World Attractions: Japan

Japan, one of the ancient empires of the world kept their authenticity to this day. The history of Japan begins about 700's of BC. Since then, when the country's first emperor and reigned until modern times, Japan is continually evolving and cultivators, being among the most advanced countries in the world remain unchanged only tradition.

For a long time the country was in complete isolation from the outside world, it was promoted as the geographic location, and policies followed first emperor, and after the shogun. It is worth noting that in the history of Japan were dark times, so in the period of disunity in the country often civil wars broke out, the result of which, as a rule, famine and desolation. And in our time, has not been spared the scourge of this island country. So during the Second World War, two large cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were subjected to atomic bombing that cost Japan more than 80,000 lives.

Nature of the country is very diverse, attraction and Japan are the hallmark of its cherry orchards during flowering, as well as a mountain or volcano Fuji, the Japanese revered as a shrine. In addition to Fuji, the islands still about 200 volcanoes, most of which are active. The last major earthquake happened here in 1995, while on the island of Kobe almost 300,000 people were left homeless. But it was a major earthquake, and smaller place here regularly. In an average year, about 1,500 times felt tremors, and devices record seismological activity.
But in spite of everything, the Japanese were able not only to carry through the centuries to preserve their culture and tradition, on the islands you can see many historical monuments such as pagodas, temples and monasteries. Today, Japan is a developed industrial country with large metropolitan areas and more people. So in the capital, a city that never sleeps - Tokyo has a population of almost 12 million people.
Modern Japan is a unique country of contrasts, where neighborly relations coexist centuries-old traditions and the liberal values of Western society, large metropolitan areas with offices and an endless stream of cars and pristine nature suburb with amazing parks, rivers and forests, all on 377 thousand square kilometers of land with population density of more than 330 people per square kilometer.