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Tokyo - Shinjuku

October 10th 2008
Arriving in a strange city on a Friday evening before a long weekend at 4.30 p.m. is not usually the best strategy. When that city happens to be Tokyo and the railway station is Shinjuku things just get a little bit more "interesting". Shinjuku is the world's busiest railway station and if you have seen video clips of railway personnel pushing people into train carriages a la sardines in a can - t ... read more
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Japanese Flag 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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