| Japan is a favorite destination for tourists worldwide. | | | | world’s largest entertainment industries it has |
| It has quietly but strongly emerged as a hot favorite | | | | innovatively created a niche for itself by overcoming |
| of the tourists round the year. A holiday vacation in | | | | the culture and language barrier to cater to an |
| Japan begins from the New Year and continues till | | | | international audience. One must not forget to spend |
| the next New Year! In fact, the Japanese businesses | | | | time in Japan’s amusement parks while on |
| all shut down from January 1 to January 3 as people | | | | holiday to the nation. These parks are to be found in |
| use this holiday time to spend time together with | | | | all parts of Japan and are very popular as well. One |
| their loved ones. The Japanese give a lot of | | | | of the most famous is the one located in its capital |
| prominence to this holiday period and is locally called | | | | city: the ‘Tokyo Disney Resort’. It is located |
| ‘shogatsu’ or ‘oshogatsu’. At the | | | | at a convenient location about fifteen minutes by |
| end of the year the Japanese celebrate with typical | | | | train from Tokyo station. There are numerous |
| year forgetting parties called ‘bonenkai | | | | amusement parks of various kinds which are quite |
| parties’. These signify leaving behind the gone | | | | popular as well. |
| years worries and troubles with a forward looking | | | | A journey to Japan is amiss without a glimpse of its |
| approach to a fresh start. | | | | national sport: ‘Sumo wrestling’. This |
| The New Years Eve sees the entrance gates being | | | | Japanese style of wrestling owes its origins to |
| decorated and cleaning in all Japanese homes. This is | | | | ancient times which were then celebrated as a |
| followed by the serving of buckwheat noodles which | | | | performance to please the ‘Shinto Gods’. |
| according to tradition symbolize longevity. The | | | | Tokyo holds three Sumo wrestling tournaments |
| Japanese lay a lot of emphasis on enjoying January | | | | every year in the months of January, May and |
| 1st with a lot of fun bereft of stress and anger. A lot | | | | September. One tournament is held in Osaka in |
| many also take this opportunity to visit a shrine or | | | | March, one in Nagoya in July and one in Fukuoka in |
| temple at sunshine. In Tokyo, the ‘Meiji | | | | November. Experience the hospitality of the hotels in |
| Shrine’ attracts several million people over a | | | | Japan with a flavor of their traditional tea ceremony. |
| period of three days in the beginning of the year. | | | | The custom of the tea ceremony has been |
| Previously people would participate in games which | | | | influenced from Zen Buddhism. Japanese hospitality is |
| have decreased in popularity in recent years. | | | | famously represented by the well behaved staff at |
| Japan being an all the year destination attracts | | | | any of the Japan hotels. The international traveler can |
| tourists in every season of the year. The international | | | | look forward to some fabulous services and |
| tourists can enjoy the now internationally popular | | | | amenities during their stay in the Japan hotels which |
| Japanese entertainment industry. One of the | | | | are at par with the international standards. |