Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Osaka Prefecture, at the center of Japan’s number-two urban conglomeration, is famous for its lively main city, popular castle, and manzai comedy double acts. As the heavily urbanized heart of the Kansai region, Osaka Prefecture is a commercial and cultural center in the west of […]

Hyogo Prefecture

Hyogo Prefecture

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Nara Prefecture

Nara Prefecture

Nara Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website The city of Nara in Nara Prefecture was the nation’s capital in the eighth century, and is known for Buddhist sites including the temple of Tōdaiji, famous for its bronze Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, as well as its wandering wild deer. Nara Prefecture in the […]

Wakayama Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Wakayama Prefecture, on the Pacific coast south of Japan’s ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto, has attracted pilgrims for centuries. Its Mount Kōya temple complex is one of Japan’s most sacred sites. Located in the Kii Peninsula in Kansai, Wakayama Prefecture is mostly covered by […]

Tottori Prefecture

Tottori Prefecture

Tottori Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Tottori Prefecture is known for its sand dunes and as the home prefecture of the celebrated manga creator Mizuki Shigeru. Japan’s least populous prefecture, Tottori is in the Chūgoku region in the west of the island of Honshū. The country’s largest sand dunes can be […]

Shimane Prefecture

Shimane Prefecture

Shimane Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Shimane Prefecture has long been associated with Japanese deities, and Izumo Taisha is one of Japan’s most sacred Shintō shrines. Located in the southwest of the island of Honshū, Shimane Prefecture is in the region of Chūgoku, with the Sea of Japan to its north. […]

Okayama Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Okayama Prefecture’s claims to fame include the venerated garden Kōrakuen, the well-preserved Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, and the popular folktale Momotarō. Okayama Prefecture is in the Chūgoku region in western Japan. It borders the Seto Inland Sea to the south and has numerous offshore islands. The […]

Yamagata Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Snowy Yamagata Prefecture, in Japan’s Tōhoku region, is home to the Dewa Sanzan, three sacred mountains forming the core of one of the oldest religious traditions in the country. Yamagata Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast in the Tōhoku region, lies south of […]

Kochi Prefecture

Kochi Prefecture

Kōchi Prefecture Banzai Japan Idol Group   Visit there Website Kōchi, the largest of the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku, is famed for its natural splendor, including the pristine Shimanto River. Kōchi is the largest of Shikoku’s four prefectures. Its arching southern coastline borders Tosa Bay and the Pacific Ocean, while the inland […]

Saga Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

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