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Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay on Ishigaki: Town and Port, Fusaki, Maezato, Kabira, the North or Near the AirportWhere to stay in Ishigaki by area: town hotels by the ferry port, Fusaki and Grandvrio on the west coast, ANA InterContinental in Maeza…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Shizuoka: Station, Mochimune, Shimizu and Umegashima OnsenShizuoka City runs from the sea to the Southern Alps, and the lodging changes completely along the way. The city licence register sorte…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Takamatsu: Station, Arcades, Yashima and Shionoe OnsenIn Takamatsu the area you pick is settled by whether you are catching a morning boat. The ferry berths are three minutes from the JR st…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Miyakojima: Hirara, Ueno and Irabu ComparedOnly two of Miyakojima's six areas have anywhere to drink in the evening, and the island runs on rental cars. The tourism association's…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Kagoshima: Tenmonkan, Chuo Station, Onsen Hotels and SakurajimaKagoshima has hot spring baths right in its nightlife district, so there is no need to travel out to an onsen town. The city's official…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Sendai: the Station, Kokubuncho, Akiu Onsen and Sakunami Onsen ComparedForty of Sendai's fifty city properties sit within fifteen minutes of the station, so the real choice is the city or a hot spring villa…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Kanazawa: Station, Omicho Market, Korinbo, Higashi Chaya and Kenrokuen ComparedNothing in Kanazawa is walkable from both the station and Kenrokuen. The official register of 113 properties, sorted into six central a…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Yokohama: Yokohama Station, Minato Mirai, Chinatown and Shin-Yokohama ComparedRestaurants open past midnight run 3 per cent in Minato Mirai and 48 per cent in Noge. Six Yokohama areas compared on rooms, stations a…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Kobe: Sannomiya, Shin-Kobe, Harborland and Arima Onsen ComparedKobe's central areas sit 0.5 to 1.0 km apart, so the area you book changes your evening rather than your commute. Sannomiya, Shin-Kobe,…Travel TipsWhere to StayWhere to Stay in Hiroshima: Station, Downtown, Peace Park or MiyajimaHiroden trams are a flat 240 yen everywhere, so the area you pick barely changes your transport. Station, downtown, Peace Park and Miya…