Japan is an island nation where ancient temples and gardens stand beside some of the most modern cities in the world. Our Japan puzzles show Mount Fuji, the temples of Kyoto and the busy streets of Tokyo and Osaka.
Autumn in Arashiyama, Kyoto
Cherry Blossoms and Mount Fuji, Lake Kawaguchi
Mount Fuji under a Blue Sky
Tokyo Skyscrapers at Night
Shopping Street with Signs, Tokyo
Tsūtenkaku Tower and Shinsekai, Osaka
Shibuya Crossing at Night, Tokyo
Tokyo Tower
Chureito Pagoda and Mount Fuji
Kiyomizu-dera in Autumn, Kyoto
Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto
Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, Kyoto
Fushimi Inari Torii Gates
Mount Fuji, 3,776 metres high, is Japan's highest mountain and a sacred symbol of the country; one of the most famous views of it is from the five-storey Chureito Pagoda, especially when cherry trees are in bloom. Kyoto was the imperial capital for more than a thousand years and still has around 1,600 temples.
In Kyoto you can piece together Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion covered in gold leaf, the wooden terrace of Kiyomizu-dera among autumn leaves, the Yasaka Pagoda above old streets and the tunnels of orange torii gates at Fushimi Inari, each one donated by a person or a company. In Tokyo, the red and white Tokyo Tower has been a landmark since 1958, and crowds pour across the famous Shibuya Crossing below walls of glowing screens. In Osaka, the Tsūtenkaku tower rises over the lively old district of Shinsekai.
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