Michel Hirata

Kyoto is a very attractive city. It's quite natural that people are attracted to this lovely city. Kyoto served as the second capital of Japan for more than 1000 years before Tokyo. For a long time in history Kyoto was the place of adoration. "Tokyo" literally means "East Kyoto". Like this there were many Kyotos throughout the country. For a ...

Nara was the first capital of Japan. Since the beginning of the country, Nara was the political center of Japan. It lasted vertically as the capital for 300 years in ancient Japan. Out of Japan's 150 national treasure Buddha statues, 80 percent are located in Nara. For Japanese Nara is the spiritual home. Later Kyoto became the capital, but J...

Osaka, one of Japan's biggest cities, has prospered as an important place for commerce and industry. There is a big river, Yodogawa River, between Osaka and Kyoto. For the people in Kyoto, surrounded by mountains. Osaka was the strategically very important place. It faces the sea, easy to access to other parts of Japan. Once they controlled O...