Page 389 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide: Japan

GENER AL INDEX  387

Breakdown services 385 Castles (cont.) Chubu Sangaku (North Japan Alps)
Bridgestone Museum of Art (Tokyo) 74 Matsuyama 14, 225, 230 National Park 154
British Airways 378, 379 Morioka 281 Chugoku prefecture 377
Buddha Nagoya 147 Chuo-dori (Tokyo) 70
Amida Nyorai (Byodo-in, Uji City) 183 Nakagusuku Castle Ruin 260 Churches
Dainichi Nyorai (Toji, Kyoto City) 162 Nakijin Castle Ruin (Okinawa) 256, 261 Catholic Church (Tsuwano) 223
Great Buddha (Kamakura) 23, 138 Nijo (Kyoto City) 13, 159, 164–5 Oura Catholic Church (Nagasaki) 246
Great Buddha Vairocana (Nara) 196–7 Okayama 214 Russian Orthodox Church (Hakodate)
Kokuzo Bosatsu (Nara) 196 Osaka 14, 204–5 288
Miroku Bosatsu (Koryu-ji, Kyoto City) Shuri 258 St. Xavier’s Church (Kagoshima) 252
179 Takamatsu 228 Shrine to the 26 Martyrs (Nagasaki)
Nade Botokesan Buddha (Tokyo) 90 Tsuruga (Aizu Wakamatsu) 276 244
Ryozen Kannon (Kyoto City) 171 Tsuwano 223 Urakami Catholic Church (Nagasaki)
Usuki Stone Buddhas 235, 239 Caves 247
Yakushi Nyorai (Horyu-ji) 200 Akiyoshido 222 Chuzen-ji, Lake 275
Buddhism 23, 32–3 Gyokusendo 259 Cinema see Film
festivals 32, 46–51 Nippara 142 Circle of Light 356, 357
Hana Matsuri (Buddha’s birthday) 48 Takachiho 249 Citibank 372
history 55, 56 Yajiya-gama (Kume Island) 262 City Museum of Art (Kagoshima) 252
Jizo statues 32 Cell phones 374 Clavell, James 61, 143
Paradise gardens 34 Cemeteries Climate 48, 52–3
pilgrimages 33 Foreigners’ Cemetery (Yokohama) when to visit 360
sects 279 137 Clocks
traditional arts and crafts 42–3 Hodogaya Commonwealth Cemetery Daimyo Clock Museum (Tokyo) 88
see also Pagodas, Temples and (Yokohama) 137 Clothes
individual sects Center Gai (Tokyo) 100 buying 345
Budget (car hire) 385 Central Honshu 133–57 etiquette 365
Buke Yashiki (Matsue) 217 climate 53 maiko costume 167
Bullet trains 380 A gourmet tour of Central Japan 16 in restaurants 308
Bullfighting 231 hotels 303 shops in Tokyo 109, 111
Bullfinch Exchange (Dazaifu) 51 map 134–5 sizes 341
Bunkamura (Tokyo) 100, 113, 114, 116, restaurants 326–9 traditional 44–5
117 travel 135 what to take 362
Bunraku 40, 41 Central League (baseball) 351, 353 see also Kimonos
National Bunraku Theater (Osaka) 206 Central Tokyo 69–79 Club Asia (Tokyo) 115, 117
Bunsendo (Tokyo) 109 area map 69 Club Quattro (Tokyo) 114, 117
Bureaux de change 372 restaurants 324 CN Playguide 112, 116
Busena Marine Park (Okinawa) 260 Ceramics 42 Coffee shops 311
Buses 382, 383 Bizen-ware 214, 344 Coins 373
Business 368–9 buying 344 Comica Card 374, 376
Byakkotai (White Tigers) 276 Hagi-ware 223 Comme des Garçons (Tokyo) 109, 111
Byodo-in Temple (Uji City) 34, 183
Imari-ware 243 Communications 374–7
Karatsu-ware 243 Commuter culture 97
C kiyomizu-yaki 171 Confucianism 23
Cafe David (Kyoto City) 189 Kutani porcelain 153 Confucian Shrine (Nagasaki) 246
Café Indépendants (Kyoto City) 189 Museum of Oriental Ceramics Conversation lounges 354–5
Calendar 48, 363 (Osaka) 14, 205 Cormorant fishing
Calligraphy 42, 344 Onta-ware 242 Arashiyama District (Kyoto City) 180
Camera shops in Tokyo 109, 111 Saga Pottery Towns Tour 17, 243 Gifu 48, 49, 147
Canyons Japan 353 shops in Kyoto City 186, 187 Cotton Club (Tokyo) 114, 117
Capsule hotels 299 Tsuboya pottery 258 Courier companies 376
Cars 384–5 Chagu-chagu Umakko (Morioka) 49 Crafts see Arts and crafts
Amlux Toyota (Tokyo) 105 Charms 31, 345 Cranes (birds) 294
automobile industry 28 Chatan Credit cards 372, 373
factory visits 355 restaurants 336 in hotels 298
Toyota Car Factory 147 Cherry blossom 21, 25, 48 in shops 341
Castles Chichibu-Tama National Park 142 Crime 370
Aoba (Sendai) 278 Chido Museum (Tsuruoka) 266, 278 Crocodile (Tokyo) 113, 116
Gifu 147 Children, traveling with 362 The Cube (Kyoto City) 184, 185
Hagi 223 Children’s Museum (Hiroshima) 219 Currency 373
Hikone 192, 216 Chinatowns Customs information 360–61
Himeji 14, 210–13 Kobe 14, 208 Cycling 383, 385
Hirosaki 283 Yokohama 137 D
Hiroshima 219 Chion-in Temple (Kyoto City) 172
Inuyama 147 Chiran 253 Daigo-ji Temple (Kyoto City) 183
Iwakuni 222 restaurants 334 Daikaku-ji Temple (Kyoto City) 181
Kanazawa 152 Chopsticks 312–13 Daimaru (Kyoto City) 184, 185
Kochi 230 Christianity Daimonji Bonfire (Kyoto City) 50
Kokura 238 introduction to Japan 57 Daimyo 58, 61, 62
Kumamoto 235, 248 persecution of Christians 244, 247 Daimyo Clock Museum (Tokyo) 88
Matsue 217 see also Churches Daimyo Gyoretsu (Hakone) 50
Matsumoto 16, 155 Chubu prefecture 377 Daisan Daiba Historic Park (Tokyo) 107
386-401_EW_Japan.indd 387 08/08/16 3:10 pm