About the Book
Instantly thinking of Japan, reveries you to a number of inciting things: a land of the rising Sun ("Nihon"), a country formed by 6,800 islands, the largest automobile producer in the world, a population with strikingly long life expectancy (M-81, F-88), almost 100% literacy rate, almost no immigration (just 2%), paramount punctuality, 'Manga' comic arts, Kobe beef, square water-melons, fermented rice, fortune cookies, "maid cafes," capsule hotels, majestic Buddhist temples, high-speed rail (Maglev), banned access to the hot-springs for individuals with tattoos, toilet-back-showers, Christmas celebration on the Valentine-day, the lowest homicide rate in the world despite of the spooky "suicide forest" Aokigahara - a harakiri place at the base of the volcanic Mt. Fuji . Determined to visit this truly fascinating country, each of you may pick a different checklist of reasons. With Nara, however, your protocol is steadier as there are nine distinct reasons for visiting this magical city. Join your tour-guide Pax, the red panda, to explore this enchanting city, a UNESCO World Heritage sight. // Consider visiting other travel diaries from this author: (1) Amalfi Coast, Italy; (2) Amazing Andorra; (3) Amazing Bavaria; (4) Amazing Berlin; (5) Amazing Bhutan; (6) Amazing Cave-Houses; (7) Amazing Domes; (8) Amazing Dublin; (9) Amazing Falkland Islands; (10) Amazing Finland; (11) Amazing Florence; (12) Amazing French Riviera; (13) Amazing Greenland; (14) Amazing Gozo, Malta; (15) Amazing Iceland; (16) Amazing Innsbruck; (17) Amazing Jurmala, Latvia; (18) Amazing Monaco; (19) Amazing Naples; (20) Amazing Palau; (21) Amazing Paris; (22) Amazing Railways; (23) Amazing Salzburg; (24) Amazing Scotland; (25) Amazing Tree Houses; (26) Amazing Vatican; (27) Amazing Vienna; (28) Amazing Windows; (29) Amazing Wyoming; (30) Amazing Zürich; (31) Annecy, France; (32) Austin, Texas; (33) Banff, Alberta; (34) Bruges & Ghent, Belgium; (35) Cabo San Lucas; (36) Celle, Germany; (37) Christmas Island; (38) Cocos Keeling Islands; (39) Colmar, France; (40) Cork & Kenmare, Ireland; (41) Easter Island, Chile; (42) Exquisite Bath, England; (43) Fifty Odd Loci in the United States; (44) Fiji; (45) Granada, Spain; (46) Interlaken and Saint Moritz, Switzerland; (47) Interlaken, Unterseen, St Moritz: Switzerland; (48) Island Saint Helena, British Overseas; (49) Isle of Man; (50) Lafayette, Louisiana; (51) Las Pozas, Xilitla, Mexico; (52) Lecco, Italy; (53) Lille, France; (54) Madeira, Portugal; (55) Montserrat, British West Indies; (56) Mulhouse, France; (57) Myrtle Beach, SC; (58) Novo Mesto, Slovenia; (59) Obernai, France; (60) Odd & Outre Places of Washington, DC; (61) Palma de Mallorca, Spain; (62) Poznan, Poland; (63) Saint Lucia; (64) San Marino; (65) Santa Fe, NM; (66) Sardinia, Italy; (67) Sélestat, France; (68) Seville, Spain; (69) Sint Maarten: Dutch & French Overseas; (70) Sintra, Portugal; (71) Socotra Island, Yemen; (72) South Georgia & Sandwich Islands, Britain; (73) St John's: Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada; (74) St Lucia; (75) Strasbourg, France; (76) Svalbard, Norway; (77) The Faroe Islands; (78) The Rabbit Island; (79) The Trulli of Alberobello, Italy; (80) Tristan da Cunha; (81) Via Aurelia; (82) Via Belgica; (83) Via Canalis; (84) Via Claudia Augusta, (85) Via de la Plata, (86) Via Domitia; (87) Via Fossa; (88) Via Hadriana; (89) Via Kolossus; (90) Via Maris; (91) Via Militaris, (92) Via Pontica, (93) Via Schlavonia, and (94) Wissembourg, France. Note, that the number of books from this author, as provided by CreateSpace Inc (count 71) is incorrect because CreateSpace Inc was closed in September 2018 and books written after that could not be included in its database. As of April 2021, this author has 94 tourbooks and 175 books in total.
