Asakuse Temple

Toast To Tokyo

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March 27th 2012
It's Monday 26/03/12 today it's been a while since I put up a new blog, well pretty much the whole time I was in Tokyo and there's a reason for that. Tokyo rocks and it seems I didn't have a spare moment to myself and the times I did I colloapsed asleep which on some nights didn't even happen either. I'll start with when I left Nozawa-Onsen which was a week ago toda ... 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