Biggest in the world

Tokyo, by far the largest city population-wise in the world (34 million), is one big neon sign at night. It whizzed by as we boarded our first ever train of this kind.

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We Made it!

August 11th 2007
After almost a year of planning, we finally landed in Narita Japan last Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. (2:30 a.m. in the U.S.). Most of our luggage was shipped to our house to arrive the next day, because from there we hopped on a train that took us on a 4 hour ride to Shinjuko that had one transfer in Tokyo before stopping in Kofu. From Kofu we had a 20 min. car ride to our house in Minami Alps. By t ... read more

Asia » Japan » Yamanashi

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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