Tsukiji Kinves

One More Week...

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December 9th 2007
So this weekend I finally packed up and headed out to - what felt like - the tropical paradise of Tokyo for a weekend adventure and 'Thanksgiving Dinner'. Friday night I took the last train out of Tsuru to Tokyo (midnight on the orient express? Is that PC?). I made it to Tokyo around 0 dark thirty (12:30 am), met Courtney and Jenny (who had come with us to Fuji Q Highland), and we ended up goi ... 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