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DISCOVER Getting to Know Japan

WESTERN HONSHU Best for
Cherry blossom
PAGE 210 Osaka, western Japan’s largest city, is the cultural Home to
counterweight to the economic dominance of Tokyo.
Nara, Osaka, Kobe, Himeji-jo,
With its unique dialect, rough-and-tumble streets,
and superlative foodie scene, it’s one of Japan’s Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Park, Miyajima Island, and
unmissable cities. Away from Osaka, Western Honshu Horyu-ji Temple
has many allures, including heavenly Himeji-jo and Experience
thought-provoking Hiroshima, as well as some of the Watching the diving women
country’s most stunning scenery. The giant Otorii gate searching for pearls in the
of Miyajima, which seems to float above the waves, is a water surrounding the
must-see for any visitor, while Yoshino is the best place Mikimoto Pearl Island
to walk beneath pink blooms during sakura season.

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