Pizza Toast

Sentimental Journey

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August 25th 2017
Tonight we had an appointment to visit another old friend at the Park Hotel Tokyo, so working backwards from that: meeting at 4.30, an hour to get there (and a half?); an hour at least to lie down at home, two hours to get from Kamakura back home... we should leave Kamakura at around 11 to have some wiggle room. Breakfast (Japanese style again) is at 8, but we had to negotiate a whole fish (a mack ... 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