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July 6th 2012
This is the report of my very first - and exhausting - day in Tokyo. As I said in my previous entry, the night bus dropped me and my friend Lentle off at Tokyo's Shinjuku station around 6:30AM. We decided to put our luggage away in a locker (since check-in at the hostel only started at 3PM) and walked around for a bit, mostly trying to find a 7Eleven so I could withdraw some more money. Len ... 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