Japan charm of the Far East

Famous for Japan at the global level as a stronghold industries sophisticated electronic therefore characterized by the Tokyo Metropolitan lot of appearances civilized modern, like most European cities and major American, while The city of Kyoto as a historic treasure of Japan; where replete with many temples and shrines, and when you visit two cities stems tourists on a journey far across time to get to know the history of the samurai with a look to the future in one of the world's major cities.

When darkness hangs over the Japanese capital Tokyo, shining neon colors everywhere; where colored lights hurtling up and down on the facades of buildings in the Shinjuku neighborhood, which is considered the most prestigious neighborhoods of the city. The streets are crowded with pedestrians, whether they are tourists or locals arrivals, and appear in the display windows, electronics shops and the latest models are run all the TVs at the same time. And emits the smell of barbecue meal hidden «yakitori» of narrow alleys deployed in the metropolitan city, and during a tour of Japanese tourists in the capital, they can see one of the ladies that sit Elegant cigarette in her hand, and then one imagines that he is sitting in a cafe one luxury Parisian streets. Abound in Tokyo atmosphere of luxury and sophistication, and are of the gown modernity and trendy feel like a tourist with a copy of sophistication and Western civilization. 

 And trying to tourists rating their impressions in this big city; where it appears the young body macho with wear shoes too expensive, with hairstyles strange by hair gel, and show society ladies in Tokyo in a very elegance and sophistication, usually carrying handbags expensive for world-renowned brands. The area is rich in Kabukicho entertainment with many bars and nightclubs and karaoke bars. 

 And haunt the tourist feeling that he had traveled 10 years into the future as soon as he arrived to Tokyo, and especially in the station Hinkhuko, used by about 3.5 million passengers a day, and therefore it is the largest train station in the world; where seems to tourists that it is a maze of corridors, does not seem there an end to the boarding platforms or escalators at the station. However, do not look any manifestations of chaos at the station, passengers do not collide with each other, but the Japanese line up in front of the doors of the ultimate rail system, so Tokyo is famous for its cultural superiority of the maturity of its population.

On the other side, showing the city of Kyoto are quite different from the Japanese capital of Tokyo, when it travels tourist by Shinkansen bullet train, the first thing watch in this city railway station, which features large lobby length of 500 meters with a glass ceiling.
Journey to the past.

 Journey to the past

 But once you set foot on the feet of tourists, the streets and wandering the narrow alleys, they are watching Japan's pre-modern; where does not allow the construction of high-rise buildings in the city of Kyoto, and is rich in this historic city with many temples, palaces and gardens Zen; where needed tourists to several days to visit all of these archaeological treasures . And one feels during a visit Kyoto and went in like a different trip to Japan's ancient past. The city has been the construction of the Empire during the eighth century AD and is designed along the lines of the chessboard, has been the city of Kyoto is the political and religious center in Japan for many centuries. With the beginning of the rise of the samurai, they layer Veterans in Japan, and the beginning of the Tokugawa period, confined to the importance of the city of Kyoto and shrinking influence, and became a city of Edo, now known as Tokyo, is the center of political and military authority of the new. 

 He explained Professor Wolfgang , a professor of comparative history at the University of Osaka, Kyoto city that still retains historical in nature and did not arise manifestations of modernity root, and representative buildings constitute the distinctive character of the image of the city, and features many of the aesthetic aspects and heritage.

 During the tour of the tourists in the old neighborhood Geun they watched a series of fancy restaurants next to each other, and always will be suspended curtain in front of the door, restaurants, bars, due to the rainfall on the area shortly before, the water droplets still falling from the ceilings outstanding. Show trees and ornamental plants in small balconies, and offers one of the artists Japanese geisha entertainment offerings on traditional asphalt, which was swamped with rainwater.

 Marquee golden

 When he arrived tourists to Kinkakuji temple, which is located north of the city of Kyoto, the storm clouds are still hanging on the mountain slopes, and is characterized by the existence of this temple golden marquee behind a large pond, which is reflected on the front of the building completely covered with gold foil. During the 1950 student lit the fire in Buddhist temple, claiming that he was not able to withstand the splendor and beauty of construction, according to what he described as the writer Yukio Mishima in his book «fire temple». 

 After the destruction of the pavilion has been rebuilt and new walls were covered with gold foil fully again. The Kinkakuji Temple of the ideal places for meditation and quiet, especially in the days where the least number of visitors due to the rain, in times like these tourists enjoy deep relaxation and continues to move between the corners of the temple for some reason is not clear. 

 If you wanted to draw a picture of tourists in the city of Tokyo, they must go to the Shibuya neighborhood, which is one of the most important business centers in the Japanese capital, and this neighborhood is renowned in the field of fashion, especially among the young, active life during the evening period. The shops are lined up next to each other in the street Takeshita, and watching the tourists while wandering in the street, many of the photographers to take pictures and they are modern fashion whether it's a global fashion magazine or a blog is well-known in the fashion world. 

 It is not uncommon in the Japanese capital Tokyo that navigates staff in transport two or three hours in order to reach the headquarters of their business; but they always live next to the main railway stations. It is also better for the tourists stay at hotels near the main points of the public transport network, otherwise they will soon lose their compass in this bustling city.