse

Nice job so far. Bring on the Fujiyama. It doesn't scare me!
travel-bugg May 18, 2005 at 9:08 AM Report Abuse

Very cool picture of Mr. Fuji (just kidding)! Hope I get there someday; it's on my list of places to visit. Cheers, Charly :)
tamirros Jun 10, 2002 at 2:12 PM Report Abuse

great page, wonderful photos!
TRimer May 21, 2002 at 7:00 AM Report Abuse

Great photos. Sounds like you had a great visit.
miksu Apr 17, 2002 at 2:24 PM Report Abuse

Fabulous page and photos...great hiking travelogue......
seagoingJLW Oct 29, 2001 at 10:45 AM Report Abuse

Marvelous pictures...worth waiting for.
TracyG Oct 28, 2001 at 2:38 PM Report Abuse

Great travelogues, I must visit some day...
zumodemango Oct 21, 2001 at 7:15 AM Report Abuse

fabulous pictures in hiking travelogue!
Prosperity Oct 13, 2001 at 8:07 AM Report Abuse

These pics are really worth waiting for the download!
unigirl Oct 1, 2001 at 3:28 PM Report Abuse

great pictures