Approach to Shinto Temple

This set of wine barrels was on the left. The implication to me was that maybe people who praticed Shinto might be not that upthight

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October 7,2010 -- Tokyo

October 9th 2010
October 7, 2010 - Tokyo One hears about the ‘Bullet Train’, but one has to take it to really understand both how fast it goes (average speed is around 225 to 250 mph) and how smooth the ride is. It took about 2 hours from Kyoto to Tokyo a distance of about 500 km. The working population of Tokyo including people that commute from the suburbs is about 14 million, almost half of Canada’s po ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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