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Often nicknamed as the ‘land of rising sun,’ ‘Nihon,’ or ‘Nippon,’ Japan is an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean, to the east of China, Korea and Russia. Actually, Japan is an Archipelago comprised of over three thousand islands stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.

The largest of the Japanese Islands are Honsh?, Hokkaid?, Ky?sh? and Shikoku. These islands are mainly mountainous and volcanic. Fuji is Japan’s highest peak. In Japan, you can visit, Tokyo, the Japanese capital, and the important cities, such as Hiroshima, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Nara, Osaka, Sapporo, and Sendai. Japan is the destination known for its scenic beauty, and a lot of tourist attractions including mesmeric mountains, captivating sites, temples, castles, hot springs, etc.

Definitely, spring is the best times to visit Japan. During Spring, Japan is warm, but not hot, and furthermore it does not rain too much during this time of the year. If you want to enjoy the famous cherry blossoms (sakura) blooming, you must visit Japan in March-April. The Japan Meteorological Agency in early March, announces predictions about when the blooming will begin. It marks the beginning of the time of revelry and festivals.

Hanami, a festival of outdoors picnics and drunken revelry is celebrated in parks in March or April. Hinamatsuri, the Doll Festival is celebrated on 3 March. The Golden Week (April 27 to May 6) that is the longest holiday in Japan is not good time to visit Japan, as there are four public holidays and people go on for vacation, and trains are crowded, flight and hotel prices go incredibly up, but you may plan you tour a couple of weeks immediately before or after the Golden Week.