Travel Blog | About TravelBlog | World Facts | Travel Wallpaper | Travel Forum | Travel Insurance | Services | Cameras

Jimbocho

Background: In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the United States in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia. It occupied Korea, Formosa (Taiwan), and southern Sakhalin Island. In 1933 Japan occupied Manchuria and in 1937 it launched a full-scale invasion of China. Japan attacked US forces in 1941 - triggering America's entry into World War II - and soon occupied much of East and Southeast Asia. After its defeat in World War II, Japan recovered to become an economic power and a staunch ally of the US. While the emperor retains his throne as a symbol of national unity, actual power rests in networks of powerful politicians, bureaucrats, and business executives. The economy experienced a major slowdown starting in the 1990s following three decades of unprecedented growth, but Japan still remains a major economic power, both in Asia and globally. In 2005, Japan began a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.




Links: Jimbocho Travel Blogs (14) | Jimbocho Travel Photos | Map of Jimbocho | Japan Travel Forum | Hotels in Jimbocho | Hostels in Jimbocho | Cheap flights to Jimbocho | Japan Facts | Map of Japan

tokyo Jimbocho
10 days ago: renzo59 published a blog
tokyo Jimbocho
December 10th 2009  Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Jimbocho
we really loved to stay at Sakura Hotel in Jimbocho. it is more a hostel than a hotel, rooms are clean and common bathrooms and showers are immaculated as you would expect in Japan. staff is friendly ... 7 photos [full story]


Jimbocho Blog Entries

Japan

Japan Location



Hostels in Japan
Hotels in Jimbocho
Latest Jimbocho Blog Entries
Jimbocho Photos


Blogging Jimbocho




Japan Travel Forum
shisha / sheesha bars
flight tickets from Sydney to Osaka
Japan in March! What to do?
Next destination to Japan
Sakura Trail in Japan
Planning long term stay in Japan
14th July, 2009 Tokyo
JAPAN in two weeks, which cities and how to get there ?
How to travel japan?
Trecking in Japan
volunteering on Japanese Farms
JR passes and the subway
Hello Kitty fan
Last day in Japan
Narita Airport - meeting spot






Free Travel Blog