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While most visitors flock to the neon of Shibuya and Shinjuku, those in the know head to Yanaka — one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods to survive the wars and

Across the river from the Kremlin lies Yaroslav Court, the ancient marketplace and church-crowded trading side of Veliky Novgorod.

Yokohama Chinatown is the largest Chinatown in Japan and one of the biggest in the world, a vibrant maze of some 600 shops and restaurants packed into a few colourful

Yokohama’s historic harbour is where the city began, the port that opened Japan to foreign trade in 1859. Today the waterfront blends restored brick warehouses, a sweeping promenade, and an

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Just outside the city, the ancient Yuriev Monastery, the open-air Vitoslavlitsy wooden architecture museum and the shore of Lake Ilmen reward a half day trip.

Zuihoden is the lavishly decorated mausoleum of Date Masamune, the founder of Sendai, set among towering cedar trees on a hillside above the city. Originally built in 1637 and faithfully