Considered as one of Indonesia\'s historical and cultural epicenters, Jogjakarta is the place to be for any would be culture-vulture. The home of the famed Borobudur and Prambanan temples, this city which is steeped in Javanese traditions, is also the home of the Yogyakarta Sultanate. The long stretch of Malioboro street is a shoppers haven, offering everything you want from traditional handcrafted items, beautiful handmade batiks, to memorable trinkets of your trip to an ancient city.
Being the third largest city in Japan, Osaka is also the commercial center of Japan. Literally, Osaka means “large hill” or “large slope”. Osaka often referred to as the “nation’s kitchen” in feudal Edo period because it was the centre of trading for rice, creating the first modern futures exchange market in the world. The city was formerly known as Naniwa and was once Japan’s capital city.