the capsule hotel

A Night in a Capsule Hotel

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November 20th 2007
This is a tale of late night survival in Tokyo.... It was 11 o'clock at night when I boarded the tube, and I silently congratulated myself at having mastered the metro system. As I sat down and looked at all the incomprehensible Japanese signs outside, I thought to myself how easy it would have been to take the wrong tube. An hour later I look up from my book to find I'd gone the wrong way! I was ... read more

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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