Cycling along Aoyama cemetry

Exciting cycle town Tokyo

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February 10th 2009
Tokyo is not just one big town instead it is an assembly of several city districts of very different nature and appearance. Tokyo center itself means everything that is within the Yamanote circle line or at least within easy reach. Someone could vaguely compare Tokyo to Berlin. It has also real city center, but different areas (Stadteile) of very different historical and cultural back ground. Toky ... 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