The Ryokan

Tokyo and home

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September 14th 2008
Sorry for the long absence of updating (we are now home, oops!) but I thought I would finish off the blog. From melbourne, Dave and I flew back home via Tokyo where we stayed in the Bunko region, near Ueno, in a fabulous Ryokan (Traditional Japanese accommodation) which I cannot recommend enough. Tokyo was great although a little more organised and dare I say sedate than I had imagined but a wonde ... 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