Soba bowl with splash and drip protection

Tokyo

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June 10th 2015
I found cheap tickets from Pittsburgh to Tokyo via Toronto on Air Canada (who still offers a teacher discount) so I decided to stop in Japan for ten days on my way to Australia and New Zealand. I can't recommend Tokyo enough -- it would be worth going to Japan for only a few days even if you only got to experience the capital. I flew into Haneda, the smaller of the two airports, which is also ... 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