East Asia

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East Asia is a cultural and geographic region of Asia. East Asia, also popularly known as "the Far East" is what used to be known in the West as The Orient, a mysterious land inhabited by a race of inscrutable tea-sipping Orientals.

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Tokyo
Tōkyō is the capital of Japan. At over 12 million people in the official metropolitan area alone, Tokyo is the core of the most … Tokyo Travel Guide »
Seoul
Seoul is the capital of South Korea. With a population of over 10.5 million, Seoul is by far South Korea's largest city and one … Seoul Travel Guide »
Beijing
Beijing is the capital of the most populous country in the world, the People's Republic of China, and also its second largest city after Shanghai. Beijing Travel Guide »
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China
China officially known as the People's Republic of China is a vast country in Eastern Asia with the world's largest population. China Travel Guide »
Japan
Japan known as Nihon or Nippon in Japanese, is an island nation in East Asia. Japan Travel Guide »
South Korea
South Korea formally the Republic of Korea is a country in East Asia. South Korea occupies the southern half of the Korean … South Korea Travel Guide »
Taiwan
Taiwan is an island nation of about 36,000 km² located off the coast of southeastern mainland China, southwest of Okinawa and north of the Philippines. Taiwan Travel Guide »
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country located between China and Russia. It is a vast emptiness that links land and sky, and is one … Mongolia Travel Guide »
North Korea
North Korea is a country in East Asia. It occupies the northern half of the Korean Peninsula that lies between Korea Bay and the East Sea, also called the Sea of Japan. North Korea Travel Guide »
Korea
Korea is a peninsula in East Asia, connected by land to Northeast China and the Russian Far East to the north, across the Yellow … Korea Travel Guide »
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East Asia Travel Guide is based on East Asia by tim@kijou.net, D. Guillaime, Stefan Ertmann, ChubbyWimbus, Globe-trotter, Superdog, Inas, Burmesedays, iGuide and others. East Asia Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.