Crowds & Shinto temple

Our last full day in Tokyo

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September 22nd 2015
And so our adventures in Japan draw to an end! We left Nagoya early and caught the bullet train to Yokohama (this time it was the real deal and our estimate was that the train was doing 220km/hour through the countryside!) Sadly Mount Fuji remained wrapped in cloud so no way to see it as we shot past! We swapped trains at Yokohama to catch a slow train to Kamakura - a place famous for wooded hills ... 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