Imperial Palace

An Endless Parade of Fashion Victims

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August 17th 2006
Ever have one of those ideas that's pure genius, only to have it ruined by the fact that someone thought of it first? And what makes it worse is that word never got around to you that it existed already? Well, I had one of those brilliant ideas today, but I'll come back to that in a little while. Tokyo is a massive city. Fr ... 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