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Three countries, 97 clickable territories. Each region opens its entries: what to see there, what people eat, what is made there.
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Where all of this happens
Japan’s 47 prefectures, the provinces of China and Korea, and the places that inhabit them: temples, cities, natural sites, museums. Click the map, or search a name.
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Every place on the site, and the territories they belong to.
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Places & destinations · TokyoAkihabaraTokyo's electronics district. Mecca of otaku culture: anime, manga, video games, maid cafes.Places & destinations · BeijingBeijingCapital of the People's Republic of China and one of the oldest cities in the world, with over 3,000 years of history and more than 21 million inhabitants.Places & destinations · BeijingBeijing HutongTraditional Beijing alleyways. Historic neighborhoods preserving old-style community life.Places & destinations · ŌitaBeppu and its hellsEight boiling pools far too hot to bathe in, visited as a circuit.Places & destinations · SeoulBukchon Hanok VillageLandmark · Seoul, KoreaPlaces & destinations · North GyeongsangBulguksa TempleTemple · North Gyeongsang, KoreaPlaces & destinations · GuangdongCanton TowerLandmark · Guangdong, ChinaPlaces & destinations · HebeiChengde Mountain ResortThe summer palace where the Qing received Mongols and Tibetans, ringed by copies of their temples.Places & destinations · NagasakiDejimaA fan-shaped islet of fifteen thousand square metres: all Japan let the West see of it for two centuries.Places & destinations · EhimeDōgo OnsenFifteen hundred years of bathing, an 1894 building and a wing reserved for the imperial family.Places & destinations · GyeonggiDora ObservatoryLandmark · Gangwon, KoreaPlaces & destinations · OsakaDōtonboriLandmark · Osaka, JapanPlaces & destinations · FukuiEihei-jiThe mountain temple where Sōtō zen has trained its monks since 1244, with no concession to tourism.Places & destinations · BeijingForbidden CityLandmark · Beijing, ChinaPlaces & destinations · BeijingForbidden CityImperial palace of Beijing. Residence of Ming and Qing emperors for 500 years, now a museum.Places & destinations · FujianFujian TulouLandmark · Fujian, ChinaPlaces & destinations · HokkaidōFuranoNatural site · Hokkaido, JapanPlaces & destinations · KyotoFushimi Inari ShrineTemple · Kyoto, JapanPlaces & destinations · BusanGamcheon Culture VillageLandmark · Busan, KoreaPlaces & destinations · SichuanGiant Panda BaseNatural site · Sichuan, ChinaPlaces & destinations · KyotoGion DistrictLandmark · Kyoto, JapanPlaces & destinations · BeijingGreat Wall (Badaling)Landmark · Beijing, ChinaPlaces & destinations · BeijingGreat Wall of ChinaMilitary fortification stretching thousands of kilometers.Places & destinations · SeoulGyeongbokgung PalaceLandmark · Seoul, Korea