Japan's tallest Ferris wheel (123m), and the fifth tallest in the world, opened in 2016 and offers sweeping views over Expo Park and the Tower of the Sun statue. Not for acrophobes, the gondolas come with transparent floors to peer down through on the 18-minute rotation.
香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions
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The covered Nishiki Market (Nishiki-k艒ji Ichiba) is one of Kyoto鈥檚 real highlights, especially if you have an interest in cooking and dining. Commonly鈥
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This C茅sar Pelli鈥揹esigned tower, which opened in March 2014, is Japan's tallest building (300m, 60 storeys). The observatory on the 16th floor is free,鈥
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The thick green bamboo stalks seem to continue endlessly in every direction and there鈥檚 a strange quality to the light at this famous bamboo grove, which鈥
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Nara's star attraction is its Daibutsu (Great Buddha), one of the largest bronze statues in the world. It was unveiled in 752, upon the completion of the鈥
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Located atop 848m-high Hiei-zan (the mountain that dominates the skyline in the northeast of the city), the Enryaku-ji complex is an entire world of鈥
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贬艒谤测奴-箩颈 was founded in 607 by Prince Sh艒toku, considered by many to be the patron saint of Japanese Buddhism. It's renowned not only as one of the oldest鈥
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A buzzing hive of activity perched on a hill overlooking the basin of Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera is one of Kyoto's most popular and most enjoyable temples. It鈥
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Located high on a thickly wooded mountain, Kurama-dera is one of the few temples in modern Japan that manages to retain an air of real spirituality. This鈥
Nearby Osaka attractions
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The 70m-tall Tower of the Sun was created by Japanese artist Okamoto Tar艒 for Osaka's Expo '70. While the curious three-faced creature (there's one face鈥
2. National Museum of Ethnology
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This ambitious museum showcases the world's cultures, presenting them as the continuous (and tangled) strings that they are. There are plenty of鈥
3. Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farmhouses
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Easier than a trip to the countryside is a visit to this collection of traditional Japanese country houses, transported here and painstakingly鈥
4. Momofuku And艒 Instant Ramen Museum
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From its humble invention in 1958 by And艒 Momofuku (1910鈥2007; later chair of Nissin Foods), instant r膩men has become a global business and one of Japan's鈥
5. Osaka Museum of Housing & Living
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Two subway stops from Umeda, this museum contains a life-sized reproduction of an 1830s Osaka neighbourhood with shophouses, drug stores, an old-style鈥
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Japan's largest covered shopping arcade, which began as a wet market during the Edo period (1604鈥1868), stretches 2.6km over six blocks. The majority of鈥
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Osaka's landmark Sky Building (1993) resembles a 40-storey, space-age Arc de Triomphe. Twin towers are connected at the top by a 'floating garden' (really鈥
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Hiding in plain sight amid the skyscrapers of Umeda, this 1300-year-old shrine owes its fame to one of Japan's best-known tragic plays (based on true鈥