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Ritsurin Park travel

by Selma Louise on February 23, 2010

Ritsurin Park is one of the most beautiful parks in Japan. It is designated as a National Scenic Area by the Japanese Government and is rated 3 stars by a travel magazine, “Le Guide Vert Michelin”.

Known as Ritsurin Koen or Chestnut Garden, it is located in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture. According to a travel magazine, it boasts elaborate daimyo styled gardens of the early Edo era and a beautiful scenery set against Mt. Shuin.

Spanning 74 hectares, it is divided into the formal Japanese-styled South Garden and a more meandering naturally-styled North Garden. Ritsurin Park is styled that for each season of the year it has different and beautiful appearance, as mentioned by a travel magazine.

According to an online travel magazine, a portion of the current Ritsurin Park was originally built in the 16th century. Expansion and development of Ritsurin Park was carried out by succeeding ruling families and completed a hundred years after its original construction in 1745 by the Matsudaira family. It was considered as a private estate until the Meiji Restoration. It was opened to the public as a prefectural park in 1875.

Getting to Ritsurin Park is not difficult considering the efficient public transportation system in Japan, according to an online travel magazine. You can take the plane to Takamatsu City from any of Japan’s main airports. You can also opt to take the ferry Takamatsu City, or by train via the Marine Liner, or by the Foot-Bus from the Kansai area. Once in Takamatsu City, you can take the JR Train to the nearest station then a 3minute walk to the Park.

It takes two hours to stroll the entire garden. Aside from beautiful photo-opportunities, you can also attend the various year round activities such as tea ceremonies, sake tastings, garden illuminations, concerts, festivals. The Park is open from 7am to 5pm depending on the season. Admission fees cost 400 Yen with additional fees for various activities.

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Beijing Hotel and Your Dream of a World Tour

by Efrenn Larson on February 4, 2010

Would you like to have a tour around the world? At Beijing you can take a tour around the globe entirely in just a day. Have a remarkable visit in one of Beijing hotels and you are nearly there to your aspirations.

Year after year Beijing City is assembled by thousands and thousands of people all around the globe. Tourists from different cultures and nationalities all gathered in Beijing to understand China, its history and way of life and to walk upon the path of the ancient historical China in Beijing.

Perhaps you have heard about the Great Wall, Forbidden City, the Ming Tombs, Summer Palace and Tiananmen Square. These are just a few of the well-known tourist spots that a traveler could tour around Beijing. Collectively these tourist spots show the magnificence of Chinese civilization. Along with all its ancient relics, and historic sites, old towns, gardens, ancient temples and towers, Beijing only shows the extensiveness of China before and now.

Moreover, Beijing also displays the different culture from various countries all over the world. A trip to Beijing World Park is a tour to the world that happens in just a day. Beijing World Park is a funfair that ventures to offer tourists the occasion to perceive the world even without leaving Beijing. Beijing World Park accommodates more than a million guests every year since the park was open for public viewing in the year 1993.

Inside Beijing World Park visitors could take delight of viewing nature scenery and varieties of entertainments. The various wonders of the world are copied from what exactly you could look at in the globe.

The park has about a hundred miniature size replicas of famous sights from several countries all over the world. The park highlights Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Pyramids in Egypt, India’s Taj Mahal, Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa, the United Kingdom’s Big Ben Clock Tower and many other famous landmarks.

Inside Beijing World Park tourists could cross the great four “oceans” of the world by speedboat tour. They could also take a tour of the park with the use of battery-operated cars. In addition, visitors could as well look at the whole “world” by monorail that goes around the five continents. More to this, the park offers an enjoyable shopping while viewing the different cultures from around the globe.

Along with Beijing World Park and the expedient stay in Beijing hotels truly offers a fantastic and satisfying tour all over the world in a one day trip!

E. Larson is a long-time resident of Beijing, China. He works with the Jiangxi Grand Hotel Beijing and many other hotels in Beijing. Go to his website on the Jiangxi Grand Hotel Beijing here.

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