• Central Honshu
Also known as Chubu in Japanese, central Japan stretches between Tokyo and Kyoto.

• Kansai
Until 1868, the Kansai region was Japan's cultural and political centre. The area is richly blessed with historical sites.

• Tokyo
There are shopping malls and areas for all types of shoppers, museums and art galleries for the serious and not so serious art lover, concert halls for music lovers, and traditional temples versus sophisticated buildings. Tokyo has it all.

• Tokyo Vicinity
The main historical attractions around Tokyo are Kamakura (southwest of Tokyo) and Nikko (north of Tokyo), which rate highly among the must-sees.

• Western Japan
Western Japan is known in Japanese as Chugoku, which literally translates as "middle lands" in kanji characters.