Scenes from Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

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November 2nd 2006
After a week in the Kansai area of Japan I took the shinkansen train up to Tokyo. I had met an english women, Joanna, on the tour in China and she was kind enough to let me stay with her whilst in Tokyo. She worked at the British Embassy and on my first weekend in Tokyo we went out of town to Chuzenji Lake which was about 3-4 hours drive north of Tokyo and stayed at the Ambassadors private villa ... 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