CHINA - JAPAN TRAVEL

Japan is one of the most advance country in managing travel organization. JNTO or Japan National Tourist Organization a non profit, semi-government offering and dedicated solely for travel assistant to Japan. Their assistance including up to date information on various travel information in Japan on brochures, video and film. Hotels in Japan also clearly marked and showing good organization One can choose western style hotels or Japanese style hotels. Western style holes such as Deluxe hotels, has the members of 441 in Tokyo and big cities, all staff speak English, offers western cuisines and well as Japanese, TV, swimming pool, more then one dining rooms, garden at the ground, and have overseas patronage. The rates are the highest most of these first class and deluxe hotels are available in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe and Sapporo. Business hotels are designed for business people with single room, no English is spoken and the hotel, no room service, but most hotels offers snack and drink vending machine. So the type of this hotels mostly located near train station. Pensions which are mostly found near skiing spots, rustic style yet relaxing atmosphere. Japanese accommodation style is also available such as Ryokan which is mentioned around 80.000 are available in the main cities such as Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and at the tourist resorts. Their guest rooms are typical Japanese architecture, each rooms facing lovely gardens. The door of the room is sliding paper no lock, yet some are have rooms on the day is used for dining and at night as sleeping rooms. Meals are typical Japanese such as Tempura, Sashimi, row fish and baked fish. But on advance request most Ryokan can provide western meals. Soft drink, alcoholic drink, especially the Japanese Sake are always available. Some do not provide private bath room, but it is not mean that one can not take a bath, the ryokan provide 2 or 3 big bathroom for soaking, warming. Minshuku is a family owned accommodation as parts of their house, and can be found at near resorts. It is just for sleeping no amenities as offered by western hotels or ryokan. Kokumin Shukusha is an accommodation offered by national parks, for sightseeing tours bath and toilet are Japanese style, provide Yukata and cotton robe, but not towel. Different from China, although Japanese receiving the heritages of Chinese culture, but in China the technology is not as advance as in Japan, yet China has the most striking eyes heritage in the world such as the wall of China. This great wall of China is one for the 7 world wonders together with Stonehenge, Borobudur, and Pyramid are a puzzling construction in term of technique of building. During the middle age China was ever attacked by the Mongols which was so famous in the world as the only nation that conquered the world and left significant influence to the countries they had inhabited from Asia to Europe in the past. Todays China is one of the most popular tour destination of various nations due to the great wall and their traditional medicine products, arts and the cheap handicraft. Cities such as Shanghai, Peking, Hongkong, and others are become the centers of Chinese culture which might be soon as the centers of Asian culture.