{"id":1313,"date":"2019-04-05T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2019-04-11T14:11:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T06:11:22","slug":"chubu-central-japan-travel-guide-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/2019\/04\/05\/chubu-central-japan-travel-guide-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Japan: The Soul of the Rising Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is often the impression that Tokyo is in the center of Japan. As Japan\u2019s political and financial center, Tokyo can be likened to the human heart, a vital organ that pumps life to the body. Geographically, however, Japan\u2019s capital is not in the center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The central region of Japan is called <strong>Chubu<\/strong>, an area that we like to call the soul of Japan\u2014a place that keeps the nation grounded in its roots, its traditions, its true nature. The thing that upholds the very essence of Japan and keeps its spirits aflame. In this region, you will find yourself lost in reminiscence and a fascination with nature, culture, and rural life. Picturesque old towns and small villages cradled at the foot of the mountains, pleasurable roadways, delicious local delicacies, thriving local communities\u2014these are the hues that make up the art that is Central Japan, a beautiful landscape that is what the soul of the modern man needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1378\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/Japan-Chubu-Map-Philippine-Primer-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/Japan-Chubu-Map-Philippine-Primer.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/Japan-Chubu-Map-Philippine-Primer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/Japan-Chubu-Map-Philippine-Primer-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is often the impression that Tokyo is in the center of Japan. As Japan\u2019s political and financial center, Tokyo can be likened to the human heart, a vital organ that pumps life to the body. Geographically, however, Japan\u2019s capital is not in the center. The central region of Japan is called Chubu, an area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-japan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions\/1383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}