Landslides

The mountains in Japan are very steep and the rocks unstable due to weathering. Landslides are common whenever there are heavy rains. Many rural villages have established themselves along the... Read more...
Kyoto Development Issues

Kyoto holds a unique position in Japan as the ancient, imperial capital and the cultural center of the nation. It was because of these reasons that the Japan specialists who... Read more...
The Shinkansen

The Shinkansen is commonly known outside Japan as the 'bullet train' but the word actually means 'new trunk line'. It is a high-speed passenger train system which now stretches from... Read more...
Omote-ura - Public and Private Faces

Omote (the public face) and ura (the private face) are twin concepts that are applied to almost any aspect of Japan or life in Japan. Omote refers to the image... Read more...
The Ashita Honjin

Although only a small town, Ashita boasts the oldest surviving honjin on the Nakasendo. It has also been owned by the same family since its' original construction in the late... Read more...
Namiki

The idea of planting trees along the roadside to provide shade for travelers had occurred to the Chinese when they developed their highway system more than 2000 years ago. Almost... Read more...
Castle Towns

At the time of the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, some 250 castle towns (jokamachi) formed the core of a well developed urban network in Japan. Although constructed primarily as defended... Read more...
Pilgrimage

The idea of making a pilgrimage to visit religious places is present in nearly every culture and religion. In Japan, it is typical of both major religions, Buddhism and Shinto... Read more...

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Administrative Boundaries

Although local government in Japan centers on the 47 directly elected prefectural assemblies, the day to day affairs of public administration are performed at a lower level of local government – the municipality. Each prefecture is divided into about 60 municipalities, with a total of just over 3,200 in the country as a whole. Each… [Read more]

Tokyo Prefecture

Easily the dominant metropolitan area in Japan, Tokyo is also, very arguably, the leading city of the world. Strictly speaking, however, there is no such place as Tokyo City. The area that might be referred to as ‘downtown Tokyo’, near Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace, is but just a small part of Tokyo prefecture…. [Read more]

Landslides

Kyoto Development Issues

The Shinkansen

Omote-ura - Public and Private Faces

The Ashita Honjin

Namiki

Castle Towns

Pilgrimage

Administrative Boundaries

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