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Osaka - Day 2

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May 19th 2007
Osaka day 2. We were up bright and early and decided to head out to the Umeda Sky Building and its Floating Sky Observatory. The Sky Building stands 38 stories high and a lovely ride in a glass lift takes you up to the 35th floor. This was nothing for my fear of heights once we saw that to get to the top you have to take an escalator which projects outside the building and is enclosed in a gl ... read more

Asia » Japan » Osaka

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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