Endoshima Bridge

Tokyo, a city. Nothing to see here... Honest

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March 22nd 2009
Let me kick off by saying Tokyo is a bloody fantastic place... Seriously it is that good. It isn't the neon lights or the crazy crowds it is the smells and odours that set this place out from everywhere else... this sounds wrong. Let me start again or at least put it into some context for you. Cities such as for example Manchester or London smell like some bodily fluid or other, Manchester is a ... read more

Asia » Japan » Kanagawa » Kamakura

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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