Japan Atlas: Kintai Bridge
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Historic Sites Data Location: Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture Length of the bridge itself: 210 m (231 yd.) Width: 5 m (16 ft.) Height: 6.6 m (22 ft.) First built: in 1

Japan Atlas: Kamakura
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Historic Sites Kamakura map Data Location: Kamakura City, Kanagawa Pref. Population: 173,058 (as of March 1995) Area: 39.6 sq km (15.3 sq mi) Annual visitors for sight se

Japan Atlas: Ybusame, (Mounted Archery)
Japan Atlas: Festivals Data Place: All over Japan In the Dashing Performance of a Sacred Rite, Riders at Full Gallop Shoot Targets Yabusame is spectacular rite of mounted archery performed by riders

Japan Atlas: Kyoto Jidai Matsuri
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Festivals Data Date: October 22 Place: from the Kyoto Imperial Garden to Heian Shrine, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture Number of Visitors: 150,000 A Stately Pictorial Proces

Japan Atlas: Tenjin Festival
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Festivals Tenjin Festival map Data Location: Osaka City, Osaka Pref. Date: July 24 and 25 Number of Visitors on funatogo night 500,000 (1997) The Magnificent Summer Festi

Japan Atlas: Chichibu Night Festival
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Festivals Chichibu Night Festival map Data Location: Chichibu City, Saitama Pref. Date: December 2 and 3 Number of visitors: 170,000 Fire Brightly Colors Mountain Village

Japan Atlas: Hakata Dolls
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Traditional Crafts Hakata Dolls map Data Location: Fukuoka City and the vicinity, Fukuoka Pref. Number of companies: 89 Number of workers: 635 Events: Annual Exhibition o

Japan Atlas: Iwatsuki Dolls
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Traditional Crafts Iwatsuki Dolls map Data Location: Iwatsuki City, Saitama Pref. Events: Nagashi-bina in March; Iwatsuki Doll Town Festival in July; Memorial Service for

Japan Atlas: Hakone-Yosegi-Zaiku marquetry
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Traditional Crafts Hakone-Yosegi-Zaiku marquetry map Data Location: Hakone Town, Kanagawa Prefecture Number of companies: 22 Number of workers: 110 A traditional craft th

Japan Atlas: Odawara Chochin
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Traditional Crafts Odawara Chochin map Data Location: Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture Number of companies: 2 Number of workers: 2 Portable light convenient for travelli

Japan Atlas: Takaoka Copperware
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Traditional Crafts Takaoka Copperware map Data Location: Takaoka City, Toyama Pref. Number of companies: 453 Number of workers: 3,416 Leading Copper Metalworking Center t

Japan Atlas: Communities
Wherever people gather and live, a community is born. Eventually, the unique geographic and historic conditions surrounding the community foster the development of a distinctive character. Throughou

Japan Atlas: Tsumago and Magome
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Communities Tsumago and Magome map Data Location: Nagiso Town (Tsumago) and Yamaguchi Town (Magome), Nagano Pref. Tsumago was designated as a Important Preservation Distr

Japan Atlas: Hida San-machi
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Communities Data Location: Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture Preserved Area: 4.4 ha (10.9 acres) A well-preserved castle town with a coherent townscape Hida San-machi is the

Japan Atlas: Kobe Islamic Mosque
Related Links: Japan Atlas: Architecture Kobe Islamic Mosque map Data Location: Kobe City, Hyogo Pref. Founded in 1935 One of the Many Faces of Cosmopolitan Kobe A national seclusion policy was enfo