Mt Fuji Shrine built in the year 806 AD

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"Lost in Translation" but not lost for words!

August 24th 2012
We've finally arrived in the bustling, crazy, busy, fantastic, exciting city of Tokyo albeit a tad jet-lagged as we left Heathrow at 1.30pm, arriving at Narita airport just before 9am the next morning (Japan being 8 hours ahead of the UK) having hardly slept at all. We didn't meet up with Ross until he called into our hotel after he left work. Fantastic to see our darling boy once again ... read more

Asia » Japan » Tokyo » Chiyoda

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

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