Ueno Park

Ueno Park

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September 23rd 2005
Backing up a bit... A few weekends ago I went to Ueno Park with some of the girls. It is an enormous park located at a major Tokyo metropolitain train stop only 10 or 15 minutes away from Horikiri-Shobuen (my train station). The park is famous for the zoo, for all of the museums (it's kind of comprable to the Washington DC square in this regard), the homeless people all over the place, and the ... 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