City Comparison
Compare two incredible cities side by side โ culture, food, local tips, and immersive 4K virtual walks.
Country
๐ฎ๐ณ Kolkata
India
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Japan
Continent
๐ฎ๐ณ Kolkata
Asia
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Asia
Best Season
๐ฎ๐ณ Kolkata
OctoberโFebruary (cool, dry; Durga Puja in October is a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle)
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Spring (MarchโMay) for cherry blossoms
Currency
๐ฎ๐ณ Kolkata
Indian Rupee (INR โน)
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Japanese Yen (ยฅ)
Greeting
๐ฎ๐ณ Kolkata
Namaskar (เฆจเฆฎเฆธเงเฆเฆพเฆฐ) โ formal; Kemon acho (เฆเงเฆฎเฆจ เฆเฆ) โ 'how are you?' casual
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ใใใซใกใฏ (Konnichiwa)
Durga Puja (October) transforms Kolkata into the world's largest open-air art festival โ over 3,500 pandals (temporary bamboo pavilions) compete with sculptural and thematic installations, and the entire city walks through the night for four days. Outside puja season, Kumartuli (the potters' quarter) north of Shobhabazar is where all the idols are made year-round โ watching craftsmen shape 20-foot clay goddesses is extraordinary. The yellow Ambassador taxis and hand-pulled rickshaws are becoming rare โ take one while they still exist.
Carry cash โ many small shops are cash-only. Bow slightly when greeting.
๐ฎ๐ณ Kolkata Fun Fact
Kolkata is the only Indian city still running hand-pulled rickshaws โ a practice banned elsewhere but maintained by the city's High Court. The Howrah Bridge (1943) carries an estimated 100,000 vehicles and 150,000 pedestrians daily with no nuts or bolts โ the entire structure is held together by rivets. Kolkata has won more Nobel Prizes per capita than any other city in Asia (Rabindranath Tagore 1913, Mother Teresa 1979, Amartya Sen 1998).
๐ฏ๐ต Tokyo Fun Fact
Tokyo has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other city on Earth.
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