Fighting for the samurais
For a city once the centre of Japan’s power, it was sad to be rejected for the World Heritage List. After all, this is the birthplace of the samurai.
Experiencing Japan’s worst earthquake
Feeling like you’re in the middle of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake can be pretty scary. Would you go to a place in Tokyo where you can do that for yourself?
The huge robot that saved a city
An enormous robot statue stands over this Japanese city, as if protecting it from something. But perhaps it has already saved the day!
The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
Imagine an entire museum dedicated to a type of noodles. If that sounds a bit weird, don’t forget that this is Japan!
World Heritage Sites of Nara
The old capital of Japan, Nara, has some of the most beautiful temples and shrines in the country. A collection of them is now on the World Heritage List.
Visit the Ggantija Temples
Many years before man built Stonehenge or the Pyramids, he created these temples on a small island in the Mediterranean.