Cat Cafe, Mega Tax-Free Shops, Exclusive Back Street Bars and Free J-Pop in the Street
September 29th 2016 The plan today was to start at Tokyo SkyTree, the tallest building in Japan, but the light drizzle meant thick cloud and so there was no point paying to go up with no views from the shrouded tower.
So we took a train to Ueno where we wandered around the park and I managed to get a fresh set of insect bites despite dousing myself in the repellant we'd bought in Hiroshima. Maybe it isn't repellen
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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 
