July Issue
July 11th, 2008 by TE
Tokyo has it all and then some. To visit Japan and skip Tokyo would, should be a crime! Hopefully we will go some of the way towards helping you avoid cultural criminal status by bringing you some of the most in-depth and well researched articles on one of the world’s premier cities over the issues ahead.
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Tokyo’s parks and gardens provide much needed respite from the concrete of the city they lie within. Although the parks such as…
Make no mistake about it, for a people who allegedly can’t hold a drink, the Japanese don’t half knock the booze back…
‘Not easy in Tokyo,’ a city of many millions crammed into hundreds of thousands of multi-storied buildings some may say. Of course, …
Situated in the north of Tokyo, with not a tall building in sight, Rikugien garden really gives you the impression that …
Like Rikugien, Kyu Iwasaki Teien was once owned by Mitsubishi founders, the Iwasaki family, and like the Kyu Furukawa building,…
In decades past, the city of Tokyo was home to a great many tram lines crisscrossing the city, north to south and east to west…
A tour in an open topped bus might not be everybody’s cup of tea in the soaring temperatures of mid-July Tokyo but…
Arguably the best aquarium Tokyo has to offer, in terms of location relative to other sites as Ikebukuro is one of the thriving hearts of …
Culture, science and history
Head high for the cool air – and the views
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