View from Yurikamome

Japan ’23 Part IV: More trains in the books

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August 20th 2023
Mon: Yurikamome front row all the way Good morning, 6:30 ☀️ Out the door at 8:15 am. Trains were packed with commuters, doh! But a lot of people got off at Hamamatsucho and we got to sit for 1 station 🙂 Yurikamome is an unidentified new transportation system that runs between Shinbashi and Toyosu. It looks like a monorail because it runs on a railing up high but it’s not. It’s not a tr ... 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