Tag: architecture
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Temples and Towers
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Our hotel, next to Shontimicho station was in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo. It’s just a short walk from Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple. It’s a prominent Buddhist temple belonging to the Jodo Shinshu sect. Its full name is “Nishi Hongan-ji,” with “Nishi” meaning “west” to differentiate it from the “Higashi Hongan-ji”…
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Day 3 – Hitting the heights
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Time to get a bird’s eye view of the city – so we set off nice and early to beat the queues to get to the top of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, where the city’s government is based. It’s big. Very big. 48 stories big, in fact. Apparently it…
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Tokyo Day 2 – Parks and Palaces
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The Imperial Palace in Tokyo is home to the royal family, and surrounded by beautiful parkland. To get in to see the palace on the days it’s open, you have to arrive well before 9.30 (when the tour starts). Once the allowed number of people have turned up – that’s…