Japan

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Japan
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Japan

• Most inbound travel commercial
• Balance of payments outbound
• 1st class infrastructure
• Excellent service
• Most expensive on earth
• Tokyo major world capital
• Rich history and unique culture

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Climate

• Seasonal
• Cold winters
• Gray, drizzly, rainy summers
• Spring Fall best to visit
• Cherry Blossoms - April

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History

• 500 B.C. - oldest recorded history
• Chinese influence
• Warlords
• Feudal States
• All under Emperor
• 1185 A.D. Power split
• 1889 - Shogun abolished
• Expansion, WWII
• 1952 - present

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Tourism

• Outbound - heavily promoted
• Inbound - not promoted
• Great Service
• Great Facilities
• Fast - paced
• Very Expensive

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Tourist Areas

• Tokyo (NRT, HND)
• Osaka (OSA)
• Mt. Fujiyama
• Kyoto
• Nara

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Tokyo

• Shopping, Nightlife
• Ginza District
• Roppongi District
• Ueno District
• Imperial Palace
• Lake Hakone
• Disneyland

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Ginza District

• Most expensive real estate in the world.
• 100,000 / sq. meter

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Tokyo City Hall
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Imperial Palace
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Bullet Train
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Osaka

• Industrial
• Osaka Castle
• Kabuki

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Osaka Castle
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Kyoto

• Traditional Capital
• Nijo Castle
• Golden pavilion

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Golden Pavilion
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Kyoto gardens
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Nara

• First Capital of Japan
• Todai Temple
• Largest Bronze Buddha
• Deer Park

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Buddha
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Sensoji Pagoda
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Nara Sacred Deer
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Korea
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Korea

• Divided North/South
• North unavailable to tourists
• South prosperous / democratic
• Unlike Japan -
• restrict outbound
• promote inbound
• Shopping from Japan / China

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Climate

• Similar to Japan
• Seasonal
• Hot, rainy summers
• Cold winters

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History

• 57 B.C. Silla Kingdom
• Mixture Chinese Mongolian
• History of Conflict
• Russia
• China
• Japan
• Occupied Split after WWII
• Korean War 1948 - 1952

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Topography

• Peninsula
• Mostly mountainous
• Heavily forested
• Scenic

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Tourism

• Seoul (SEL)
• Shopping
• Food
• Kyonbok Palace
• Korea House (culture)

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Tourism

• Panmunjon
• Kyongjiu
• Cheju Island

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Kyonbok Palace
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Pearl Divers
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Seoul
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Traditional Dress
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Taiwan
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History

• Formosa
• China 1683 1895
• Japan 1895 WWII
• Chiang Kai Shek 1949
• Mandarin Language

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Topography

• 2 islands
• Mountainous
• Lakes
• Industrialized

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Tourism

• Taipei (TPE)
• Crowded
• Lung Shan Temple
• Botanic Garden
• Shopping
• Nightlife
• Tienshiang (scenic)
• Tainan (history culture)

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Taipei
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Alishan
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Taiwan