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Tokyo's Tallest Gaijin

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February 13th 2010
Flighing into japan i knew i was going to love it, iv been waiting to get here for a while i always wanted to see it and now at last i have! the second i knew it was going to live up to my expectations was when the captian came onto the tanoy and told us to look out the left hand window to see mt fuji as if he were the tour guige and we had just payed all this money just to see mt fuji from above. ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Akihabara

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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