Observation Deck

Tokyo:::Shinjuku

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March 20th 2008
After we got off our bus at the station at Shinjuku, we still had to try to find Ryan somewhere in this huge city. He had called Michael from a public phone when he arrived and told us he would be at the McDonald's down the street waiting for us. We found the McDonald's, but Ryan wasn't there! So we kept looking around and came back to the McDonald's 3 times...people started giving us strange look ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Shinjuku

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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