Japan is the most mysterious country, combining the latest technological advances, ancient architecture and picturesque nature. A country of tradition, order and discipline. Japan is a place of attraction for millions of tourists from all over the world and we are no exception.
In this article, the travel-picture.ru team will tell you about one of their tourist trips, which lasted three days in the land of the rising sun called Japan. We will tell you about our outlook on life in Japan, tell the facts about a city like Tokyo, tell you about interesting facts and traditions of the Japanese population, tell you about the cherry blossom period.
We bought all air tickets to Japan without intermediaries using our air ticket booking form, here we made a reservation and order a hotel in the very center of Tokyo, so we advise beginners and advanced tourists to gradually forget about travel agencies and start traveling on their own - it is much cheaper and more profitable!
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What attracted us to the trip to Japan and why did this country remain deep in the soul and in the memories of it?
We still cannot give an answer to this question, Japan shocked with its progress and the amazing life of the people who work for the good of their country. To date, we have beaten in Japan three times and all three times have been amazing moments of the trip to this country.
One of the periods of the trip fell on the flowering of an amazing plant - sakura. Before that, we saw many films, read a lot of materials, but seeing with our own eyes the cherry blossoms, we were just shocked.
Japan is a peculiar country with its own traditions, customs and rich history, so it was very curious to see everything with my own eyes. And we liked it there so much, overwhelmed with emotions and new impressions that we wanted to return to Japan again.
When you fly out of Vladivostok, you see endless fields, open spaces, and when you land in Japan, the density of buildings is striking: every piece of Japanese land is distributed, everything is dotted with cells.
There are no abandoned wastelands in Japan; rice plantations are planted on every plot of land suitable for agriculture. From Niigata airport, where we landed, we rode the Shinkonsen high-speed train to Tokyo and, of course, watched the scenery outside the window. In Russia, when a city ends, fields, forests begin, and only then the next city.
In Japan, there is a continuous cardiogram of houses, high-rise buildings are replaced by lower buildings of houses and again move into high-rise buildings. Rice fields flicker here and there, but immediately behind them are houses again.
The Japanese have it in such a way that if this area is suitable for habitation, then it will be built up. The distance from the settlement to the settlement is a maximum of a kilometer, we have not seen it again.
What is more memorable from what you saw in Japan?
Let's be honest in Japan, everything was remembered, especially the sights of Japan that we managed to see with our own eyes. One of the most vivid memories of Japan is architecture. Land in the capital is fabulously expensive, it is scarce, so the Japanese have learned to build up every piece on which houses grow high up.
Moreover, all developments are carried out taking into account the seismic situation in the country. By the way, we felt a 5-point earthquake while staying at the hotel. But everything ended well, we did not see any panic among the population. By the way, information in Japan about the earthquake is immediately broadcast on the first channel.
In general, an earthquake in Japan is a common thing, the Japanese are taught from childhood the correct behavior during an earthquake, what must always be at hand during evacuation. Children are instilled not only this, but also love and pride for a country called Japan.
We in Russia often swear at the dirt in the city, although in fact, this is the work of our hands. The Japanese take care of the cleanliness themselves. While walking around Tokyo, I sat down on the curb in white trousers to take a photo of one of the landmarks of Japan - to my surprise, they remained only slightly dusty.
And in Japan everything is so arranged: if the Japanese, for example, build a road, then they do it conscientiously. A storm sewer was immediately installed to the road so that after the rain the water would leave and not interfere with the traffic, we did not see a single storm sewer clogged with garbage like in Russia. And the most important thing that I would like to say about Japan - rain in Japan does not dilute dirt, as in Russia, but washes the roads!
The impressions of the city of Tokyo are amazing. Tokyo is a city of high-rise buildings, residential and industrial districts. The Japanese spend a lot of time on work, on the road, but they have a very well developed subway. There are high-speed trains, there are quieter trains, with a stop at each station, three stations away.
There are many trains, there are many trains that simply and without a driver follow a given route. In Tokyo itself, there are many expressways that are made right along the riverbed. We were extremely surprised by this. Everything is done because there is no other place in Japan. In Russia it would be a very expensive pleasure to build up the river, and the allocated money, as always, would not be enough for construction, but in Japan they approach this responsibly, because there are no other solutions.
At the beginning of the article, we mentioned the cherry blossom period in Japan, so this is just an amazing natural phenomenon.
Japan during the cherry blossom season
The cherry blossom season for the Japanese is considered just a holiday. Yes, this holiday in Japan is called Hanami. During the Hanami holiday, the Japanese gather in parks and watch the cherry blossoms all day long, some even for days, the moment of cherry blossoms is remembered for a lifetime.
Sakura in Japan blooms almost everywhere; it blooms in parks, gardens, on the streets of the city. The cherry blossom season is in the spring months, which are the months from late March to early April. At one of the metro stations, we went to a small square planted with sakura.
The sakura bloom is certainly impressive, but in defense of Russia we can say the same thing - the blooming period of the bird cherry or lilac or apple tree - you must admit, it is also an amazing sight, and the aroma spreads everywhere, the soul is already singing!
We did not feel such a scent of sakura, but the eyes of what we saw were still surprised. It's just that cherry blossoms are wonderful and very valuable for Japan and for the Japanese themselves.
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