Yokohama Yokohama is located about 30km south of Tokyo. It is the second largest city in Japan with a population of over 3.5 million and over the years has developed into one of the most lively ports in Japan. Yokohama boasts a good atmosphere, abundant with greenery. In addition to scenic beauty, there are lots of places worth visiting; Minato Mirai 21 District, the port of Yokohama, the Sankeien Garden, Chinatown, to name a few.

		1st Fl., Industry & Trade Center, 2 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
		9am-5pm
		Sat., Sun., National Holidays, Dec.29-Jan.3
		- http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/
		045-641-4759 045-641-7485

Kamakura In 1192, following the defeat of the Heike clan by forces led by Minamoto Yoritomo and with the founding of the Kamakura Shogunate, Kamakura was transformed from a small fishing village into a city where politics and culture thrived. This enthralling old world history still lends the town its olde worlde atmosphere today with many historical structures and artifacts still intact.

		Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture
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		- http://guide.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/ http://www.kcn-net.org/kamakura/ (Japanese version only)
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Kusatsu Onsen Hot Springs Kusatsu hot spring is one of the most famous and most popular hot spring resorts in Japan. Sulfur springs and various other springs boasting a range of healing qualities bubble forth abundantly from approximately 100 sources in the area. Yubatake is an emblematic source located in the center of the town and local women wearing kimono with their sleeves tucked up perform a yumomi-show accompanied by the tones of Kusatsu-bushi music at scheduled times. Yumomi is a traditional method of cooling the very high temperature water using long wooden paddles and without adding cold water. In Sai-no-Kawara Park, the naturally heated water can be seen bubbling to the surface at certain places on the riverbank and the close by Sai-no-Kawara open-air bath is one of the largest open-air bathing facilities in the nation. How to get to Kusatsu Onsen Hot Springs Tokyo-Karuizawa (1 hour 10 min. by JR Nagano Shinkansen) Karuizawa-Kusatsu Onsen (1 hour 18-55 min. by Kusatsu Bus and Seibu Kogen Bus) Ueno-Naganohara Kusatsuguchi (2 hours 28 min. by JR Joetsu Agatsumasen New Express "Kusatsu Go") Naganohara Kusatsuguchi-Kusatsu Onsen (25 min. by JR Bus)

		Kusatsu Town, Gunma Prefecture
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		- http://www.kusatsu-onsen.ne.jp/
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