Leaving Tokyo on the Shinkansen

Speed Tourism: A Beginner's Guide

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December 16th 2011
What is speed tourism? It's essentially trying to see as much as you can in a day solely for the sake of seeing how much you can possibly get to in one day. It's all about volume. I can't take credit for it's invention, since it was Mitch that introduced us to it, but I can say that I tried it in Kyoto, and it was a good time. I'll get to that, but first we had to get to Kyoto, which it turn ... read more

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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