Japan Sapporo

Sapporo is the capital and largest city of the northern island of Hokkaido,Japan.Sapporo is famous for hairy crab , an expensive treat available at any seafood restaurant, and miso ramen , a
more affordable local variation of the ubiquitous noodle dish with miso paste added to the stock. The ramen in particular will warm you up nicely on a chilly winter day. Sapporo soup curry (just what it sounds like) is also increasingly famous.
As elsewhere in Hokkaido, you can also enjoy dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, chocolate and ice cream), seafood (especially as sushi), fruits (honeydew melon, strawberries) and meat (sausages, ham, bacon and beef).
* Aji No Tokeidai is a famous noodle (ramen) chain store from Sapporo, Hokkaido. Many famous people have eaten here including former Japanese prime minister, Tomiichi Murayama. They also have a chain store outside Hokkaido. Miso ramen (630yen) is the No.1 dish, but if you want something special, order the bata-kon ramen, an Hokkaido specialty made with a hearty broth of corn and butter.
* Ramen Yokochō is also known as Ramen Gai. This alley is chock full of ramen shops of all varieties. Get butter corn ramen, crab ramen, and even scallop ramen. Just east of Susukino Station. This is now principally visited by tourists - locals generally avoid this area, and many Japanese are disappointed.
* Sapporo Beer Garden. At the same location as the Beer Museum is the Beer Garden, an incredibly popular Genghis Khan (mutton barbeque) restaurant. Even though the dining rooms span three large buildings, come early and expect to wait. The restaurant offers 100 minute all you can eat and all you can drink plans, as well as à la carte food and drink if you'd prefer. WARNING: you should not plan to wear your best clothes, as the atmosphere is incredibly heavy with the scents of cooking meat (plastic coats are provided - seriously)
* "Romantei" One of the most popular sweets shops. Famous for its Chocolate Mont Blanc, a delicious concoction of sponge cake, whipped cream and ganache. Other delectables include cream puffs, apple pie, and strawberry bavarian. Located at Moiwa Mountain.

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Japan Osaka Castle

As the symbol of Osaka, visitors from throughout Japan and the world come to see the magnificent Osaka Castle. There were five towers with the main one being nine stories tall. Inside the
castle is a museum that documents Toyotomi Hideyoshi's life and the history of the castle. Well, as you can see, this is the most beautiful castle that exists in this world. It’s a very brilliant glory ancient architecture.

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Japan Sanrio Puroland( Hello Kitty Land)

Sanrio Puroland or also known as Hello Kitty Land is an indoor theme park and hosts various musicals,restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco,
Keroppi, and many more. It is located in Tama New Town, Tokyo, Japan that attracts many visitors from overseas as well as Japan because of the worldwide popularity of these characters. Pallade (Characters Show) features Sanrio characters (HelloKitty, Little twin stars, Usahana, Cinnamon, etc.) and dancers attract guests with dances and songs. Children can join the dance at the end of the show. Or you can take the Swinging Coffee Cups where in this game you can choose your favorite character. Visitors also can have Birthday Party Show. Children who are having birthday in the month, after registering at the information center, will be celebrated on the stage. It’s Kitty everywhere..Girls love it!! Puroland also has an extensive souvenirs shop featuring Sanrio characters. Tourists visiting in the summer will be able to see fireworks on a daily basis. It is also situated within walking distance of the Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo.

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Japan Tokyo Kabukicho

Tokyo’s red light district, Kabukicho, lies northeast of the Shinjuku station.It is called "Sleepless Town", the city that does not sleep, ever! In this place you can find the hostess clubs
,casinos, bars, hotels but also love theater and movies.
Kabukicho is an area of just 600 square metres, but it is, nevertheless, home to over 300 sex shops, nearly 200 clubs, 80 hotels, and hundreds of bars and restaurants. It is estimated that around 150,000 people pass through it each day.

The district's name comes from late-1940s plans to build a kabuki theater: although the theater was never built, the name stuck.

Japan’s Kabukicho comes to life only after six p.m, especially on Fridays and Saturdays.

Some of the bars are ramshackle looking places but they have long been tolerated as a place where (sexual) pleasure-seeking Japanese - and visitors - let off steam. Anyone expecting the sort of sex clubs found in American or European cities could be in for a surprise. Here are entire clubs populated by pretend nurses, govenesses, secretaries, dominatrices - everything is available in Kabukicho. Here also can be found "naked karaoke", life-size latex dolls (for the use of), a reconstructed train filled with short-skirted schoolgirls (guaranteed not to press charges) and even a giant tank outside of which businessmen in suits can watch naked girls swim underwater.

Many of Japan’s infamous yakuza and the Chinese Triads are to be found in this area, although they may be difficult to detect by foreigners and native Japanese alike.

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Japan Tokyo Joypolis

Tokyo Joypolis is the largest and most sophisticated of the amusement arcades in Tokyo operated by Sega Co. Ltd. It occupies the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of the DECKS Tokyo Beach complex, near
Odaiba Beach.
Besides the latest video games developed by Sega, it also features seventeen different attractions. These can be divided into five categories (although many combine two or more categories):
1. Games (such as Power Sled and Boat Race Grand Prix)
2. Rides (Rail Chase The Ride; Horror Ride; Half Pipe Canyon; Time Fall)
3. Walk-through (Weird Photo Studio; Terrors of America 2)
4. Virtual reality 3D adventures (AS-1; The Crypt; Aqua Nova)
5. Fortune telling (5 Senses Garden; Fortune Museum)

Instructions for each of the attractions are provided in Japanese and English. Where headphones are used (e.g. Murder Lodge; Time Fall), commentaries are available in either Japanese or English.

The basic admission fee is 500 yen per person (300 yen for children). In addition, there are further charges for access to the attractions (300 -700 yen), for which prepaid cards are available.

A passport can be purchased (either at the entrance or inside Joypolis) for 3,800 yen, covering admission and unlimited access to the attractions for one day. Disabled visitors may enter Joypolis free of charge with a helper, by showing a valid registered disabled person's card.

On some of the attractions, there are height or age restrictions for children. There are snacks and soft drinks available inside Joypolis, as well as a cafe/bar serving fast food and drinks that offers a panoramic view of the Rainbow Bridge.

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