The Colonel

Tokyo eh!!!! Help I cannot read Japanese!

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September 14th 2007
After leaving HK, our 4.5 hour flight landed us at Narita airport, we took a 1 hour train to Tokyo after we were greeted by a greeter lol and he promptly escorted us in the right direction of course.　We needed to go to board the train right away. We noticed things were different at once, rice fields everywhere, cars that were parked, all had folded side view mirrors so they had room to park in t ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Asakusa

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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