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Highlights van Japan

Natuur

Kushiro Nationaal Park - de kraanvogel leeft hier in de veelkleurige omgeving van moerassen en veengebieden

Cultuur

Het Kasteel Hime-ji - het Kasteel van de witte reiger
Vliegveld Kansai - een luchthaven gebouwd op zee

World Heritage Sites

Boeddhistische monumenten in het Horyuji-gebied
Kasteel Himeji
Yakushima
Shirakami Sanchi
Historische monumenten van oud-Kioto (Kioto & Uji en Otsu)
Historische dorpen van Shirakawago en Gokayama
Vredesmonument van Hiroshima (Genbaku Dome)
Itsukushima-schrijn
Historische monumenten van oud-Nara
Schrijnen en tempels van Nikko
Gusuku-locatie en gerelateerde plaatsen van het Koninkrijk Riukiu
Drie heilige plaatsen en de pelgrimsroute in het Kii-gebergte
Shiretoko
Zilvermijn Iwami Ginzan en zijn cultuurlandschap

Typisch

nationale gerechten	sushi en sashimi
nationale dranken	sake

Klimaat

Kenmerken	landklimaat subtropisch
Temperatuur	Beste tijd voor een reis

Typisch

Officiële landsnaam	Japan
Hoofdstad	Tokyo
Nationaliteit	Japanner
Talen	overig
Visum nodig?	Nee
Munteenheid	Yen (JPY)
Regeringsvorm	constitutionele monarchie
Grootte t.o.v. Nederland	9.1 keer groter
Bevolking	127.3 miljoen
Bevolkingsdichtheid t.o.v. Nederland	1.2 keer lager
Laagste punt	-4 m
Hoogste punt	3776 m

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