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  Bamboo Airways (BAV) TĂNG CHUYẾN SGN – VCS/PQC/DAD

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  THÔNG BÁO TĂNG CHUYẾN SGN – VCS/PQC/DAD (v.v) VÀ HAN – CXR/DAD (v.v)

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  Tensha-en Garden

  Posted in: Shikoku, Ehime

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  Date Munetada, the seventh feudal lord of the Uwajima domain who went by the pseudonym "Shunzan," constructed this garden as a place of retirement. The name of the garden comes from a poem Date Masamune wrote after his retirement. The poem goes, “I spent my younger days on a horse for battles, now the world is peaceful and my hair has turned gray, my aging body exists here because God in heaven forgave me and let me live."

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  Cape Higashi-Hennazaki

  Posted in: Okinawa

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  Cape Higashi-Hennazaki is a long, beautiful cape stretching approximately two kilometers on the eastern tip of Miyako Island. The breathtaking ocean view has been designated as one of the country's Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monuments. The scenery experienced from the lighthouse standing at the end of the cape is especially moving. Many flowers bloom in every season along the constructed walking trail, such as the tennoume plum blossoms, designated as the prefecture's...

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  Wakayama Castle

  Posted in: Wakayama, Kansai

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  A historic landmark of the city of Wakayama, the area is designed as a park with various attractions including a garden, history museum and zoo. Enjoy the stunning scenery of the lush green Mount Torafusu, sparkling white castle tower and beautiful cherry blossoms in the spring. Since its construction in 1585, Wakayama Castle was the longtime residence of the Kishu Tokugawa clan, one of the three branches of the ruling Tokugawa clan.

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  Ritsurin Garden

  Posted in: Shikoku, Kagawa

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  At Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu, Kagawa you can enjoy the diversity of the four seasons through night illuminations of autumn foliage and cherry blossoms, as well as plum blossoms, along with an entire thousand pine trees.

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  Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle

  Posted in: Chugoku, Okayama

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  Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle is one of 12 existing temples and is designated as an important cultural property of the country. It is also famous as the only mountain castle where its original tower still exists.

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  Lake Akan

  Posted in: Hokkaido, Eastern Hokkaido

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  In October 4, 2017, the national park that encompassed Lake Akan was renamed as the Akan-Mashu National Park. Lake Akan is surrounded by three majestic peaks: Mt. Meakan (pronounced "may-ah-con"), Mt. Oakan ("oh-ah-con"), and Mt. Akan Fuji. There is also the smaller, gem-like Lake Onneto located to the southwest. Depending on the weather conditions and vantage point, the surface of Lake Onneto can take on a myriad of colors and many lovingly refer to it as the Goshikinuma (literally, "5 color...

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  Usuki Fugu

  Posted in: Kyushu, Oita

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  Enjoy a wide variety of delicious fugu (pufferfish) dishes, from fresh sashimi to the fugu-chiri hot pot and smoky flavored hire-zake (hot sake with fugu fin). Fugu cuisine is one of Usuki's delicacies its merchants have cultivated over many years in this town that historically prospered from trade.

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  Tofuku-ji Temple

  Posted in: Kyoto, Kansai

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  Famous for its gorgeous display of autumn leaves, Tofuku-ji Temple is one of the Kyoto Gozan, the five great Zen temples of Kyoto. The complete seven-structured temple compound (Shichido Garan) was constructed over 19 years from 1236, and while destroyed by fire numerous times, it was rebuilt each time. Valuable structures are preserved on the temple grounds, such as the Sanmon gate, a national treasure, as well as the Yokushitsu (bathing room), Tosu (lavatory) and Zendo (meditation hall),...

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  Kairakuen Garden

  Posted in: Kanto, Ibaraki

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  Kairakuen Garden was constructed in 1842 by Nariaki Tokugawa, the ninth lord of the Mito domain. Most famous for its scenic plum trees, the Japanese garden also displays beautiful flower blossoms for every season, as well as a stunning view overlooking Lake Senba from the plum grove. Kodokan, a picturesque Japanese-style building, was a pioneering school of the Mito domain that taught a broad range of subjects comparable to the modern-day university.

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  Nakagoya Astronomical Observatory

  Posted in: Kyushu, Miyazaki

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  Nakagoya Astronomical Observatory in Misato in the Higashi Usuki District of Miyazaki is located on the Nakagoya Ridge at an elevation of approximately 1,000 meters. Due to its clear air and freedom from the effects of light pollution, it is the perfect spot for star-gazing. It was previously named the best star-gazing spot in Japan in the "darkness of the night sky" category of the National Continuous Star Observations that used to be conducted by the Japanese government.

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  Aomori City

  Posted in: Tohoku, Aomori

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  Aomori City is the administrative center of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tohoku region on the island of Honshū. The city faces Mutsu Bay, located on the road connecting the Tsugara Strait and the Hakkoda Range in southern Aomori Prefecture. It has the largest seaport in the province. Before the Seikan Tunnel went into operation, the main entrance to Honshu island for people from Hokkaido was by ferry from Hokkaido to Hakodate city

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