Tokyo 3

Tokyo

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August 15th 2008
had to go out of china to get my work visa issued, and tokyo is a 3 hour flight from shanghai. so, while beijing was booming with the olympics, i was sipping cappuccino in a megalopolis ghost town, as i was there during their national holiday, which is a week of everyone heading home-home, like our Thanksgiving, except...for a whole week. aside from that, tokyo is not as vertical as i expected, ... 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