{"id":20129,"date":"2018-10-28T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=20129"},"modified":"2018-10-28T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T12:25:28","slug":"18-beautiful-japan-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=20129","title":{"rendered":"18 beautiful Japan destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.3477443609\">\n<div class=\"Paragraph__component\">\n<cite class=\"Paragraph__cite\">(CNN) \u2014 <\/cite><span>Nothing beats Tokyo for bright lights and busy nights. But when it comes to natural beauty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/destinations\/japan\">in Japan<\/a>, it&#8217;s hard to top Tohoku.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Located at the tip of Japan&#8217;s main island of Honshu, the Tohoku region is made up of six prefectures: Aomori, Akita, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though devastated by the tsunami and earthquake in 2011, Tohoku&#8217;s recovery has been swift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Japanese and foreign visitors alike are returning to the area &#8212; and visiting in greater numbers &#8212; for its timeless art, culture, food and scenery that&#8217;s truly breathtaking in every season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We&#8217;ve put together a gallery of natural Tohoku highlights that offers a glimpse of the beauty this region has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<h3>Getting there<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sendai, in Miyagi prefecture, is Tohoku&#8217;s largest city and serviced by regular flights from Japan&#8217;s major cities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However the entire Tohoku region is easily accessed by train, with the country&#8217;s Shinkansen bullet trains making the journey to several cities and towns in the region multiple times a day. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(CNN) \u2014 Nothing beats Tokyo for bright lights and busy nights. But when it comes to natural beauty in Japan, it&#8217;s hard to top Tohoku. Located at the tip of Japan&#8217;s main island of Honshu, the Tohoku region is made up of six prefectures: Aomori, Akita, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata. Though devastated by the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}