In the Independance Cafe

One of the best bars I've been to... Super cool, laid back with great music. It's lassez-faire attitude is especially poignent as it used to be the head quarters of the secret police in the pre war days.

Final Destination

September 23rd 2008
In the 3 hour journey from Tokyo to Kyoto it didn't even seem like we'd left Tokyo's suburbs. Japan may have some amazing countryside, but we certainly didn't spot any from our window. Mount Fuji should have been visible, but the weather wasn't playing ball, and you could see about 3 feet out the window. I've dived with better visibility. Whereas Tokyo was mostly muggy and cloudy, we arrived ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kyoto » Kyoto

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

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