Senso-ji

Lost in Transportation

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September 11th 2007
The fervid heat of a Tokyo summer is enough to put anyone into a state of general malaise. It goes straight to your bones and deprives you of all of your energy. At times I felt like a zombie wandering around in a maze. If it wasn’t for the omnipresent vending machines providing me with pumped up sugar drinks and ice coffee I would have collapsed. The sprawling metropolis seemed to stretch off ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo

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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