Tokyo by (rainy) night

Tokyo

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October 28th 2008
Tokyo, well, where to start? 8:30 sushi? Love hotels? Plastic food? Electro/Jazz fusion? Pretty boy ‘hosts’? Guitar hero arcades? Best just start at the beginning I guess! We arrived late in the evening, in the rain, and leapt straight in with our first capsule hotel experience. A very odd experience it was too, from the slightly seedy entrance to the dark dorm rooms full of people in the pyj ... 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