Hiroshima Peace Museum (1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture) – located 5 hours southwest of Tokyo, this museum raises peace consciousness and ensures that the A-bomb experience is conveyed accurately to coming generations. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum provides opportunities for the visitors to listen to eyewitness testimony by A-bomb survivors and to see A-bomb […]
Himeji Castle (Honmachi, Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture) – Himeji Castle is located in the center of Himeji City, about 50 kilometers west of Kobe and about 650 kilometers west of Tokyo. It takes about fours hours by bullet train from Tokyo. is nicknamed “White Heron” Castle because of its white walls which are covered with white […]
Edo-Tokyo Museum (1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) — The Edo-Tokyo Museum was founded on March 28,1993, as the place where visitors come to learn more about Tokyo’s history and culture , and which also serves as a projection onto the city and the living of the future. In the Permanent Exhibition area, there can be found […]
Aoyagi Samurai Manor Museum (26, Kakunodatemachi Higashikatsurakucho, Semboku-shi, Akita) – located 3 hours north of Tokyo, this is one of the best preserved architectural beauties of its kind in Japan. Founded on the rich traditions of the Aoyagi family, the Manor assumed a new facade in 1989 as a complex of open-air museums. The estate […]
This Far Eastern nation is a volcanic archipelago of over 6,000 islands, located near China, Korea, and Russia, with its four largest islands (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku) composing most of Japan’s land area and population (which is now over 126 million people). With the country being settled as far back as 30,000 BC, Japan […]
Three Shadows Photography Art Center (155A Caochangdi, Chaoyang District, Beijing) – this is the first contemporary art space dedicated exclusively to photography and other lens-based art in China. The art center was created in Beijing in 2007 by photographers RongRong and inri. The booth presents a group show of seven iconic Chinese contemporary artists: Ai […]
Sheshan Golf Club (288 Linyin New Rd, Songjiang, Shanghai)– Sheshan International Golf Club is the first Premier Private Golf Club in Shanghai. Consistently ranked as one of the best golf courses in Asia, Sheshan’s facilities and award winning clubhouse provide a truly unique experience for our exclusive membership. Sheshan has played host to the […]
Shanghai World Financial Center (100 Century Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai) — seen from a distance, the building resembles a sharp sword. Towering at 492 meters, it contains Sky Arena 94 on the 94th floor, Sky Walk on the 97th floor and Sky Walk 100 on the 100th floor, giving visitors an opportunity to contemplate […]
Shanghai Wild Animal Park – located about 35 km from downtown Shanghai, this park was opened to the public in 1995, and houses about 10,000 animals – from giraffes, zebras, antelope and white rhinos, to Chinese animals like panda bears, Chinese tigers, and snub-nose monkeys. The zoo is divided into a walking area where you […]
Shanghai Stadium (666 Tianyaoqiao Lu, near Lingling Lu, Xuhui district, Shanghai) – this arena was built in 1997 for the 8th National Games of the People’s Republic of China. It can hold about 80,000 people, so it is also called the “80,000 people’s Stadium”. It is one of the thirty largest football stadiums in the […]