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Taking up herewith Travel News by Media regarding Japan.
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Introduce Autumn Color in Kyoto Higashiyama Area.
The eastern part of Kyoto's city center is called Higashiyama, located at the west end of the Higashiyama Mountain Range.
As early as the middle of the 14th century, many shrines, temples and aristocrats' villas were built in this area, where a variety of architecture and gardens, artistic and cultural masterpieces such as paintings and crafts were created.

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This time introduce Autumn in Kyoto, Kurama.
Kurama is located in the central to western part of Sakyo-ku in Kyoto City.
It thrived as a temple town for Kurama-dera Temple, as well as a post town for travelers along the Kurama Highway that connected Kyoto and Wakasa.
Kurama-dera Temple was founded in the Nara Period, during the 8th century.

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This time, I will introduce Mount Takao (¹âÈø»³ takaosan).
Mt Takao is a mountain in the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan.
Standing 599 m tall and located within an hour of downtown Tokyo, it is a popular hiking spot, with eight hiking courses and more than 2.5 million annual visitors.
The Tama Forest Science Garden is also located at the mountain's base.

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This time introduce "Yokawa - Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei".
Yokawa is the remotest of several precincts on sacred Mount Hiei, northeast of Kyoto.
In The Tale of Genji, the bishop of Yokawa, Fujitsubo's uncle, cuts her hair when she becomes a nun.
He also takes Ukifune under his wing after the bizarre events at Uji.

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This time introduce "Mount Hiei and Enryaku-ji Temple".
Mount Hiei (Hiei-zan) guards the northeastern approach to Kyoto.
The sacred mountain and its remote Yokawa precinct are mentioned in the Uji chapters of The Tale of Genji.

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Awaji Island (øϩÅç, Awaji-shima) is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku.
The island has an area of 592.17 km². As a transit between those two islands Awaji originally means "the road to Awa", the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto Strait, now part of Tokushima Prefecture.

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Kyoto is also one of the Autumn Color Spots in Japan.
Kyoto (µþÅÔ, Kyōto) is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million.
And as you might well know, formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

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Fuji Five Lakes (Éٻθ޸Ð, fujigoko) is the name of the area located at the base of Mount Fuji in the Yamanashi prefecture of Japan.
It has a population of about 100,000. and sits approximately 1,000 meters above sea level.
The name Fuji Five Lakes comes from the fact that there are five lakes formed by previous eruptions of Mount Fuji.

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This time introduce Akashi City just around 20 km away from my home.
Akashi City is also know as the city of Japan Standard Time Meridian is situated exactly on 135°east longitude.
The city of seaside parks and industry faces the Akashi straits and the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world, and plays an important role in both sea and land transportation as well as in industry and commerce.

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