Lunch in a noodle bar

Tokyo - Asakusa and Imperial Palace

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March 23rd 2007
Konichiwa to you all Arrived Tokyo and settled into hotel Next morning I had prebooked a visit to the Imperial Palace gardens which is limited to 120 persons per visit twice a day need to prebook as arriving on the day there were no places left Taken around Palace grounds and outside of Palace itself - a newish concrete building replacing the one destroyed in 1945 Went on to East gardens - l ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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. Fol... ... read more