Discover Ise City (伊勢市), Japan

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Ise Travel Guide (2 April, 2008)
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Ise City (伊勢市) or simply Ise, is a city in eastern Mie Prefecture, on the island of Honshu in Japan. The city is best known for the Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shinto shrine in Japan, from which the city derived its name.

Ise City, Mie Prefecture
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Guide to Ise City Hotels

Here's a list of hotels in Ise City that you can book online, with full description, star rating, address, location map, evaluation, and prices as offered by different booking sites.

More on Ise City

Ise City was known as Ujiyamada between 1889 and 1955. On 1 January of 1889, the villages of Uji and Yamada were combined to form Ujiyamada. As there are other cities by that name, for example Uji City in Kyoto Prefecture and Yamada - now Kama - in Fukuoka Prefecture, a decision was taken to rename it Ise on 1 January, 1955.

Budget Travel to Ise City

You can reach Ise City from Osaka or Nagoya by regular express trains as well as limited express trains. It takes about 100 minutes from Nagoya and 135 minutes from Osaka.

Budget Travel within Ise City

There are regular bus services between the train station to the Ise Grand Shrine area. You can take the bus to visit most of the tourist attractions. For more details, refer here.

Meotoiwa Wedded Rocks (2 April, 2008)
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Places of Interest in and around Ise City

Ise Grand Shrine
The most sacred Shinto shrines in Japan.
Ise-Shima National Park
Scenic mountain road running between Ise and Toba.
Mikimoto Pearl Island
Island off the coast at Toba City where pearls were first cultured.
Meotoiwa Wedded Rocks
Two rock formations in the sea linked together by a giant straw rope.
Miya River
River in Mie Prefecture famous for viewing of cherry blossoms.

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