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MUST SEESightseeing: of which open out towards the river. Walk along the Philosopher’s Path speckled by cherry trees. aboard an aerial cableway for sweeping views of the Hakone National Park’s lakes and peaks.Visit the Tasaki Pearl Gallery to witness the process of pearl cultivation.Shopping and Nightlife: electronics. Buy silk kimonos in Asakusa. Omotesando Avenue is for high-end boutique shopping.Art and Culture:Explore the Japanese art of paper-folding, origami. Japanese creativity is also manifested in thescrumptious combination of rice vinegar, hand-pressed mounds of rice and vegetables or raw GETTING AROUNDGetting around by public transport, taxi or on foot is generally safe even late at night. ManyJapanese signs have alphabet equivalents. Many streets have no name and destinations can be Train And Subway:transit services are JR trains, Most stations have a subway may and fare tables in English. Stationnames are written using the alphabet. Train transfers are usally easy to make. Narita Expressoperates from Narita airport to city center in 53 mins.Taxi:simply hail them on the street. If the red sign in the lower left corner of the windshield is lit, theTIME DIFFERENCEJapan is three and a half hour ahead of India.CURRENCY CONVERSIONThe currency of Japan is the JapaneseYen (JPY).1 USD = 75 JPY; 100 JPY = 69 INR*Average Climate in Tokyo - JapanJ F M A M J J A S O N DMAX O C 9 9 12 18 22 25 29 30 26 21 16 11MIN O C -1 0 3 7 13 18 22 23 19 13 7 2Daily maximum and minimum averages are guides only and may varyDIFFERENT LANGUAGES Japanese. However, many Japanese areable to understand English to a certainextent.Cox & Kings 67 FlexiHol