Shitamachi Museum Annex

This is one of very few preserved traditionatl shitamachi buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

October 23rd 2017
That is a deliberate, pun-tastic misspelling in the title by the way - read on and it will make sense... Tokyo. One of the world's great cities. I have been to my fair share of mega cities on this trip; São Paulo, New Delhi ... 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

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Hi, Most of you will have been directed here by me - if so, thanks for coming. If not, thanks for coming anyway. I am Derek - a Kiwi who in June 2007, set off on a 4 1/2 month sortie around Europe via the USA, and set up this blog so that friends, family and randoms could keep track of where I had been to, and of the shenanigans I inevitably got up to. The trip inspired me to keep travelling and directly following it, I spent the next seven years living in London, which was a fantastic base from which to continue my travels and thus the travelling continued unaba... full info

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