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88  BEY OND T OK Y O
Kitakata Fukushima Iwaki
Exploring Beyond Tokyo Niigata

The areas beyond Tokyo offer great geographical TOHOKU EXPRESSWAY
and cultural diversity. Bayside Yokohama, a residential
zone, sits just above the Miura Peninsula. Ocean- NIKKO
facing Kamakura is an ancient temple city. Narita-san,
one of the most important temples in the Kanto area, KANETSU EXPRESSWAY
lies on the flatlands of Chiba beyond the eastern Utsunomiya
suburbs. The thermally rich and picturesque Izu JOETSU SHINKANSEN KANTO
Peninsula lies to the west. Topog raphic diversity Maebashi Mashiko
continues with Hakone and Mount Fuji and the Fuji Nagano Midori Mito
Five Lakes. At historically rich Nikko, the low slopes Takasaki Isesaki Oyama
of the Ashio-sanchi range span west toward Chichibu- Sano
Tama-Kai National Park. Nearby Okutama is a favorite JOSHINETSU Honjo Koga
weekend hiking area for Tokyoites. EXPRESSWAY TOHOKU SHINKANSEN Ishioka

Koumi Tsuchiura
Chichibu Noda Itako
Saitama
Matsumoto, KAWAGOE JOBAN EXPRESSWAY Inashiki
Kanazawa CHICHIBU-TAMA-KAI
NATIONAL PARK HIGASHI KANTO
Okutama EXPRESSWAY NARITA LINE
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NARITA Asahi Choshi
TOKYO
CHUO LINE Yamanashi Mitaka
CHUO EXPRESSWAY
Kofu Hachioji Chiba
Kawasaki
Mt Takao Ichihara Togane
1,965ft Yamato
Fuji-Yoshida
YOKOHAMA TATEYAMA EXPRESSWAY
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MOUNT FUJI AND
THE FUJI FIVE LAKES Gotenba TOMEI EXPRESSWAY Kimitsu
S o u t h J a p a n A l p s HAKONE KAMAKURA Peninsula Katsuura
Odawara
Mt Fuji
Boso
12,390ft
Fujinomiya
Fuji
Mishima Atami Kamogawa
I Z U P E N I N S U L A
J J Ito P acif ic Tateyama
SHIZUOKA Shuzenji Ocean
Daibutsu, the Great Buddha of Kamakura Toi
Island
Hammatsu Oshima
Sights at a Glance Shimoda
1 Narita
2 Kawagoe
3 Yokohama
4 Kamakura pp92–5
5 Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park
6 Hakone Key
7 Izu Peninsula Expressway
8 Mount Fuji and the Fuji Major road
Five Lakes pp98–9
9 Shizuoka Main railroad
0 Nikko pp100–105 Minor railroad
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