Electric Town

Tokyo - Day 15

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June 1st 2007
Today we had the big city experience! Tokyo is in one word - MAD! With 35 million people living here it was always going to be busy, but the infrastructure required to get that many people transported around the place makes it busy at all times of day, be it on the streets mid morning or on a tube ride at 9.30 in the evening! We visited Akihabara, which is known as 'Electric Town', here you ... 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