To make your trip more enjoyable
A must-read for travelers

There are few memories in life that are happier than traveling to an unfamiliar place and making precious memories along the way.
A lot of preparation is required for a trip, but especially since the more you know about a trip and the more you see, the more you can enjoy, a travel guide plays a big role in helping you enjoy your trip even more.
This book consists of a total of five chapters.
It contains the unique charm and sentiment of the five most representative and popular regions in Japan: Okinawa, Hokkaido, Osaka/Nara/Kyoto, Tokyo, and Kyushu, as well as various episodes the author experienced while traveling through each region.
Additionally, it briefly introduces the representative tourist destinations of each region as well as the historical background of that region.
As the author has worked as a guide specializing in Japan for 15 years at a major travel agency, he explains Japanese history in a way that doesn't bore guests, and he also provides information so that even readers who find it boring can easily gain the knowledge they need for their trip.
If you know the history before you travel, the fun will be greater.
For readers planning a trip to Japan, this will be an opportunity to experience the excitement of preparing for a trip, and for readers who are interested in Japan but don't have any immediate travel plans, this will provide excitement about traveling.

Okinawa has a beautiful emerald sea where diverse creatures coexist.
It is literally 'Churaumi'.
Okinawa could be said to be one beautiful coral island.
Coral is originally an animal.
They swim and spawn.
The most precious coral is the deep-sea pink coral.
Coral moves with hairs, and turns white when it dies.
Okinawa is the island where those corals were deposited, deposited, and finally raised again.
That is why the color of the sea reflected on the coral is beautifully projected as a transparent emerald color.
In it, 'Fuji' lived and died, and 'Jinbae' also lives.
Each and every life has its own story and exists in its own realm.
If you go to Okinawa, you can encounter a mysterious sea world.
Okinawa's vibrant sea still breathes and brings us happiness.
--- p.24

Hokkaido in winter never disappoints anyone.
I have never seen a tourist with a puffy face while traveling in the winter.
Of course, traveling in the snow-covered winter can be inconvenient due to the snowy roads, but it also allows guests to travel slowly and carefully, which makes them feel more relaxed and at ease.
Hokkaido is a pioneering place.
Ironically, it is also a place where you can feel the unexplored beauty of nature in a developed area.
How about feeling the thrill of fulfillment in Hokkaido, a snowy island filled with romance where everything is covered in white snow?
--- p.83

If Kansai is the image of Japanese people cheerfully greeting each other with “Irishaimase!”, Kanto is the image of Japanese people at Tokyo Station, mechanically going to work wearing black suits and expressionless faces.
People in Kansai have to deal with a lot of people because they have to do business.
As a result, the atmosphere is naturally lively, friendly, and busy.
Kanto people have to go to work and be cool-headed and meticulous, following the manual.
Both of these can be said to be Japanese.


If Kansai is the heart of Japan, Kanto is its brain.
Shouldn't we live with a warm heart and a cold brain?
Japan is a small but big country.
It is a place where the characteristics of each region are well distinguished.
You can enjoy the fun of comparing the regional characteristics and even the personalities of the Japanese people through the Kansai and Kanto regions.
Isn't this also one of the fun things about traveling in Japan?
--- p.116

Kyushu is the holy land of Japanese mythology.
Although we cannot see it, the breath of our ancestors who crossed over from the Korean Peninsula lives on.
So I guess that's why I felt so comfortable and happy whenever I went to Kyushu.
It's like the familiar and warm feeling you get when you go back to your hometown for the holidays after working abroad for a long time.
We all know that feeling of peace and relaxation that comes from simply looking at familiar, yet bland, landscapes, even though it's not as exciting or joyful as jumping for joy.

I hope you won't be disappointed by the lack of flashy sculptures or high-rise buildings like in Tokyo or Osaka.
What you see is not everything.
Kyushu is where Japanese mythology began, and it was the people of Kyushu who transformed Japan into what it is today.
Kyushu is a place I want to go back to more and more, and the more I see, the more I want to see.
Kyushu is the spiritual home of the Japanese people.

--- pp.217~218