City Comparison
Compare two incredible cities side by side โ culture, food, local tips, and immersive 4K virtual walks.
Country
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China
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Japan
Continent
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Asia
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Asia
Best Season
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MarchโMay or SeptemberโNovember โ Chongqing is called 'Fog Capital' (้พ้ฝ) and 'Furnace City' (็ซ็) for its extreme summer heat (often 40ยฐC+) and winter fog
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Spring (MarchโMay) for cherry blossoms
Currency
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Chinese Yuan / Renminbi (CNY ยฅ)
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Japanese Yen (ยฅ)
Greeting
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ไฝ ๅฅฝ (Nว hวo); Chongqing dialect (Chongqinghua) โ a Southwestern Mandarin variant, closer to Sichuan dialect
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ใใใซใกใฏ (Konnichiwa)
Chongqing is built vertically on hills between the Yangtze and Jialing rivers โ there are no bicycles here because the city has no flat ground. The Hongyadong 'hanging house' complex at night, reflected in the Jialing River, is the most dramatic urban spectacle in China. For the Ciqikou experience, arrive before 10 am โ by noon it's wall-to-wall tour groups.
Carry cash โ many small shops are cash-only. Bow slightly when greeting.
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing Fun Fact
Chongqing is technically the world's largest city by administrative area โ its municipality covers 82,400 kmยฒ, roughly the size of Austria. The Three Gorges Dam project displaced over 1 million Chongqing residents in the early 2000s. The city's unique vertical topography means some metro stations have exits 7 floors apart, and the Liziba station passes directly through a residential skyscraper.
๐ฏ๐ต Tokyo Fun Fact
Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city on Earth.
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